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SpaceX conducts a mostly successful test of its Super Heavy booster

Enlarge / SpaceX test fires its Super Heavy Booster 9 on Sunday. SpaceX SpaceX on Sunday performed a static fire of a...

Voyager 2 phones home and says everything is cool

Enlarge / The encapsulation of Voyager 2 in 1977.NASA NASA lost contact with its Voyager 2 spacecraft—the second-most distant object ever built...

A promising Internet satellite is rendered useless by power supply issues

Enlarge / An Astranis satellite is seen in the company's factory.Astranis Astranis, a company seeking to provide Internet connectivity from geostationary space,...

The Senate just lobbed a tactical nuke at NASA’s Mars Sample Return program

Enlarge / The fate of a mission to return samples from Mars hangs in the balance.NASA The US Senate on Thursday slashed...

Weirdly, a NASA official says fixed-price contracts do the agency “no good”

Six of the 18 reusable space shuttle engines NASA has in storage. Each will be used once by the SLS rocket, then discarded.NASA ...

Boeing hit with a lawsuit over alleged “theft” of SLS rocket tools

Enlarge / The SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft are seen before the Artemis I launch.Trevor Mahlmann A Colorado-based company, Wilson Aerospace, is...

Boeing finds two serious problems with Starliner just weeks before launch

Enlarge / The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft jettisons the heat shield before it lands in 2019.NASA/Aubrey Gemignani A Boeing official said Thursday...

Setting expectations on the eve of Starship’s historic launch

Enlarge / SpaceX's Starship rocket is stacked for the final time on Saturday before a launch attempt.SpaceX STARBASE, Texas—It's about to get...

Europe is about to launch one of its most ambitious missions ever

Enlarge / An Ariane 5 rocket is seen on the launch pad with the JUICE spacecraft on Wednesday, April 12. ESA As...

New photo reveals extent of Centaur V anomaly explosion [Updated]

Enlarge / An image of the Centaur V anomaly that occurred on March 29 during testing of the Vulcan rocket's upper stage at Marshall...

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