Blue Origin is gearing up for the second-ever launch of its powerful New Glenn rocket, which will loft NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars. The company says it has been working closely with NASA on preparations leading up to New Glenn’s next launch, dubbed NG-2, and is targeting no earlier than (NET) Sep. 29. The twin ESCAPADE (Escape and Plasma Acceleration …
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SpaceX redesigns Starship to get Mars-bound rocket to stop exploding
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Read More »SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California with new batch of Starlink satellites
SpaceX continued the growth of its broadband internet service with the launch of 24 more Starlink satellites from California on Thursday (Aug. 14). A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 1:05 a.m. EDT (0505 GMT or 10:05 p.m. PDT on Aug. 13 local) from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base. About nine minutes later, after a …
Read More »SpaceX Reveals Humongous Grid Fins To Catch World’s Largest Rocket With The Launch Tower
This is not investment advice. The author has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Wccftech.com has a disclosure and ethics policy. SpaceX has revealed the massive grid fins through which it will catch its future Starship Super Heavy rocket boosters. Starship is the world’s largest rocket under development and the only vehicle designed to be caught by the …
Read More »SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin the Starlink 10-20 mission on Aug. 14, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update Aug. 14, 10:30 a.m. EDT: SpaceX confirms deployment of the Starlink satellites. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with a batch of 28 of its Starlink V2 Mini satellites …
Read More »After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket
United Launch Alliance delivered multiple US military satellites into a high-altitude orbit after a prime-time launch Tuesday night, marking an important transition from development to operations for the company’s new Vulcan rocket. This mission, officially designated USSF-106 by the US Space Force, was the first flight of ULA’s Vulcan rocket to carry national security payloads. Two test flights of the …
Read More »NASA mulls rescue rocket to boost Swift observatory’s orbit • The Register
NASA is seeking solutions for a way to raise the orbit of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory despite the spacecraft being marked for termination after FY2026 under the agency’s budget proposal. The possible impending demise of the spacecraft, coupled with faster-than-expected orbital decay due to additional atmospheric drag caused by solar activity, makes Swift an ideal candidate for the potential …
Read More »Mysterious light over upstate New York was tail of a Vulcan rocket launch – Times Union
Mysterious light over upstate New York was tail of a Vulcan rocket launch Times Union Light in the sky surprised people across Philadelphia region on Tuesday night. Here’s what it was 6abc Philadelphia Strange object seen in the sky Tuesday night in the Philly region NBC10 Philadelphia Alien ship? Satellite? Strange glowing light spotted in skies above Massachusetts WCVB What was that? Spiral light …
Read More »United Launch Alliance’s new Vulcan rocket blasts off on first Space Force-sanctioned flight
United Launch Alliance fired off its first operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting two military satellites into space in the first U.S. Space Force-sanctioned flight of a new launcher that eventually will replace the company’s Atlas 5 and already-retired Deltas. Equipped with four solid-fuel strap-on boosters for additional takeoff power, the 198-foot-tall Vulcan’s two methane-fueled BE-4 engines thundered to life at …
Read More »ULA launches Vulcan rocket on first Space Force mission – Spaceflight Now
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket roared off the pad at Space Launch Complex 41 to begin the USSF-106 mission for the U.S. Space Force. This was the first national security launch using a Vulcan rocket and the 101st national security mission for ULA. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now United Launch Alliance fired off it’s first fully operational Vulcan rocket Tuesday, boosting …
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