Rocket Report: Ariane 6 beats Vulcan to third launch; China’s first drone ship
Why is China's heavy-lift Long March 5B able to launch only 10 Guowang satellites at a time...
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12:20
NASA tested a new SLS booster that may never fly, and the end of it blew off
NASA didn't want to say much about one of the tests, and the other one lost its nozzle...
Stephen Clark
01:21
Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid, but now it’s running in backup mode
Engineers switched to a backup fuel line less than a quarter of the way through Psyche's mission...
Stephen Clark
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Rocket Report: SpaceX’s expansion at Vandenberg; India’s PSLV fails in flight
China's diversity in rockets was evident this week, with four types of launchers in action...
Stephen Clark
15:20
Do these Buddhist gods hint at the purpose of China’s super-secret satellites?
Until recently, China's entries in the realm of spaceflight patches often lacked originality...
Stephen Clark
13:21
The top fell off Australia’s first orbital-class rocket, delaying its launch
The Australian startup behind the Eris rocket says the rest of the vehicle was undamaged...
Stephen Clark
04:26
A Soviet-era spacecraft built to land on Venus is falling to Earth instead
Kosmos 482 is encased in a titanium heat shield, with a good chance of reaching the surface intact...
Stephen Clark
06:20
We finally know a little more about Amazon’s super-secret satellites
Amazon's Kuiper satellites look nothing like SpaceX's Starlink...
Stephen Clark
01:20
Weapons of war are launching from Cape Canaveral for the first time since 1988
Unlike a recent hypersonic missile test, officials didn't immediately confirm Friday's flight was a success...
Stephen Clark
08:25
A military satellite waiting to launch with ULA will now fly with SpaceX
The Space Force wants to launch this particular GPS satellite soon, but ULA isn't ready...
