“We’re not gonna have landing legs. We’re gonna catch the booster in the air.” BOCA CHICA BEACH, TX — Today, SpaceX did the unthinkable: many thousands of engineers and technicians put in many thousands of hours to successfully snatch an...

Reduced, asymmetric thrust, compensated well by the rocket’s robust— CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — At 7:25 a.m. EST, United Launch Alliance flew its Cert-2 mission. Aptly named, this was the second in a series of Vulcan certification flights and the latest...

You need to have teamwork, and you need to have precision— Update: SpaceX posted an update 11 hours after launch that the second stage of the Crew-9 mission faced an anomaly during its deorbit burn. This burn is an ignition...

Moments in time, forever preserved— With today’s launch of Soyuz, there are now a record 19 people in Earth orbit. What a time to be alive. NASA astronaut Don Pettit, among a crew of three, has lifted off from the...

A shining example of both co-existing, peacefully— Home to a litany of launch pads, sprawling hundreds of thousands of acres through vast ecosystems, and refuge and habitat to over 1,500 species, Merritt Island is a special place. There’s a sign...

We will review the data and determine the next steps for the program— December 2019. May 2022. June 2024. Much has gone on each time Starliner journeys to space before reaching the ground once again, but ultimately, the fact of...

Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast— The inaugural launch of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket being the one to carry twin NASA probes to Mars, is not to be. Friday afternoon, NASA announced on their blog plans to forego...

Catching the Next Orbital-Class Rocket Today in Florida, the next piece of the puzzle fell into place for Blue Origin as they prepare to fly their New Glenn heavy-lift rocket for the very first time. Like SpaceX, Blue Origin intends...