Another day, and another Z80-based news story showing that there is life in the old microprocessor. Internet rocket scientist, gamer, astronomer, and YouTuber Scott Manley has taken the venerable ...

Recently, Iran launched three Earth observation satellites as part of a ride-share arrangement on a Russian Soyuz rocket. The mission was the latest for the Iranian space program, ostensibly civilian ...

Japan’s national space agency – the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) – was established in 2003, but the history of Japan’s space programs dates all the way back to early developments in ...

In space procurement, there are few phrases that carry more weight than “flight heritage.” Once a supplier claims it, the rest of the room can relax. The hardware has flown, goes the thinking. It ...

Blue Origin has “paused” its New Shepard program for the next two years, a move that likely signals a permanent end to the suborbital space tourism initiative. The small rocket and capsule have been ...

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This article originally appeared on The Conversation. When Apollo 13 looped around the Moon in April 1970, more than 40 million people around the world watched the United States recover from a ...

SpaceX’s Starship ascends on the Flight 11 launch Oct. 13. Credit: SpaceX ORLANDO, Fla. — The first Starship test flight of 2026 is scheduled for as soon as early March as SpaceX enters a critical ...

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Standing over 400 feet tall, Starship is the world's largest and most powerful launch vehicle. The upcoming mission will be the debut flight for Starship's new, more powerful Version 3 prototype.