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Pentagon may put SpaceX at the center of a sensor-to-shooter targeting network

The possibilities include exploiting automation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to sense, target, and strike an enemy vehicle—a truck, tank, airplane, ship, or missile—nearly instantaneously....

NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off

Unlike the RS-25 firing at Stennis, NASA chose to broadcast the booster test. Everything appeared to go well until 1 minute and 40 seconds into...

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid, but now it’s running in backup mode

The spacecraft, built by Maxar Space Systems, will operate its electric thrusters for the equivalent of three months between now and November to keep the...

SpaceX’s next Starship just blew up on its test stand in South Texas

SpaceX's next Starship rocket exploded during a ground test in South Texas late Wednesday, dealing another blow to a program already struggling to overcome three...

Companies may soon pay a fee for their rockets to share the skies with airplanes

Assuming Falcon 9s continue to launch Starlink satellites in 2033, the fees would rise to approximately $56,000 per launch. SpaceX may have switched over all Starlink...

China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission

That's one reason why Tianwen-2's roundtrip journey to asteroid Kamoʻoalewa will last just two-and-a-half years. Japan's Hayabusa 2 asteroid sample return mission lasted six years...

Space Force official: Commercial satellites can do a lot more than we thought

"So, we're off working now with that program office to go start off a more commercial line," Purdy said. "And when I say commercial in...

Do these Buddhist gods hint at the purpose of China’s super-secret satellites?

Mission patches are a decades-old tradition in spaceflight. They can range from the figurative to the abstract, prompting valuable insights or feeding confusion. Some are...

The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch

This was unusual Payload fairing problems have caused a number of rocket failures, usually because they don't jettison during launch, or only partially deploy, leaving...

After back-to-back failures, SpaceX tests its fixes on the next Starship

But that didn't solve the problem. Once again, Starship's engines cut off too early, and the rocket broke apart before falling to Earth. SpaceX said...

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