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Blue Origin reuses huge New Glenn rocket for 1st time, lands booster at sea — but deploys satellite into wrong orbit (launch video)
By Josh Dinner Last updated
The BlueBird 7 satellite will be deorbited.

Landing astronauts on the moon 'is absolutely doable, and it's doable soon,' NASA's Artemis 2 commander says
By Josh Dinner Published
The Artemis 2 astronauts said they gained a deeper understanding of their Orion capsule during their moon mission — and what they learned bodes well for future Artemis flights.

Blue Origin fires up used New Glenn rocket ahead of landmark reflight (photo)
By Mike Wall Published
Blue Origin conducted a static fire test today (April 16) with a flight-proven New Glenn booster, paving the way for a planned launch on Sunday morning (April 19).

Splashdown! Artemis 2 astronauts return to Earth after historic NASA mission to the moon
By Mike Wall Last updated
NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts came home today (April 10), wrapping up an epic mission that broke spaceflight records and set the stage for even more ambitious moonshots to come.

Why won't NASA's Artemis 2 astronauts land on the moon when they get there?
By Elizabeth Howell Published
Artemis 2 will launch four astronauts around the moon no sooner than April 1. Why won't this quartet land on the lunar surface?

NASA's lunar Gateway space station is out. Moon bases are in
By Josh Dinner Published
NASA is honing its focus on future Artemis missions to land astronauts on the moon, removing the Gateway space station from its plans and prioritizing bases on the lunar surface.

Beyond Artemis 2: NASA pursuing a 'more achievable' path back to the moon
By Sharmila Kuthunur Published
As NASA gears up for the launch of Artemis 2, the agency is revising its moon landing strategy, aiming to make future missions more achievable and sustainable.

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin wants to defend Earth against dangerous asteroids. Here's how
By Josh Dinner Published
Blue Origin and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are teaming up to design an asteroid-defense spacecraft that will deploy a variety of deflection technologies.

Congress wants the International Space Station to keep flying until 2032. Here's why
By Mike Wall Published
Congress is pushing to extend the International Space Station's life by two years, to give commercial outposts more time to step into its shoes.

NASA wants to accelerate its Artemis missions to the moon. It will need to drop some big hardware to do it.
By Josh Dinner Published
A big restructuring of NASA's plans to land astronauts on the moon is adding missions and speeding up the timeline, but some hardware might have to be cut loose in the process.
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