For several years, an innovative, California-based launch company named Relativity Space has been the darling of investors and media. Relativity […]
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Annual power ranking of US launch companies finds a shake-up at the bottom
No. 1 should come as no surprise, but we bet you won’t guess no. 10. A long-range tracking camera captured […]
Outgoing NASA administrator urges incoming leaders to stick with Artemis plan
“I was almost intrigued why they would do it a few days before me being sworn in.” Administrator Bill Nelson […]
Elon Musk: “We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction.”
To a large extent, NASA resisted this change during the remainder of the Trump administration, keeping its core group of […]
Rocket Report: Avio named top European launch firm; New Glenn may launch soon
“We are making it simpler for new competitors to get consistent access to the spectrum they need.” A Falcon 9 […]
Russia just launched the 2,000th Semyorka rocket—it’s both a triumph and tragedy
The Russian space program reached a significant milestone over the holidays with the 2,000th launch of a rocket from the […]
A Cold War mystery: Why did Jimmy Carter save the space shuttle?
Ars solves the mystery by going directly to a primary source—the president himself. The first launch of the space shuttle […]
After 60 years of spaceflight patches, here are some of our favorites
A picture’s worth 1,000 words It turns out the US spy satellite agency is the best of the best at […]
After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly
After a long day of stops and starts that stretched well into the evening, and on what appeared to be […]
How might NASA change under Trump? Here’s what is being discussed
Skip to content “Elon get those rocket ships going because we want to reach Mars before the end of my […]
