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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A new report stresses the strategic and security implications of placing mass drivers on the moon by arguing that these launchers could serve as valuable first strike weapons systems.
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NASA is working hard to predict where in Earth orbit its Swift space telescope will be this fall, so that a private spacecraft can meet up with the observatory and boost its altitude.
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This is one spectacular photograph.
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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Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev worked to install and retrieve science experiments while on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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China is melding its robotic Chang’e lunar probe activities with the country’s human spaceflight program in an effort to land astronauts on the moon by 2030.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX’s Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again.
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Here’s everything you need to know about the forbidden city.
On June 9, NASA will reveal the astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 3 docking mission in Earth orbit next year.