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Here’s a first look at United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket

United Launch Alliance's first Vulcan rocket prepares to emerge from the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape...

Elon Musk: SpaceX needs to build Starships as often as Boeing builds 737s

Enlarge / Ship 28, the Starship for SpaceX's next full-scale test flight, fires up one of its engines on December 29 in Texas.SpaceX ...

A commander’s lament on the loss of a historic SpaceX rocket

Enlarge / One of the most historic rockets in SpaceX's fleet toppled over Christmas Day on the return trip to Cape Canaveral, Florida, following...

A cat video highlighted a big year for lasers in space

Enlarge / Taters, the orange tabby cat of a Jet Propulsion Laboratory employee, stars in a video beamed from deep space by NASA's Psyche...

SpaceX launches two rockets—three hours apart—to close out a record year

Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off Thursday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.SpaceX It seems like SpaceX did...

For the first time, ULA’s Vulcan rocket is fully stacked at Cape Canaveral

Enlarge / United Launch Alliance's first Vulcan rocket stands 202 feet (61.6 meters) tall with the addition of its payload fairing.United Launch Alliance ...

Blue Origin’s suborbital rocket flies for first time in 15 months

Enlarge / Blue Origin's New Shepard booster comes in for landing in West Texas at the conclusion of Tuesday's suborbital flight.Blue Origin ...

A top-secret Chinese spy satellite just launched on a supersized rocket

Enlarge / A Long March 5 rocket, the largest launcher in China's inventory, deployed a classified Chinese military satellite into orbit Friday.CASC ...

Blue Origin sure seems confident it will launch New Glenn in 2024

Enlarge / This picture, taken several months ago, shows different parts for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket inside the company's manufacturing facility in Florida.Blue...

The US military’s spaceplane is about to fly again—it needs a bigger rocket

Enlarge / SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket stands on Launch Complex 39A in Florida, hours before its scheduled liftoff with the military's X-37B spaceplane.Trevor Mahlmann/Ars...

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