Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its New Shepard as part of an all-woman mission on April 14th.
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Space.com on MSNNASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the dayThe Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission.
Yusaku Maezawa handpicked 10 creatives for an ambitious project called dearMoon, only to pull the plug. Now they’re figuring out what’s next
The slow race of getting NASA’s Space Launch System rocket pieced together for next year’s Artemis II moon mission jumped a big hurdle over the weekend.
NASA’s next mission to the Moon just took a big step forward. Crews at Kennedy Space Center just connected the massive core stage of the Artemis II rocket to its boosters. The 212-foot-tall structure is the backbone of the launch vehicle that will eventually carry astronauts to the Moon.
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The Brighterside of News on MSNNew fusion-powered rocket could get us to Mars in half the timeAfter ten years of quiet research, Pulsar Fusion has unveiled a nuclear fusion-powered rocket called the Sunbird. This spacecraft isn’t just another science fiction concept—it’s being designed to fly by 2027,
Blue Ghost, a moon lander from Firefly Aerospace, captured the first high-definition photos of the lunar sunset from the moon's surface.
NASA’s much-anticipated Artemis II mission has experienced multiple delays in recent years, with the agency currently targeting no earlier than February 2026 for a flight that will send four astronauts on a voyage around the moon.
Earlier this year, the tiny rocket company that wants to grow up to be SpaceX someday told NASA that, if it's agreeable, Rocket Lab would be happy to perform MSR for it for the bargain price of just $4 billion and get the work done in just six years total.