After early struggles, NASA’s ambitious mission to Titan is “on track” for launch
"Probably the best part of my day is watching that team hit their milestones."
Eric Berger
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SpaceX’s lesson from last Starship flight? “We need to seal the tiles.”
SpaceX is targeting an orbital Starship flight with a next-gen vehicle next year.
Stephen Clark
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On a day of rebranding at the Pentagon, this name change slipped under the radar
We'll see how long the Department of War lasts. Space Force Combat Forces Command might stick around.
Stephen Clark
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Congress and Trump may compromise on the SLS rocket by axing its costly upper stage
"At $4 billion a launch, you don’t have a Moon program."
Eric Berger
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GOP may finally succeed in unrelenting quest to kill two NASA climate satellites
One scientist says it's like buying a car and running it into a tree to save on gas money.
Stephen Clark
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NASA’s acting chief “angry” about talk that China will beat US back to the Moon
"I can tell you what, I'll be damned if that is the story that we write."
Eric Berger
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Rocket Report: Neutron’s pad opens for business; SpaceX gets Falcon 9 green light
"Nobody’s waving the white flag here until the last hour of the last day."
Eric Berger
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Lull in Falcon Heavy missions opens window for SpaceX to build new landing pads
There are no Falcon Heavy launches this year, so now's the time for SpaceX to act.
Stephen Clark
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Former NASA chief says United States likely to lose second lunar space race
"It is highly unlikely the United States will beat China’s projected timeline."
Eric Berger
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Trump’s move of SPACECOM to Alabama has little to do with national security
The Pentagon says the move will save money, but acknowledges risk to military readiness.
Stephen Clark
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Fuel supply is a bottleneck for Starship—here’s how SpaceX will get around it
SpaceX has flirted with the idea of propellant generation plants at Starbase before.
Stephen Clark
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Ted Cruz reminds us why NASA’s rocket is called the “Senate Launch System”
"We need better than just window dressing."
Eric Berger
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Starship’s heat shield appears to have performed quite well in test
"The latest upgrades are looking good!"
Eric Berger
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Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster
Firefly Aerospace reveals why its Alpha booster exploded after launch in April.
Stephen Clark
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With recent Falcon 9 milestones, SpaceX vindicates its “dumb” approach to reuse
The company's workhorse continues its stellar performance.
Eric Berger
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Russian space official: “We need to stop lying to ourselves” about health of industry
"A significant part of the team has lost motivation and a sense of shared responsibility."
Eric Berger
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Under pressure after setbacks, SpaceX’s huge rocket finally goes the distance
This was the first successful flight of SpaceX's second-generation Starship after three failures.
Stephen Clark
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Lawmaker: Trump’s Golden Dome will end the madness, and that’s not a good thing
"I don't want to gamble on which major city or two we lose in a scenario like that."
Stephen Clark
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With Starship, SpaceX encounters an obstacle that haunted NASA’s space shuttles
"We wish we were young again and NASA was this vivacious, you know?"
Stephen Clark
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With a new Soyuz rocket, Russia seeks to break its Ukrainian dependency
Now you Zenit, now you don't.
Eric Berger
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SpaceX’s latest Dragon mission will breathe more fire at the space station
"The boost kit will help sustain the orbiting lab's altitude, starting in September."
Stephen Clark
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Time is running out for SpaceX to make a splash with second-gen Starship
SpaceX is gearing up for another Starship launch after three straight disappointing test flights.
Stephen Clark
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US military’s X-37B spaceplane stays relevant with launch of another mission
The X-37B spaceplane is flying missions few would have foreseen when the program began.
Stephen Clark
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Rocket Report: Pivotal Starship test on tap, Firefly wants to be big in Japan
Starship returns to the launch pad for the first time in three months.
Eric Berger
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SpaceX has built the machine to build the machine. But what about the machine?
SpaceX has built an impressive production site in Texas. Will Starship success follow?
Eric Berger
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China’s Guowang megaconstellation is more than another version of Starlink
"This is a strategy to keep the US from intervening... that's what their space architecture is designed to do."
Stephen Clark
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After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon
An expert explains why this will be enormously bad for the United States.
Eric Berger
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SpaceX reveals why the last two Starships failed as another launch draws near
"SpaceX can now proceed with Starship Flight 10 launch operations under its current license."
Stephen Clark
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NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
NASA's charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.
Eric Berger
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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 launch only 10 Guowang satellites at a time?
Stephen Clark
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Trump orders cull of regulations governing commercial rocket launches
The head of the FAA's commercial spaceflight division will become a political appointee.
Stephen Clark
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After first operational launch, here’s the next big test for ULA’s Vulcan rocket
This launch was a big success, but it doesn't necessarily quash anxieties about ULA's ability to deliver.
Stephen Clark
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Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch
This will be the first national security mission to fly on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket.
Stephen Clark
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Why does Jeff Bezos keep buying launches from Elon Musk?
Satellite companies find themselves between a rocket and a hard place.
Eric Berger
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NASA plans to build a nuclear reactor on the Moon—a space lawyer explains why
Nuclear power could be the linchpin for long-term human activity.
The Conversation
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James Lovell, the steady astronaut who brought Apollo 13 home safely, has died
Lovell was the first person to fly to the Moon twice.
Robert Pearlman
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