China launched its partially reusable Long March 12B rocket for the first time ever on Monday (June 1), sending it up without issuing airspace closure notices ahead of time.
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Impulse Space — which was founded by Tom Mueller, SpaceX’s first-ever employee — just raised $500 million to build out the ultra-mobile spacecraft that it believes will transform the space economy.
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Satellites zoomed-in on the aftermath of the New Glenn rocket explosion at Blue Origin’s LC-36 launchpad, and the extent of the damage is visible from orbit.
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The explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket is a big setback for the spaceflight company and will have implications for NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.
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China’s Shenzhou 21 astronauts returned to Earth on Friday (May 29), wrapping up a record-breaking, and very eventful, space mission.
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A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched 29 Amazon Leo internet satellites to orbit on Friday night (May 28).
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Blue Origin’s powerful New Glenn rocket exploded during testing Thursday night, May 28, blasting flames and debris high into the sky in a display visible across wide swaths of Florida.
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SpaceX launched 29 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday (May 29), about 12 hours after Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded on a different pad at the site.
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Blue Origin’s fourth New Glenn rocket exploded during a prelaunch engine test on Thursday night (May 28). It could be a big setback for the company and for NASA’s moon ambitions.
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SpaceX’s “V3” Starship megarocket did pretty well on its debut flight last week. What’s next for the powerful next-gen vehicle?
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