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SpaceX’s Starship took a beating, but held on for first return from space

Enlarge / Not a simulation. Plasma pours over the aerosurfaces of SpaceX's Starship during reentry high over the Indian Ocean. SpaceX demonstrated...

Boeing’s Starliner finally soars, but mission control reports more helium leaks

Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner capsule lifts off aboard United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket.United Launch Alliance After years of delays, Boeing's Starliner...

SpaceX is about to launch Starship again—the FAA will be more forgiving this time

Enlarge / The rocket for SpaceX's fourth full-scale Starship test flight awaits liftoff from Starbase, the company's private launch base in South Texas.SpaceX ...

Boeing’s Starliner test flight scrubbed again after hold in final countdown

Enlarge / NASA commander Butch Wilmore exits the Starliner spacecraft Saturday following the scrubbed launch attempt. A computer controlling the Atlas V...

Boeing’s Starliner capsule poised for second try at first astronaut flight

Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft sits on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.NASA/Joel Kowsky...

Europe seeks to emulate NASA’s revolutionary commercial cargo program

Enlarge / A rendering of the European cargo reentry vehicle proposed by Thales Alenia Space.Thales Alecia Space The European Space Agency has...

NASA finds more issues with Boeing’s Starliner, but crew launch set for June 1

Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft atop its Atlas V rocket on the launch pad earlier this month.NASA/Joel Kowsky Senior managers from NASA...

US officials: A Russian rocket launch last week likely deployed a space weapon

Enlarge / A Russian Soyuz rocket climbs away from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on May 16. The launch of a classified Russian military...

The first crew launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule is on hold indefinitely

Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on the eve of the first crew launch attempt earlier this month.Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP via Getty Images ...

NASA wants a cheaper Mars Sample Return—Boeing proposes most expensive rocket

Enlarge / The Space Launch System rocket lifts off on the Artemis I mission.NASA/Bill Ingalls NASA is looking for ways to get...

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