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NASA officials undermine Musk’s claims about ‘stranded’ astronauts
“We were looking at this before some of those statements were made by the President.” NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and […]
The X-37B spaceplane lands after helping pave the way for “maneuver warfare”
On this mission, military officials said the X-37B tested “space domain awareness technology experiments” that aim to improve the Space […]
After less than a day, the Athena lander is dead on the Moon
NASA expected Athena to have a reasonable chance of success. Although it landed on its side, Odysseus was generally counted […]
White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent
In many ways, NASA’s science directorate is the crown jewel of the space agency. Nearly all of the most significant […]
Rocket Report: Starship fails for a second time; what’s to blame for Vulcan delays?
“During Starship’s ascent burn, the vehicle experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly.” The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, operated by […]
The Starship program hits another speed bump with second consecutive failure
The flight plan going into Thursday’s mission called for sending Starship on a journey halfway around the world from Texas, […]
Intuitive Machines’ second attempt to land on the Moon also went sideways
Inside a small control room, during the middle of the day on Thursday local time in Texas, about a dozen […]
When Europe needed it most, the Ariane 6 rocket finally delivered
“For this sovereignty, we must yield to the temptation of preferring SpaceX.” Europe’s second Ariane 6 rocket lifted off from […]
Yes, we are about to be treated to a second lunar landing in a week
Because the space agency now has some expectation that Intuitive Machines will be fully successful with its second landing attempt, […]