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After 11 years at Mars, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft went out with a whisper
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (892+ words) NASA's MAVEN spacecraft was in excellent shape when it disappeared behind Mars on December 6 of last year. The routine passage, called an occultation, was supposed to last less than an hour, but ground teams didn't hear from the spacecraft when…...
How long will it take to rebuild Blue Origin's launch pad? We asked some Space X vets.
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (1445+ words) Everyone is in a place where it's no fun to be there." A former NASA engineer named John Muratore sat on console as launch director in early September 2016 as propellant flowed onto a Falcon 9 rocket in Florida. Ahead of a…...
Blue Origin has set a very aggressive return-to-flight timeline
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (475+ words) The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen, and LNG tanks are all in good shape." The chief executive of Blue Origin, whose large New Glenn rocket exploded spectacularly less than a week ago at the company's launch site in Florida, vowed…...
Impulse Space raises $500 million as orbital maneuvering race heats up
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (435+ words) The market's going to continue to find exciting new things." Getting around space, as it turns out, is kind of a big deal. On Tuesday, Impulse Space, a company dedicated to improving space mobility, announced it has raised $500 million in…...
Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (185+ words) A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station, and one of the astronauts will stay for a year. As always, we welcome reader submissions. If you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the…...
Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (1059+ words) I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage." Thursday night's detonation of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket during a static-fire test produced a spectacular fireball over Florida, sending shards…...
The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (632+ words) New Glenn was due to play a starring role in NASA's Artemis Program. On Thursday evening Blue Origin attempted to test fire its massive New Glenn rocket at its Florida launch site, but something went very wrong after engine ignition....
Report: Space X IPO gives Musk unchecked power and forbids investor lawsuits
4+ week, 1+ day ago (44+ words) This is the thing that I think we need to start understanding about people like Musk: they have completely abandoned sane, rational ego boundaries. L'etat, c'est moi, as the Sun King once famously. .. Report: Space X IPO gives Musk unchecked…...
US Space Force confirms Space X will build sensor-to-shooter targeting network
1+ week, 1+ day ago (455+ words) We aren't trading speed for scale; we are demanding both," says the military's program manager. Space X has won a lucrative contract to provide the US military with a means of distributing space-based sensing and targeting data, forming the backbone…...
NASA takes steps toward building Moon Base, including discussing a "perimeter"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (562+ words) We also obviously want to be very mindful of the Outer Space Treaty." NASA officials announced contract awards for the initial elements of a lunar base on Tuesday, including two rovers that will provide mobility to astronauts. With the series…...