NASA taps Falcon Heavy for another big launch. A little more than a month after […]
NASA awards SpaceX a contract for one of the few things it hasn’t done yet
Notably, the Dragonfly launch was one of the first times United Launch Alliance has been […]
After Russian ship docks to space station, astronauts report a foul smell
Russian space program faces ongoing challenges Zak reported that the cosmonauts aboard the Russian segment […]
A former Orion manager has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts
She found herself wanting to build something more modern. Looking across the Atlantic, she drew […]
Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine portends new era of warfare
The Oreshnik missiles strike their targets at speeds of up to Mach 10, or 2.5 […]
Rocket Report: Next Vulcan launch slips into 2025; Starship gets a green light
For now the military flies on Falcons … The anomaly itself isn’t a showstopper for […]
NASA is stacking the Artemis II rocket, implying a simple heat shield fix
A good sign The readiness of the Orion crew capsule, where the four Artemis II […]
As NASA increasingly relies on commercial space, there are some troubling signs
But in 2008, NASA brought on a different provider, Orbital Sciences, and the COTS program […]
SpaceX just got exactly what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches
A day after SpaceX launched its Starship rocket for the sixth time, the company received […]
The key moment came 38 minutes after Starship roared off the launch pad
That’s when Starship reignited one of its six Raptor engines for a brief burn to […]