A Plan B for space? On the risks of concentrating national space power in private hands
Private companies are no longer peripheral participants in U.S. space activities. They provide key services, including launching and deploying satellites, ...
Tag: SpaceX
SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on its 150th Falcon 9 mission of the year (video)
A SpaceX rocket carrying 29 Starlink satellites launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on the company's 150 ...
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 187 — An Inspired Enterprise
On Episode 187 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Glen Swanson, author of the ...
First next-generation Starship booster damaged in testing
The first booster in the new generation of Starship vehicles suffered significant damage during a Nov. 21 test, adding to ...
Think tank urges Europe to scale up space-based data center efforts
Europe must move quickly to craft a large-scale strategy for space-based data centers or risk ceding a potential pillar of ...
SpaceX’s 1st ‘Version 3’ Super Heavy Starship booster buckles under pressure during initial tests
SpaceX began testing the newest version of its Starship Super Heavy booster overnight Thursday (Nov. 20), but by Friday morning ...
What is BioSentinel?
Editor’s Note: This article was updated Nov. 21, 2025 shortly after BioSentinel’s mission marked three years of operation in deep ...
SpaceX launches the 100th mission of the year from Florida’s Space Coast (video)
SpaceX launched 29 of its Starlink internet satellites tonight (Nov. 20), on the 100th mission of the year to take ...
Rocket returned, lightly used: Why Blue Origin’s landed New Glenn booster is so clean
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket remained strikingly clean and white after two trips through Earth's atmosphere last week. Here's why ...
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin will build a ‘super heavy’ version of its powerful New Glenn rocket
Blue Origin plans to build an even more powerful version of its partially reusable New Glenn rocket, which aced its ...