Rocket Report: Blunder at Baikonur; do launchers really need rocket engines?
The Department of the Air Force authorizes a brand-new home in Florida for SpaceX’s Starship. South Korea’s Nuri 1 rocket is raised vertical on its launch pad in this multi-exposure…
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Rocket Lab Electron among first artifacts installed in CA Science Center space gallery
It took the California Science Center more than 3 years to erect its brand-new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, consisting of stacking NASA’s area shuttle bus Endeavour for its…
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New Glenn rocket has clear path to launch after test-firing at Cape Canaveral
The roadway to the 2nd flight of Blue Origin’s heavy-lifting New Glenn rocket got a lot clearer Thursday night with a success test-firing of the launcher’s 7 primary engines on…
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Rocket Report: Pivotal Starship test on tap, Firefly wants to be big in Japan
All the news that’s fit to raise Starship go back to the launch pad for the very first time in 3 months. SpaceX launched this brand-new image of the Starbase…
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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 release just 10 Guowang satellites at a time? Using their orange launch and reentry spacesuits, Artemis II leader Reid Wiseman (bottom)…
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Rocket Report: SpaceX won’t land at Johnston Atoll; new North Sea launch site
All the news that’s fit to raise “Europe is seizing the opportunity to lead.” NASA astronauts Mike Fincke(left)and Zena Cardman(best), the pilot and leader of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 objective to…
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Rocket Report: SpaceX to make its own propellant; China’s largest launch pad
United Launch Alliance starts stacking its 3rd Vulcan rocket for the 2nd time. Visitors stroll by designs of a Long March 10 rocket, lunar lander, and team spacecraft throughout an…
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Rocket Report: Japan’s workhorse booster takes a bow; you can invest in SpaceX now
“We will be able to industrialize Zephyr production up to 50 units per year.” Europe’s very first multiple-use rocket primary phase demonstrator, Themis, is being transferred to its launch pad…
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Rocket Report: Two big Asian reuse milestones, Vandenberg becomes SpaceX west
“This is potentially going to be a problem.” Landspace flaunts its Zhuque-3 rocket on the launch pad. Credit: Landspace Invite to Edition 7.49 of the Rocket Report! You might have…
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Rocket Report: SpaceX’s expansion at Vandenberg; India’s PSLV fails in flight
China’s variety in rockets appeared today, with 4 kinds of launchers in action. Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II Aurora aircraft in flight over New Zealand in 2015. Credit: Dawn Aerospace Invite to…
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