China’s plan to reach the widely coveted lunar south pole—where NASA hopes to touch down in 2025 with Artemis 3—has been disrupted by a decades-old U.S. trade law. The International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or ITAR, has seemingly prevented the ...
SpaceX recently shared some stunning footage captured from the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket. The clip (below) shows Earth from thousands miles away, with ocean, land, and cloud all clearly visible. Most striking, however, is the planet’s ...
A highly anticipated mission to Venus is in trouble after NASA pulled all of its funding, save for a tiny fraction meant to keep the planetary orbiter on brittle life support as its fate hangs in the balance. Last week, ...
Relativity Space has successfully launched the Terran 1 in a groundbreaking maiden flight that proved the structural viability of a 3D-printed rocket. However, after successfully handling max q — where a rocket experiences the most dynamic pressure — and achieving ...
Things may be looking up for Richard Branson’s private launch business Virgin Orbit, with reports suggesting the company may have secured new funding and is preparing for an upcoming rocket launch. Virgin Orbit might be returning a small team of ...
