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Reusable rockets are here, so why is NASA paying more to launch stuff to space?

• 1998: Deep Space 1 — Delta II rocket — $86 million • 1999: Mars Polar Lander — Delta II rocket — $88 million •...

There’s a secret reason the Space Force is delaying the next Atlas V launch

It wouldn't have been surprising for SpaceX to get priority on the range schedule since it had already reserved the launch window with the Space...

Here are the reasons SpaceX won nearly all recent military launch contracts

"Our rocket has a unique niche within this marketplace," Bruno said. "There really are two kinds of missions from the rocket’s standpoint. There are ones...

A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX

For the second time in six months, SpaceX will deploy a US military satellite that was sitting in storage, waiting for a slot on United...

With new contracts, SpaceX will become the US military’s top launch provider

SpaceX will get 28 missions worth approximately $5.9 billion ULA will get 19 missions worth approximately $5.4 billion Blue Origin will get seven missions...

ESA finally has a commercial launch strategy, but will member states pay?

Open your checkbook, please ESA's governance structure isn't favorable for taking quick action. On one hand, ESA member states approve the agency's budget in multiyear...

As preps continue, it’s looking more likely NASA will fly the Artemis II mission

Late Saturday night, technicians at Kennedy Space Center in Florida moved the core stage for NASA's second Space Launch System rocket into position between the...

This launcher is about to displace the V-2 as Germany’s largest rocket

Europe's flagship Ariane 5 rocket retired in 2023, a year before its replacement—the Ariane 6—debuted on its first test flight from the Guiana Space Center....

The ax has become an important part of the Space Force’s arsenal

"All those traditional primes opted out of this event, every single one," Hammett said. "We're cultivating an A-team who's willing to work with us, who's...

No, that’s not a cosmic cone of shame—it’s NASA’s newest space telescope

As the telescope scans across these millions of targets, its detectors will make measurements of each point in the sky in 102 infrared wavelengths. With...

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