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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...

SpaceX readies a redo of last month’s ill-fated Starship test flight

FAA’s green light The FAA confirmed Friday it issued a launch license earlier this week for Starship Flight 8. "The FAA determined SpaceX met all...

Astroscale aced the world’s first rendezvous with a piece of space junk

Astroscale's US subsidiary won a $25.5 million contract from the US Space Force in 2023 to build a satellite refueler that can hop around geostationary...

German startup to attempt the first orbital launch from Western Europe

The nine-engine first stage for Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket lights up on the launch pad on February 14. ...

It seems the FAA office overseeing SpaceX’s Starship probe still has some bite

These actions followed pre-established protocols. However, it highlighted the small but non-zero risk of rocket debris falling to Earth after a launch failure. "The potential...

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