It’s been just over seven years since a raptor engine first fired aboard a vehicle called Starshopper on April 3, 2019. Since then, SpaceX has tested over 50 different vehicles and test tanks, and ...

NASA is deep into planning for Artemis III, a pivotal crewed mission in low Earth orbit scheduled for next year that will serve as a critical dress rehearsal for the agency’s return to the Moon. The ...

The first stage of Starship, the Super Heavy booster, has already undergone many changes during its development. This most recent design change, from Block 1/2 boosters to Block 3, is by far the ...

Starship’s second stage has evolved through numerous iterations since the early test flights of SN8 and SN15. Ship 39, the first vehicle of Block 3, marks the latest update. While it does not ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) latest science mission, Solar Wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE), is set to launch on a four-stage Vega C rocket from French Guiana. SMILE, a ...

Over the last two years, SpaceX has been constructing a completely redesigned launch pad for Starship, drawing on lessons learned from the first 11 flights. The new pad alongside Block 3 of Starship ...

Rocket Lab opened 2026 by breaking every record it set in 2025. The company signed more launch contracts in three months than it flew missions in all of last year, completed the acquisition of laser ...

With Booster 15-2’s static fire out of the way and crews setting up Pad 1(A) to static fire Ship 38, the Starship program stands near the end of an era, with this being the last launch from Pad 1(A) ...

The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is nearing final assembly and testing at prime contractor Lockheed Martin’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) production facility. After a final standalone ...

NASA management updated the agency’s human exploration plans for the 2020s to the NASA Advisory Council’s (NAC) Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) Committee last month at the Ames Research Center ...

Telemetry showed a sharp drop in chamber pressure, preventing the stage from delivering the required thrust. ISRO described it as an “observation in the third stage,” but the full Failure Analysis ...

On board Endeavour when she returns to Earth, in addition to Bob and Doug, will be the “Earthy” zero-g indicator brought to the station on Demo-1, and an American flag. The flag was left on the ...