Once upon a time, landing a rocket seemed like something out of Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles. Then came Elon Musk,…
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On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its…
NASA had a banner year in 2022, with many successful missions in what was one of the organization’s most active years…
Scientists know very little about the matter that makes up the galaxies in the Universe. About 20% of the matter…
On Nov. 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth.…
The volatile nature of space rocket engines means that many early prototypes end up embedded in dirt banks or decorating…
A relatively inexperienced space company, Firefly Aerospace, become considerably more experienced last week when it attempted its inaugural rocket flight…
In some space-themed news that isn’t just billionaires taking joyrides on rocket ships, SpaceX announced that it has now finished…
Over the next fortnight, Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson will take off into space,…
Jeff Bezos is heading to space on one of his Blue Origin rockets on 20 July this year. He’s taking…