How Blue Origin’s Sunday night launch went from giant leap to awkward stumble
There were high hopes for the maiden launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket on Sunday, but sadly, it wasn’t to be. The late-night NG-1 mission was supposed to be…
Blue Origin abandons Monday’s effort to launch New Glenn rocket
Blue Origin has scrubbed Monday’s highly anticipated launch attempt of its New Glenn rocket. With just 13 minutes remaining on the countdown clock at Cape Canaveral in Florida early on…
SpaceX delays seventh launch of Starship megarocket
SpaceX is delaying the seventh launch of its Starship megarocket by 48 hours. The Elon Musk-led spaceflight company dropped news of the delay on X, but declined to share a…
How to watch SpaceX’s seventh Starship launch
SpaceX is making final preparations for the seventh launch of the Starship, the most powerful rocket ever to fly. “The upcoming flight test will launch a new generation ship with…
How to watch Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket launch for the first time
Blue Origin, the spaceflight company set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is about to perform the first launch of its heavy-lift New Glenn rocket. The two-stage rocket will lift…
SpaceX reveals date for the seventh flight of its Starship megarocket
SpaceX is targeting Monday, January 13, for the seventh test flight of its Starship megarocket. The 120-meter-vehicle will lift off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, as it…
NASA has two ideas for how to get samples back from Mars
NASA has big goals for Mars. It wants to collect the first-ever samples from the Martian surface and deliver them back to Earth in an ambitious mission called Mars Sample…
Astronaut’s ‘glowing fingernail clipping’ is actually the moon
Don Pettit is on a roll. Just days after sharing a breathtaking shot of Earth, the American astronaut has followed up with an equally stunning shot of a waning crescent…
Watch SpaceX’s cinematic look at Starship rocket’s last flight
Starship | Sixth Flight Test SpaceX has shared a cinematic video (above) of the Starship rocket’s sixth test flight, which took place in November. Recommended Videos The presentation is effectively…
Astronaut’s first photo of 2025 is a real stunner
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has started 2025 as he means to go on, with a stunning Earth photo that he described as a “New Year’s light show.” Pettit captured the…