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'Sean Dummy': Why is Elon Musk attacking the acting NASA chief?

By Mike Wall published

Elon Musk has hammered acting NASA chief Sean Duffy repeatedly on social media over the past few days, calling him "Sean Dummy" and claiming he's "trying to kill NASA." Here's what may be going on.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 22, 2025.

SpaceX launches record-breaking 133rd Falcon 9 mission of the year (video)

By Mike Wall last updated

SpaceX launched its record-breaking 133rd Falcon 9 mission of 2025 today (Oct. 22), topping last year's tally with no signs of slowing down before the year ends.

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The space shuttle Discovery, a white and black shuttle is on display at the Smithsonian Museum where people walk around it and view it.

The Smithsonian might have to cut space shuttle Discovery into pieces to get it to Texas

By Josh Dinner published

"You'd be doing irreparable damage."

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The Chinese company Landspace conducts a static fire test with its reusable Zhuque-3 rocket on Oct. 20, 2025.

China's 1st reusable rocket test fires engines ahead of debut flight (video)

By Mike Wall published

LandSpace conducted a static-fire test with its Zhuque-3 rocket recently, an important step in the prep work ahead of the partially reusable rocket's debut launch.

Launches & Spacecraft
A white capsule with two solar panels is seen floating in orbit above Earth in space

The other space race: why the world is obsessed with sending objects into orbit

By Tony Milligan published

An academic dives into "the other space race" as countries work to send satellites and other objects into orbit around the Earth.

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NASA'd too hard: The ultimate NASA trivia quiz

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

Test your knowledge of NASA's triumphs, setbacks, and space-age breakthroughs that define this space agency's legendary history.

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A white cone with NASA and ESA logos is lowered inside a large warehouse bay.

NASA stacks Artemis 2 moon mission's Orion capsule atop SLS rocket ahead of 2026 launch

By Josh Dinner published

The Artemis 2 SLS rocket that will launch the next astronauts around the moon is all put together inside NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building.

Artemis
A small metal satellite is launched floating above Earth with part of the International Space Station seen on the left part of the image

'You're free!' Tiny Japanese satellites escape doomed space station years ahead of its fiery death | Space photo of the day for Oct. 21, 2025

By Kenna Hughes-Castleberry published

JAXA has successfully deployed three new Cubesats from the International Space Station's Kibo module, marking another step in democratizing access to space.

International Space Station
White streaks across a blue starry night sky show satellites with silhouettes of trees at the bottom of the image

This company's plan to launch 4,000 massive space mirrors has scientists alarmed: 'From an astronomical perspective, that's pretty catastrophic'

By Tereza Pultarova published

Reflect Orbital has applied for a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to launch a giant mirror to space next year.

Satellites
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Mysterious smoldering wreckage in Australian Outback is likely part of a Chinese rocket

By Leonard David published

A piece of smoldering wreckage found in Western Australia is likely part of a Chinese rocket that crashed to Earth on Saturday (Oct. 18), experts say.

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