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Jeff Bezos’s rocket company could race SpaceX to the moon.
While SpaceX has a major head start on the way to orbit, Blue Origin has a...
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What Is SpaceX’s Starship? It’s Really a Mars Ship.
Bigger than the Statue of Liberty, the SpaceX vehicle is central to NASA’s plans to get...
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Odysseus Moon Lander Sends Photos Home Before Spacecraft Likely Dies
The privately built American spacecraft’s ability to send home images and other data has been limited...
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SpaceX Launches Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander
A SpaceX rocket lifted the spacecraft, which was built by Intuitive Machines of Houston to carry...
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SpaceX Postpones Launch of Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander
The latest flight of a private company attempting to carry NASA payloads to the lunar surface...
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It Started as Winter Break. It Ended With a Doomed Moon Mission.
Carnegie Mellon University students built Iris, a tiny lunar rover. When the spacecraft carrying it to...
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Astrobotic’s Peregrine Moon Lander Burns Up in Earth’s Atmosphere
The Astrobotic Peregrine spacecraft launched last week for a lunar landing, but a propulsion malfunction left...
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SpaceX and Axiom Launch Ax-3 Mission to International Space Station: Video
A SpaceX launch to the International Space Station led by the company Axiom Space illustrates how...
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The New Space Race Is Causing New Pollution Problems
Earth’s stratosphere has never seen the amounts of emissions and waste from rockets and satellites that...
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Moon Lander Malfunctions After Launch, Raising Questions for NASA
After a flawless launch to orbit, the privately built robotic Peregrine lander is unlikely to reach...
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After Vulcan Rocket Launches, U.S. Moon Lander Faces Problems
The Vulcan rocket’s flight was flawless, but the privately built lunar lander it carried is not...
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A Stunning Eclipse, a Moon Race and Other Space Events in 2024
In April, people across North America will be able to gaze at a stunning total eclipse....
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The First Secret Asteroid Mission Won’t Be the Last
AstroForge, a private company, wants to mine a space rock, but it doesn’t want the competition...