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Space Exploration Oct 4, 2024

Successful Vulcan launch early Friday would unlock lucrative future for ULA

United Launch Alliance is footing the bill for the second ever launch of its Vulcan Centaur rocket, so it can finally see the payouts for the backlog of $3.1 billion worth of national security missions, something ULA cannot ...

Astronomy Oct 2, 2024

Webb telescope detects unusual gas jets from Centaur 29P

Inspired by the half-human, half-horse creatures that are part of Ancient Greek mythology, the field of astronomy has its own kind of centaurs: distant objects orbiting the sun between Jupiter and Neptune. NASA's James Webb ...

Space Exploration Aug 10, 2024

Blue Origin tests out New Glenn rocket recovery crane at Port Canaveral

With the first launch of Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket still in the works before the end of the year, Jeff Bezos' company got to work testing out its recovery operations with the huge crane parked at Port Canaveral ...

Space Exploration Jul 5, 2024

Blue Origin logs SpaceX Starship concerns as it preps for 1st New Glenn launch

As Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin prepares for the first launch of its New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral this year, the company has taken time to voice concerns over future launches of competitor SpaceX's massive Starship and ...

Space Exploration Jul 3, 2024

SpaceX retools problem booster for overnight launch from Space Coast

SpaceX is rolling a booster that was part of a scrubbed launch attempt last month back to the launch pad for an early morning mission on the Space Coast.

Space Exploration Jul 2, 2024

Ahead of Ariane 6 launch, what are the other big rockets?

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket is due to blast off for the first time next week, but it will launch into a quickly changing market for heavy space launchers increasingly dominated by SpaceX.

Space Exploration Jun 6, 2024

Boeing's Starliner launches on historic first human spaceflight

A pair of NASA astronauts have finally taken their historic ride on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner making its first-ever human spaceflight on the morning of June 5.

Space Exploration Jun 4, 2024

Boeing's Starliner set up for third shot at first human spaceflight

A pair of NASA astronauts will try again on Wednesday morning to take a ride on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner, making its first-ever human spaceflight.

Space Exploration May 30, 2024

NASA astronauts return to Space Coast ahead of Starliner launch

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Kennedy Space Center on May 28 as their much-delayed flight to the International Space Station aboard Boeing's CST-100 Starliner looks like it may finally happen ...

Space Exploration May 28, 2024

SpaceX launch marks 40th for the Space Coast

SpaceX sent up the 40th rocket launch from the Space Coast on Tuesday morning.

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