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Rocket Report: Bloomberg calls for SLS cancellation; SpaceX hits century mark
All the news that's fit to lift "For the first time, Canada will host its own homegrown rocket technology." SpaceX's fifth flight test ended in success. Credit: SpaceX Welcome to Edition 7.16 of the Rocket Report! Even several days later, it remains difficult to process the significance of what SpaceX achieved in South Texas last
Rocket Lab pushing for first Neutron launch in 2024
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab says it could launch its first Neutron rocket before the end of the year as it outlines a long-term vision for the company that involves its own satellite constellation. In a Feb. 27 earnings call to discuss the company’s fourth quarter and 2023 financial results, Rocket Lab executives said development of
Rocket Report: SpaceX at the service of a rival; Endeavour goes vertical
Stacked — The US military appears interested in owning and operating its own fleet of Starships. Stephen Clark - Feb 2, 2024 12:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Space shuttle Endeavour, seen here in protective wrapping, was mounted on an external tank and inert solid rocket boosters at the California Science Center. Welcome to Edition 6.29
Rocket carrying American lunar lander arrives at launchpad
This image released by NASA shows Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander being encapsulated in the payload fairing, or nose cone, of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket. Final preparations were underway Friday for the launch of the first American spacecraft to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years, under a new partnership between NASA and
Japan’s H3 rocket will launch a 2nd time in February 2024 after explosive failure
Japan's H3 rocket on the launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center. (Image credit: JAXA) The Japanese space agency's H3 rocket system will return to the launchpad in early 2024 after an explosive failure this year.The H3 will launch from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA's) Tanegashima Space Center as soon as Feb. 14, 2024
Rocket Punch And EL7Z UP’s Yeonhee Launches Personal Instagram Account
Rocket Punch and EL7Z UP’s Yeonhee is now on Instagram! Although Rocket Punch and “Queendom Puzzle” project group EL7Z UP both have official group accounts on Instagram, Yeonhee has now opened an individual account of her very own as well. Yeonhee is the second member of Rocket Punch to launch a personal account, after her
Enlarge / The Super Heavy booster for SpaceX's next Starship test flight is raised onto its launch mount at the Starbase facility in South Texas. Welcome to Edition 6.04 of the Rocket Report! SpaceX has a Super Heavy booster on the launch pad in Texas a lot sooner than many thought. There was some pretty
Rocket Internet backs away from start-up investing in tech downturn
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Rocket Lab launches 2 NASA satellites to study tropical storms and hurricanes like never before
The first two satellites in NASA's new hurricane-hunting constellation have taken to the skies.The two cubesats, the founding members of the agency's TROPICS network, launched today (May 7) atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket, which lifted off from the company's New Zealand site at 9 p.m. EDT (0100 GMT and 1 p.m. on May 8
Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites
The Electron lifted off March 24 carrying two Gen-2 imaging satellites for BlackSky. Credit: Rocket Lab WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched a pair of BlackSky imaging satellites March 24 on a launch that was also a test of its ability to recover and reuse boosters. The Electron rocket lifted off at 5:14 a.m. Eastern from