Company that aims to race SpaceX to Mars plays with fire
"We knew better as untrained college students."
Eric Berger / Senior Space Editor
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Dragon launches, carrying four private citizens to the space station [Updated]
Crew expected to dock with the ISS on Saturday for an eight-day mission.
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Rocket Report: NASA buys a SpinLaunch, Space Force brass visits Starbase
"It’s an amazing facility that gives you a lot of ideas of what the future could be."
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That time when Soviet rocket scientists nearly nuked New York City
"The world was standing on the brink of thermonuclear war."
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Jeff Bezos and Amazon just hired everybody but SpaceX for Project Kuiper
Huge contracts for United Launch Alliance, Arianespace, and Blue Origin.
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NASA will make a second attempt to fuel its big rocket Monday [Updated]
"I would be really surprised, in a pleasant way, if the test went off without a hitch."
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Russia asked NASA to end sanctions to save the ISS, but the West didn’t blink
"Sustaining safe and successful ISS operations remains a priority for the United States."
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Rocket Report: SpaceX to do “right” by OneWeb, ESA looks at backup launch plans
"Investors deserve the protections they receive from traditional IPOs."
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A NASA astronaut just landed in a Russian spacecraft, and all is well
What happens next will probably depend on the war in Ukraine.
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Impulse Space is betting on a future where launch is cheap
"What happens to space if the cost of access to space is essentially free?"
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No more excuses: NASA in line to get funding needed for Artemis plan
"A lot of people come to work every day that are working to get to 2025."
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Rocket Report: SpaceX broomstick cleaning up contracts, Astra back on track
"We were surprised to learn of it on Friday."
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Legally, Russia can’t just take its Space Station and go home
Ignore Dmitry Rogozin. Putin is the real decision maker.
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Ursa Major says its Hadley engine supports vertical launch and hypersonic uses
"Having an engine off the shelf is going to save you five-plus years."
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The manager of Blue Origin’s rocket engine program has left the company
"He also built a world-class Engines team."
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OneWeb turns to a competitor—SpaceX—to complete its constellation
"We're on track to finish building out our full fleet of satellites."
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So how do Russian cosmonauts feel about Russia’s war on Ukraine?
"Everyone that I know or have heard of supports the war."
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It’s huge, expensive, and years late—but the SLS rocket is finally here
"The program is an economic engine for America."
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No, Russia has not threatened to leave an American astronaut behind in space
The status of the ISS partnership is subject to change, of course.
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Rocket Report: Ariane 6 workers are “hyperstressed,” SpaceX retort to Rogozin
"The project adds another dimension to the representation of humanity in space."
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Congress finally delivers a budget, and NASA gets most of what it wants
Congress's favorite rocket, of course, got extra funding, while science did not.
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How to save the International Space Station and prevent the dreaded “gap”
Unity in space remains in the best interest of the international partners.
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Rocket Report: Russia responds to Western sanctions, UK spaceport moves ahead
"We are taking a close look at how the situation unfolds."
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The US Space Force plans to start patrolling the area around the Moon
"Until now, the United States space mission extended 22,000 miles above Earth."
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Russia places extraordinary demands on OneWeb prior to satellite launch
Cooperation in space among Russia and the West has been stripped to the bone.
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Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild
Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.
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Ukraine official confirms urgent request for Western satellite data
"Within one hour, there will be an attack on Kyiv again."
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NASA wants to maintain Russia partnership but is studying “operational flexibilities”
"We, as a team, are operating just like we were operating three weeks ago."
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Russia pulls out of European spaceport, abandoning a planned launch
"We will take all relevant decisions in response to this decision."
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have myriad impacts on spaceflight
"If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an unguided de-orbit?"
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Rocket Report: SLS rocket almost ready to roll, ULA workers prepared to strike
"We've agreed to a $20 per hour pay cut in the last contract to stay competitive with SpaceX."
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Dmitry Rogozin says he does not appreciate “openly hostile” US policy
"I am very unhappy with the openly hostile policy of the USA toward my country."
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Virgin Galactic has lost $1 billion during the last two years
"We achieved many important milestones in 2021."
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With eyes on reuse, Relativity plans rapid transition to Terran R engines
"Yeah, we are definitely launching this year."
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Russia responds to European astronauts: We’ll give you independent spaceflight
"This would save European taxpayers billions of euros."
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Astronauts in Europe ask for their own independent crew spacecraft
"Our inaction would further impact European industrial competitiveness."
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