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Rocket Report: Astra layoffs; next SLS core stage needs repairs

Rocket Report: Astra layoffs; next SLS core stage needs repairs

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Enlarge / A technician works on part of the Space Launch System rocket’s core stage for Artemis II in this March 2023 image. Welcome to Edition 6.06 of the Rocket Report! This week's news in space lift includes ups and downs for small launch companies, yet another record for SpaceX's blistering launch cadence, and some…
Russia heads back to the Moon with Luna 25

Russia heads back to the Moon with Luna 25

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Enlarge / Fire from the engines of a Russian Soyuz rocket as it lifted off with the Luna 25 spacecraft heading for the Moon. Russia's space agency successfully launched a robotic spacecraft Thursday on a journey to the Moon, the country's first lunar explorer since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 sample return mission in 1976.…
Virgin Galactic just flew again, but is the company going anywhere?

Virgin Galactic just flew again, but is the company going anywhere?

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Enlarge / Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity is seen at Spaceport America in front of the company's iconic headquarters. SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico—I'm standing on a spaceport runway at the ass end of nowhere. The sun has started to creep over the craggy San Andreas Mountains, illuminating the massive, alien spaceship-like building here in New Mexico…
Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a metal asteroid

Everything is coming together for launch of NASA’s mission to a...

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Enlarge / NASA's Psyche spacecraft is the centerpiece of a $1.23 billion mission to explore a kind of asteroid that's never been visited before.Stephen Clark/Ars Technica TITUSVILLE, Florida—NASA's Psyche spacecraft is running a year behind schedule before the beginning of its journey to explore a metal asteroid, but mission managers said Friday the probe is…
It’s finally time—Virgin Galactic is flying private astronauts into space

It’s finally time—Virgin Galactic is flying private astronauts into space

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Enlarge / Anastatia Mayers, Jon Goodwin, and Keisha Schahaff are the private customers on board Galactic 02.Virgin Galactic SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico—On Thursday morning, Virgin Galactic plans to fly private citizens into space for the first time. The company's VSS Unity spacecraft is due to be released from its carrier aircraft after 9 am local…
Space tourists will probably have sex up there, but they shouldn’t get pregnant, researchers warn

Space tourists will probably have sex up there, but they shouldn’t...

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Space tourism is blasting off, increasing the odds that space-vacationers will have sex up there. If someone gets pregnant in space, the radiation could harm them or their embryo, scientists say. Space companies could end up with lawsuits and bad press if they don't talk to tourists about this. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted a question mark in deep space. It could be 2 galaxies colliding.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope spotted a question mark in deep...

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Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. download the app The James Webb Space Telescope was conducting its usual business — staring at objects of scientific interest across the cosmos — when it accidentally captured something hilariously familiar in the distant…
Juno is bringing Jupiter’s moon Io into sharper focus

Juno is bringing Jupiter’s moon Io into sharper focus

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Enlarge / This processed image of Io was captured by Juno's JunoCam instrument July 30. The last time a spacecraft got this close to Jupiter's moon Io was more than 20 years ago, a blink of an eye on a typical geological timescale. Most planetary bodies in our Solar System wouldn't exhibit so much change…
The helicopter on Mars just flew again after surviving an emergency landing

The helicopter on Mars just flew again after surviving an emergency...

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Enlarge / This view of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was generated using data collected by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover on Aug. 2, 2023.NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS By the standard of some of its previous flights, the most recent voyage of NASA's intrepid Ingenuity helicopter on Mars was nothing special. Over a period of…
NASA’s Artemis II crew meets their Moonship

NASA’s Artemis II crew meets their Moonship

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Enlarge / Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen pose with their Orion spacecraft at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Trevor Mahlmann The three Americans and one Canadian slated to fly on NASA's Artemis II circumlunar mission had a "pinch me" moment Monday when they got…

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