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The Vega C rocket just lifted the European-Chinese SMILE mission into orbit — four instruments will watch solar storms punch the magnetosphere for years

By Cassian Holt

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NASA just finished final assembly of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope — set to launch in September with a field of view 100 times wider than Hubble’s

By Cassian Holt

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NASA’s Roman Space Telescope just finished final assembly ahead of a September launch — built to spot millions of invisible neutron stars across the Milky Way

By Cassian Holt

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The European-Chinese SMILE spacecraft just lifted off on a Vega C rocket to watch solar wind slam into Earth’s magnetic shield in real time

By Cassian Holt

Space Systems

SpaceX just pushed the first Starship V3 launch to Wednesday — a 408-foot rocket with Raptor 3 engines and 9% more thrust than any rocket ever built

By Cassian Holt

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NASA’s Psyche probe just took its first Mars images from inside the slingshot maneuver — and won’t see another planet until 2029

By Cassian Holt

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The ESA and China’s SMILE mission will watch solar wind slam into Earth’s magnetic shield in real time this month

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX’s Pad 2 at Starbase is the first launch pad built to both launch and catch a Super Heavy booster

By Cassian Holt

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Starship V3’s new Raptor 3 engines now produce 250 tonnes-force at sea level — 9% more thrust than the V2 generation

By Cassian Holt

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NASA’s new space chip is 500 times more powerful than anything currently flying — tested for autonomous spacecraft decision-making

By Cassian Holt

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NASA’s SpaceX CRS-34 Dragon lifted off with 6,500 pounds of cargo last night — autonomous docking at the ISS begins Sunday morning

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX targets May 19 for the first Starship V3 launch — a 408-foot rocket with Raptor 3 engines and splashdowns in the Gulf and Indian Ocean

By Cassian Holt

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NASA outlines Artemis III as an Earth-orbit mission to test rendezvous and docking between Orion and two commercial landers

By Cassian Holt

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Starlink now reaches 118 countries and 5.5 million active users — SpaceX says rural dead zones are shrinking faster than expected

By Cassian Holt

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Artemis III shifts to an Earth-orbit rendezvous mission testing Orion docking with SpaceX Starship and Blue Origin landers

By Cassian Holt

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NASA’s next-generation space processor could let Mars rovers and deep-space probes make decisions in real time without waiting for commands from Earth

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX launches CRS-34 Cargo Dragon tonight with 6,500 pounds bound for the ISS — including cancer research that runs only in microgravity

By Cassian Holt

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NASA’s HPSC processor clocked 500 times the speed of current spaceflight computers during radiation and shock testing at JPL

By Cassian Holt

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NASA and SpaceX launch CRS-34 tonight carrying 6,500 pounds of experiments to the ISS — including one that can’t survive another day on the ground

By Cassian Holt

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SpaceX targets May 19 for the first Starship V3 launch — a 408-foot rocket deploying 22 satellites on its maiden flight

By Cassian Holt

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