NASA is backing a radically different way to reach space, one that swaps towering rockets for a ground-based launcher that whips payloads to orbital speeds before they ever see a drop of fuel. The ...
NASA administrator nominee Jared Isaacman has sparked a renewed debate over the agency’s core mission, arguing that NASA should shift away from developing its own rockets and instead focus on “the ...
The Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket have been attached at the hip for the better part of two decades. The big rocket lifts, the smaller spacecraft flies, and Congress keeps the money ...
Welcome to Edition 8.16 of the Rocket Report! The 10th anniversary of SpaceX’s first Falcon 9 rocket landing is coming up at the end of this year. We’re still waiting for a second company to bring ...