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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...

Intuitive Machines—known for its Moon landers—will become a military contractor

The company’s success in just reaching the Moon’s surface has put it in position to become one of NASA’s leading lunar contractors. NASA has awarded...

Here’s how orbital dynamics wizardry helped save NASA’s next Mars mission

Blue Origin scrubbed Sunday’s launch attempt due to poor weather, a cruise ship in restricted waters near the launch site, and ground system issues. The...

The government shutdown is starting to have cosmic consequences

The federal government shutdown, now in its 38th day, prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to issue a temporary emergency order Thursday prohibiting commercial rocket launches...

A commercial space station startup now has a foothold in space

The integration tasks still include installing Haven-1’s environmental control and life support elements, power, data, and thermal control systems, thrusters, fuel tanks, and internal crew...

Space station astronauts eager to open “golden treasure box” from Japan

And without the ISS, Russia’s human spaceflight program might be dead today. Ins and outs of HTV-X Yui used the outpost’s robotic arm to grapple...

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