Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That’s finally changing.

Today, the space industry can’t wait for Starship to finally deliver. With a payload capacity of more than 100 metric tons ...
Interesting Engineering

Royal Navy achieves world’s first airborne launch of an uncrewed boat for sea missions

The Royal Navy successfully airdropped an uncrewed boat from an A400M, proving rapid deployment into contested waters without ...

A new satellite wants to prove nuclear power can work in space without solar panels

BOHR's primary mission is to test a different kind of power source in orbit. The CubeSat is carrying City Labs' "NanoTritium" ...
Space.com

Shoebox-sized 'detector satellites' could sniff out a nuclear bomb in space

No reliable way currently exists to detect and defuse a nuclear bomb in space. Danagoulian proposes a constellation of small ...
Paducah Sun

MSU student helps build, launch sounding rocket into space at NASA workshop

In June, NASA held its RockOn workshop at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, where 24 teams of three built a sounding ...
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A rocket launch can cost $20,000 per pound - then scientists asked why use rockets at all

Getting to space remains brutally expensive, with launch costs ranging from about $680 to $9,000 per pound depending on the rocket. The video explains why rockets need around 9 times more fuel than ...
The Desert Sun

Here's how you can watch this Father's Day rocket launch live Sunday

The launch will take place from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County. The mission's purpose is to deploy 24 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit. The launch will be visible ...
USA Today

This next Virginia rocket launch will reach 5 times the speed of sound

Rocket Lab is preparing for a suborbital hypersonic launch from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The mission, called "Curveball," will use the HASTE launch vehicle, a modified Electron ...
Forbes

U.S. Military Using Drones As Rocket Launchers And Helicopter Escorts

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A US Army AH-64D Apache helicopter fires missiles during NATO exercises in Poland in ...