2026 • Jan 27
Former astronaut on lunar spacesuits: "I don't think they're great right now"
"These are just the difficulties of designing a spacesuit for the lunar environment." ...
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2026 • Jan 24
Rocket Report: Chinese rockets fail twice in 12 hours; Rocket Lab reports setback
Another partially reusable Chinese rocket, the Long March 12B, is nearing its first test flight. ...
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2025 • Dec 13
Investors commit quarter-billion dollars to startup designing “Giga” satellites
"If we build these platforms well, we get to ask new questions about what's possible in orbit." ...
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2025 • Nov 13
An explosion 92 million miles away just grounded Jeff Bezos’ New Glenn rocket
"NASA is postponing launch until space weather conditions improve." ...
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2025 • Nov 13
With another record broken, the world’s busiest spaceport keeps getting busier
It's not just the number of rocket launches, but how much stuff they're carrying into orbit. ...
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2025 • Nov 11
Intuitive Machines—known for its Moon landers—will become a military contractor
"They've been Ford Aerospace, Space Systems/Loral, Maxar, Lanteris, and now it'll be Intuitive Machines." ...
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2025 • Nov 09
Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission
Blue Origin is counting down to launch of its second New Glenn rocket Sunday. ...
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2025 • Nov 08
Rocket Report: Canada invests in sovereign launch; India flexes rocket muscles
Europe's Ariane 6 rocket gave an environmental monitoring satellite a perfect ride to space. ...
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2025 • Nov 05
If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for power, Google suggests going to space
Google engineers think they already have all the pieces needed to build a data center in orbit. ...
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2025 • Nov 04
A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space
Vast differs from its space station cohorts by flying a series of progressively more complex demos. ...
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2025 • Nov 02
SpaceX teases simplified Starship as alarms sound over Moon landing delays
"SpaceX shares the goal of returning to the Moon as expeditiously as possible." ...
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2025 • Oct 31
Blue Origin test-fires second New Glenn rocket ahead of launch next month
New Glenn will soon meet its payloads: Two NASA probes to study Martian climate change. ...
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