Slew of satellite projects aims to head off future wildfires
As Los Angeles firefighters battle remaining hotspots more than a week into deadly blazes, scientists and engineers hope ...
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A tale of two rockets: New Glenn achieves orbit, while Starship rains down
Two rockets launched on Thursday, and while both marked key advances in the space industry, neither was a complete success.
Rocket Report: Starship experiences a RUD; Blue Origin nails its debut launch
This weekly newsletter on rockets provides definitive coverage of the global launch industry. The big news this week is the ...
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New Glenn Makes It Into Orbit on First Flight, but Reusable Stage Crashes Out
If New Glenn can continue to demonstrate its capabilities and (more crucially) its reliability, it has the potential to take ...
Here’s what NASA would like to see SpaceX accomplish with Starship this year
SpaceX plans to launch the seventh full-scale test flight of its massive Super Heavy booster and Starship rocket Thursday ...
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket Finally Takes Flight
The heavy-lift New Glenn rocket soared to success, reaching orbit on its highly anticipated inaugural flight but failing to ...
A bright 'sun-skirting' comet will grace southern skies this week—here's how to see it
Hot on the heels of a spectacular comet late last year, another celestial visitor is set to put on a show. And Southern ...
SpaceX Just Launched Two Private Moon Landers. Here’s What Happens Next
A Falcon 9 rocket delivered the two landers to space earlier this morning, kickstarting a pair of exciting private Moon ...
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Bigger, higher, cheaper: Space startup looks beyond LEO
There’s been a major push within the government and industry to proliferate satellites in LEO, but less effort to bring costs ...
Two privately-built moon landers share a ride to space atop a Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket
Firefly's "Blue Moon" and ispace's "Resilience" are the latest in an ongoing push to gain private-sector experience exploring ...
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Space trash in low-Earth orbit threatens the global internet and astronaut missions
The cause remains unknown, but the event has reignited serious concerns about the increasing accumulation of space junk in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Experts warn that this growing problem could lead to ...
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ISRO’s US satellite launch to enable direct smartphone calls from space – India’s role and other insights
It will weigh about 6,000 kilograms and be launched into low Earth orbit for consistent service. The rocket GSLV belonging to India will be used to launch the Bluebird satellite into space with ...