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NASA’s new Glider Could Turn any Airport Into a Spaceport

Getting to space has almost always been a multi-stage process. Those stages typically took the form of different stages of…

1 year ago

Falcon Heavy Launches for the First Time in Over Three Years, Carrying Military Satellites to Orbit

SpaceX launched its gigantic Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in more than three years, sending satellites for the…

1 year ago

A new Launch Date for Artemis 1: November 14th … at Night

If the next launch attempt of the Artemis I mission goes as planned, it should be a spectacular sight. NASA…

1 year ago

NASA Will Try Again on September 3 For First Launch of Artemis

After reviewing the data from Monday’s scrubbed launch attempt for the Space Launch System/Artemis- 1 test flight, NASA's Mission Management…

2 years ago

Rocket Lab Launches NASA’s CAPSTONE Mission to the Moon

A microwave oven–sized cubesat launched to space today from New Zealand by commercial company Rocket Lab and their Electron rocket.…

2 years ago

South Korea is now a Space-Faring Nation With the Orbital Launch of Their Homegrown Nuri Rocket

South Korea just became the 11th member of the space club, and the seventh nation to launch a commercial payload!

2 years ago

Stunning Photos from Air, Space and Ground of the Atlas V GOES-T Launch

NASA and NOAA now have a sophisticated new weather satellite in space. The GOES-T satellite launched on the powerful United…

2 years ago

JWST Is On Its Way!

It’s really happening. After all the years of delays, reschedulings, budget shortfalls, and even more delays, the James Webb Space…

2 years ago

Webb Telescope Officially Cleared for Launch on December 25

UPDATE: Shortly after publication of this article, Arianespace announced the launch for JWST has been delayed until December 25: "Due…

2 years ago

NASA Launches DART, to Learn how to Defend the Earth From a Future Asteroid Impact

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) just launched and will intercept a Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) in ten months!

2 years ago