You know the launch market is tough when satellite companies start building rockets
“The Blacklift rocket is the springboard to significantly expand our total addressable market.”
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Rocket Report: Artemis II literally tore through the atmosphere; New Glenn delay
Interstellar Technologies announces more government funding for the Japanese Zero rocket.
Stephen Clark
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Blue Origin says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at 1/4 the cost
“This is going to be a game-changer.”
Eric Berger
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After Texas’ blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX?
“Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now.”
Eric Berger
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This space company is betting its future on a propellant available everywhere
Is that water in your spacecraft, or are you just happy to see the delta-V?
Eric Berger
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“At Home in Space” opens, caps Air and Space Museum renovation
The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum has all of its “space” back open.
Robert Pearlman
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China publicly discloses plan for a lunar landing within three years
The plan does not include a mission similar to Apollo 8 or Artemis II.
Eric Berger
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Once again, NASA is asking for ideas to rescue Hubble from certain death
The space agency solicited ideas for reboosting Hubble four years ago, but they didn’t go anywhere.
Stephen Clark
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Analysts find looming launch crisis is “more severe” than anticipated
There’s no evidence that Starship will launch traditional satellites, either.
Eric Berger
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Rocket Report: Winter is coming for Themis; Cowboy Space adds iron to the fire
It’s been a good week for ULA, with big NASA contract, Vulcan nearing return-to-flight.
Stephen Clark
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SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency
“NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”
Eric Berger
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ULA’s Vulcan rocket is set to return to flight on Friday the 13th
This Vulcan launch will be first to use a full complement of 6 solid rocket boosters.
Stephen Clark
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The last, best hope for space tourism just rolled onto a runway in Arizona
It has been nearly a year since any space tourism flights occurred.
Eric Berger
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China’s top-secret spaceplane can’t hide in low-Earth orbit
The DIA’s threat assessment suggests China may soon place directed energy weapons in space.
Stephen Clark
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NASA updates lander plans for Moon landings, finally solves long-festering Orion issue
“We have the mandate, we have the resources, and the support from our stakeholders.”
Eric Berger
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Inside the Pentagon, the pressure is on to find a home for a new spaceport
Space Force considering options: public-private, federal installation, state land.
Stephen Clark
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Rocket Report: SpaceX says no thanks to military launches; Spanish rocket nearly ready
“We believe Canada should be able to reach orbit on its own terms.”
Eric Berger
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Latest estimate for Starship launches required to support a Moon landing? 22.
“We need to keep our eyes on numerous required fuelings for the lander.”
Eric Berger
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US official: Russia’s stalker satellite sure looks like an orbital weapon
The Russian official who called commercial satellites “legitimate targets” now says concerns are “unfounded.”
Stephen Clark
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SpaceX to attempt Starship catch on next flight, with eye on rapid cadence increase
“We have had significant constructive engagement with the FAA.”
Eric Berger
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Merging SpaceX and Tesla would be a “good idea,” Musk says
“I do think there’s a lot of merit to combining the companies.”
Eric Berger
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Does anyone actually want to win the medium-lift race in the United States?
Ars Technica is here to help with a guide to the medium-lift space race.
Eric Berger
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Japan launches mission to bring home a piece of the Martian moon Phobos
The climax for MMX will come in 2029, when the spacecraft will attempt up to two landings on Phobos.
Stephen Clark
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Russian spacecraft maneuvers in “extreme proximity” to satellite used by Ukraine
“Kosmos 2612 closed from hundreds of kilometers away to extreme proximity to ICEYE-X36.”
Stephen Clark
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A Chinese rocket deorbited over Minnesota and left this in a farmer’s cornfield
All the evidence points to the debris being part of a Chinese Zhuque-2E rocket.
Stephen Clark
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Rocket Report: FAA eyes more Starbase traffic; India’s Skyroot snares US customer
The pioneering reusable upper stage for Stoke Space’s Nova rocket ships out for testing.
Stephen Clark
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Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket
The infrastructure is designed to support multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.
Eric Berger
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Neutron’s first launch slips again amid trouble with carbon composites
Rocket Lab announced the Neutron rocket in 2021, aiming for a first flight in 2024.
Stephen Clark
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Things are finally looking up for NASA’s first missions to Venus in a generation
“This is great news for us. We’re staffing up. We’re accelerating.”
Stephen Clark
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NASA issues long-awaited call to industry for private space stations
“We’ve made it clear that NASA will never give up its presence in low-Earth orbit.”
Eric Berger
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Rocket Report: A rare Falcon 9 scrub; is it just about Vulcan’s time to shine?
“I can say we’re weeks away from launching on Vulcan.”
Eric Berger
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SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
“These led to conjunctions of tens of meters to hundreds of meters. Way too close to comfort.”
Stephen Clark
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RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Hamilton also coined the term “software engineering” and founded two successful software companies.
Jennifer Ouellette
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Amazon builds 1,000th satellite, will launch space internet service by end of year
“If this was easy, everybody else would be doing it.”
Eric Berger
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If you’re looking, here’s a “good deal” for NASA and the European Space Agency
“We are in the era of people interested in having good deals, and LISA is a very good deal for the US.”
Stephen Clark
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Why is NASA bringing 7,500 contractors back to work as civil servants?
“The administrator’s directive is a coherent and necessary vision for the future.”
Eric Berger
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