Aerospace
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Former NASA Engineer Calls Starship Heat Shield a Dead End for Rapid Reuse
The Thermal Protection Bottleneck BOCA CHICA, Texas, July 27 — Starship, the fully reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle SpaceX…
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NASA Puts Early $2.1 Billion Price Tag on Nuclear-Powered Mars Spacecraft
WASHINGTON, July 21 – NASA’s plan to test a nuclear thermal rocket engine for deep-space travel has hit…
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China Catches Long March 10B Booster in a Net on Maiden Flight
BEIJING, July 10 — A state-owned giant that most people outside China have never heard of is quietly…
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China’s Reusable Rockets Advance as Boosters Are Recovered and Launches Hit Record
BEIJING, July 10 — China’s state-owned space contractor, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, or CASC, is…
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China Catches Long March-10B Booster at Sea, Then Lands Zhuque-3 Stage on Legs
BEIJING, July 10 — China has become the second country to successfully recover a liquid-fueled orbital-class rocket, following…
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China’s Long March 10B Recovered After Maiden Flight
WENCHANG, July 10 — China’s space program achieved a milestone last month that officials in Beijing are now…
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China’s Long March 10B Reaches Orbit and Its Booster Is Caught at Sea
WENCHANG, July 10 — China’s most powerful rocket yet is a three-stage machine that uses YF-100K engines, each…
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China Reusable Rocket Advances New Global Space Race
BEIJING, July 10 — For all the noise about America’s private-sector lead in reusable rocketry, China has quietly…
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China Launches Long March 10B and Catches Its First-Stage Booster on a Ship
WENCHANG, July 10 — The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, or CASC, has achieved a milestone in…
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China’s Long March 10B Booster Caught by Net at Sea on Maiden Flight
BEIJING, July 10 — The Long March 10B rocket, which completed its maiden flight on June 23, 2024,…
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China Catches Long March 10B Booster in a Net at Sea on First Flight
BEIJING, July 10 — The story of reusable rocketry is no longer a one-nation show. For years, SpaceX’s…
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China Lands Reusable Long March 10B Booster on Sea Net Platform
BEIJING, July 10 — How do you catch a rocket that has just hurled itself toward space? The…
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How SpaceX’s Reusable Rockets Rewrote Launch Costs and Underpin a $1.75 Trillion Valuation
BEIJING, July 10 — The global space launch market is undergoing a structural shift that analysts say could…
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Long March 10B Booster Caught by Cable Net at Sea on Maiden Flight
WENCHANG, July 10 — The story begins not with a roar, but with a hush. For those involved…
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SpaceX Vaporizes 260 Starlink Satellites Over Six Months
WASHINGTON, July 7 — SpaceX has deliberately deorbited and vaporized 260 Starlink satellites over the past six months,…
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SpaceX Reports Burning Up 260 Starlink Satellites in Six Months, 349 More Queued
LOS ANGELES, July 7 — A regulatory filing by the Federal Communications Commission shows that SpaceX’s Starlink satellite…
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260 Starlink Satellites Re-entered the Atmosphere in Six Months, SpaceX Tells FCC
ISLAMABAD, July 7 — The economics of satellite internet are shifting beneath the feet of the industry’s biggest…
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Rocket Lab to Buy Iridium Satellite in $8 Billion Deal
LONG BEACH, Calif., June 29 — Rocket Lab is buying Iridium Communications in an $8 billion cash-and-stock deal,…
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Rocket Lab Acquires Iridium Satellite Network for $8 Billion
Iridium’s 2.55 million subscribers just got a new landlord. Rocket Lab, the California rocket builder, is buying the…
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NASA’s Lithium Plasma Thruster Reaches 120 Kilowatts in February 2026 Test
PASADENA — A lithium-fed plasma engine at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has hit 120 kilowatts in testing. That…
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Blue Origin Achieves Historic Rocket Landing Despite Satellite Orbit Mishap
On 19 April, Blue Origin successfully recovered the first flight‑tested New Glenn booster, marking a rare heavy‑lift reusability…
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Apollo 11: How NASA’s Moon Landing Actually Worked in 1969
MANILA, July 15 — For communities across Asia watching the night sky, the science that put humans on…
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Artemis II Reached Launch Day in April 2026 After a Rocky Road
CAPE CANAVERAL, July 17 — The hiss of venting cryogens and the fog of condensing moisture that rolls…
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Gwynne Shotwell Charts the SpaceX Course From Starlink to AI Satellites
HAWTHORNE, Calif., July 16 — Gwynne Shotwell has been the steady hand guiding SpaceX’s day-to-day operations for nearly…
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