Finally, Artemis delivers some exceptional, high-quality photos of the Moon
The Moon, the Earth, and the Sun—oh what fun!
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Astronauts set distance record, revealing the Moon as a place to be explored
“Humans have probably not evolved to see what we’re seeing. It is truly hard to describe. It is amazing.”
Stephen Clark
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NASA’s Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?
Lori Glaze: “We have seen real commitment to try and do that… from both Blue and from SpaceX.”
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Why will today’s lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video?
“Don’t expect hi-res video.”
Robert Pearlman
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Artemis II is going so well that all we’re left to talk about is frozen urine
“I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature.”
Eric Berger
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Trump proposes steep cut to NASA budget as astronauts head for the Moon
Congress will likely reject the White House’s NASA cuts, just as it did last year.
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As Artemis II zooms to the Moon, everything seems to be going swimmingly
The cabin was colder on Thursday, but the crew has been able to adjust the temperature.
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Four astronauts are now inexorably bound for the Moon
“I don’t think we could be more pleased.”
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SpaceX tries to convince FCC that Amazon put satellites into wrong altitude
Amazon denies violation, says SpaceX caused conflict by lowering Starlink satellites.
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Why is NASA bothering to go back to the Moon if we’ve already been there?
NASA has struggled to deal with the widespread sentiment that NASA has “been there, done that.”
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Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink
Amazon wants in on the low-Earth orbit Internet action.
Financial Times
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Artemis II, NASA’s boldest mission in generations, launches crew to the Moon
Liftoff of Artemis II with four astronauts occurred at 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC) on Wednesday.
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SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation
Confidential SEC submission sets up largest IPO in history.
Financial Times
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Launch day has arrived for NASA’s Artemis II mission—here’s what to expect
“It’ll go when the engines light at T-0.”
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NASA is leading the way to the Moon, but the military won’t be far behind
“I just don’t want to get caught flat-footed when we start to have to protect US interests out there.”
Stephen Clark
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Starlink satellite breaks apart into “tens of objects”; SpaceX confirms “anomaly”
Satellite failure cause is unexplained after second “fragment creation event.”
Jon Brodkin
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This is my third Orion launch, but it feels totally different
The first two launches of Orion felt hollow, but NASA is finally on a better course.
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After more than 53 years, humans may finally return to the Moon this week
“Things are certainly starting to feel real here at the Cape.”
Stephen Clark
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After 16 years and $8 billion, the military’s new GPS software still doesn’t work
“It’s a very stressing program. We are still considering how to ensure we move forward.”
Stephen Clark
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No one is happy with NASA’s new idea for private space stations
“It reminds me of sort of Lucy and Charlie Brown with the football.”
Eric Berger
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Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test
The US Space Force might move additional payloads off of ULA’s grounded Vulcan rocket.
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Here is NASA’s plan for nuking Gateway and sending it to Mars
Only one US-built nuclear reactor has ever flown in space, and that was more than 60 years ago.
Stephen Clark
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We got an audience with the “Lunar Viceroy” to talk how NASA will build a Moon base
“It has been clear that we all need to be focused on one thing, not 10 things.”
Eric Berger
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NASA kills lunar space station to focus on ambitious Moon base
“Everyone wants to be on the surface.”
Eric Berger
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Orbital data centers, part 1: There’s no way this is economically viable, right?
“This is not physically impossible; it’s only a question of whether this is a rational thing.”
Eric Berger
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A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter
“We can’t quite afford to support everything that we have done in the past.”
Stephen Clark
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A unique NASA satellite is falling out of orbit—this team is trying to rescue it
Katalyst Space Technologies must launch the Swift rescue mission by this summer.
Stephen Clark
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Once again, ULA can’t deliver when the US military needs a satellite in orbit
ULA’s Vulcan launch vehicle is grounded after a solid rocket booster anomaly last month.
Stephen Clark
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NASA issues draft request for moving space shuttle Discovery—or Orion capsule
The request goes beyond a one-time move to transporting all types of vehicles.
Robert Pearlman
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NASA wants to know how the launch industry’s chic new rocket fuel explodes
“We put fuel in a rocket, blow it up in a remote location, and measure how big the boom is.”
Stephen Clark
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Jeff Bezos just announced plans for a third megaconstellation—this one for data centers
“Space-based data centers will be a complement to terrestrial infrastructure.”
Eric Berger
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Rocket Report: Canada makes a major move, US Space Force says actually, let’s be hasty
“Our security, our prosperity, and our sovereignty will increasingly extend beyond our atmosphere.”
Eric Berger
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Dogfighting in space won’t look like the movies, but this company wants in on it
“Where we are today in space warfare is very similar to where air superiority was in the 1930s.”
Stephen Clark
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A private space company has a radical new plan to bag an asteroid
Company has previously tested its technology on the International Space Station.
Eric Berger
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100 years later, where is Robert Goddard’s first liquid-fueled rocket?
“He didn’t preserve it as a sacred object… “
Robert Pearlman
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A century after the first rocket launch, Ars staffers pick their favorites
“I realized that if something went wrong up there, things might go very badly down here.”
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