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Here's Why Rocket Launch Trajectories Are Curved Like Bananas
Ever wonder why rockets don’t shoot straight up into space? Discover the fascinating physics behind curved rocket launch trajectories and gravity turns.
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Houston's Created Its Own Problem: The Unnecessary Fight To Snatch Up The Discovery Space Shuttle Continues
If there is a custody battle to be had, the Smithsonian has it locked down.
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While Blue Origin Is Hopeful New Glenn Will Fly Again This Year, Its Exploded Launchpad Is A Problem
In an interview with CNBC, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said that it would "take some serious time" to repair the damage at Launch Complex 36..."
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Why Americans Land Spacecraft In The Ocean While The Russians Go For Solid Ground
As you may have heard, rocket science is complicated.
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The Subaru Telescope On Mauna Kea Shares Its Name With Your Car For A Reason
What does a research telescope in Hawaii have in common with the dog-friendly car brand? The answer lies in an ancient, globe-spanning myth.
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Blue Origin's New Glenn Rocket Dramatically Explodes During Engine Test Firing
The full extent of the damage is yet to be determined, but the Space Force says it will not delay upcoming flights by other companies on nearby launch pads.
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NASA Unveils Next Generation Of Moon Cars As Plans For A Permanent Lunar Base Take Shape
The return to the Moon isn't just a far-fetched fantasy anymore, but a tangible near future.
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Initiates Largest Change In 70 Years, Solicits Bids To Replace Caltech As Its Manager
A booming industry is proving that private enterprise can make serious strides in space, and JPL is looking to find cheaper ways to do what it's always done.
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Could NASA's Lithium-Plasma Engine Be The Key To Getting Humans To Mars?
NASA is working on a lithium-plasma electric thruster that uses roughly 90% less fuel than chemical rockets. Can this new technology help us colonize Mars?
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SpaceX Comes Up With Yet Another New Business Model, Privatized Space Traffic Control
Starlink has been in a closed beta of this system with other operators, and now, it's opening up to any other operator who wants it, for free. Well, "free."
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This Is The Massive Barge NASA Uses To Transport Space Rockets
The components used to launch the Artemis II astronauts into space are truly massive. Here's how NASA moves those parts around the country.
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Texas Homeowners Sue SpaceX For Damage From Rocket Launches
SpaceX likely will quietly settle it for non-trivial (though not mind-blowing) sum and then just keep on doing what it's doing: going fast and breaking stuff.
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James Webb Space Telescope Brings Details Of Nearby 'Super-Earth' Into Focus
This one telescope is enabling us to deduce not just the chemical and mineral compositions of distant worlds, but their terrain and features as well.
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Artemis Astronauts Explain Why Nutella Tastes Different In Space (And So Does Everything Else)
It's a brave new world for spread science.
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FAA Will Begin Making Space Rockets Pay Tolls
One can only hope that he will build a giant toll barrier in the sky, at which the rocket will have to stop and deposit some change before heading to the stars.
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We're Launching So Much Stuff At The Moon That We're Littering It With Space Junk Now
The upper stage of a rocket used to launch a lunar lander mission now heading towards the moon, and it's going to crash there at 5,400 miles per hour.
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Meta Will Harvest Sunlight With Satellites To Keep Its AI Data Centers On Earth Going At Night
Meta has partnered with Overview Energy, with the claim that 1 GW of energy could be sent to existing solar farms on earth by 2030, even when it's dark out.
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NASA Completes The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, Ahead Of Schedule And Under-Budget
Our understanding of our universe will grow in bounds and, very likely, change forever.
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Is Somebody Hunting America's Aerospace Engineers And Scientists?
It's hard to see how all of these cohere into some sort of grand design, or what the purpose of that design might be.
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Even SpaceX Doesn't Believe SpaceX's Hype About Space AI And Moon Cities
Remember those halcyon days when SpaceX believed it was on the cusp of transforming humanity?
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Blue Origin Put Satellite Into Wrong Orbit In Bungled Launch
Jeff Bezos' space company had one job and failed spectacularly.
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How Goodyear Developed Tires For The Moon
You can't take tires off a car and expect them to work on the moon. In fact, the tires Goodyear developed for 1970s moon missions were quite different.
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Global Starlink Outage Tanked U.S. Navy Drone Boat Test
The incident highlights how reliance on a single system could threaten our military capabilities, especially when that system could be shut down by Elon Musk.
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Visitors From Outer Space (NASA's Artemis II Astronauts) Splash Down Off The Coast Of San Diego
Coming home is never easy after a long trip, but it's a lot harder when you're traveling around Mach 35.
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SpaceX Starship Engine Test Is Successful In Every Way, Except For All Of The Exploding
Part of testing is pushing components way past their limits, so it's entirely possible that the team predicted a fiery end.
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New 'Earthset' Photo Gives Earthlings A Unique Glimpse At Our Own Home
We need some positivity right now, and Artemis II is delivering, not just to the U.S. but to the entire world.
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NASA's Artemis II Crew Send Stunning Pictures Of Earth Back To Earth
May you be grateful that you yourself are looking at a screen right now, instead of being subjected to such powerful cosmic wonder.
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