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China just carried out its second reusable launch attempt in three weeks

For the second time this month, a Chinese rocket designed for reuse successfully soared into low-Earth orbit on its first flight Monday, defying the questionable...

In a surprise announcement, Tory Bruno is out as CEO of United Launch Alliance

The retirement of the Atlas V and Delta IV led to a period of downsizing for United Launch Alliance, with layoffs and facility closures in...

These are the flying discs the government wants you to know about

CubeSats have been a ubiquitous part of the satellite industry for nearly a quarter-century. They are based on a cube-shaped design, measuring about 10 centimeters...

The $4.3 billion space telescope Trump tried to cancel is now complete

“We don’t have moments of terror for the deployment,” Townsend said. “Obviously, launch is always a risk, the tip-off rates that you have when you...

NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one

Technicians work on the MAVEN spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its launch in 2013....

This Chinese company could become the country’s first to land a reusable rocket

That’s no Falcon 9 The Chinese companies that master reusable rocketry first will have an advantage in the Chinese launch industry. A handful of rockets...

The missile meant to strike fear in Russia’s enemies fails once again

Therefore, it’s no wonder Russian officials like to talk up Sarmat’s capabilities. Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Sarmat a “truly unique weapon” that will...

ULA aimed to launch up to 10 Vulcan rockets this year—it will fly just once

Engineers traced the problem to a manufacturing defect in an insulator on the solid rocket motor, and telemetry data from all four boosters on the...

Rivals object to SpaceX’s Starship plans in Florida—who’s interfering with whom?

“That is ongoing currently,” Chatman said. “ working in close partnership with SpaceX and Blue Origin on the LOX/methane combination and the explicit equivalency to...

With another record broken, the world’s busiest spaceport keeps getting busier

Starship is designed to be fully and rapidly reusable, eventually enabling multiple flights per day. But that’s still a long way off, and it’s unknown...

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