The Exploration Company Tests Nyx Recovery System, Hints at Heavy-Lift Rocket
European start-up The Exploration Company has successfully completed a drop test of its Nyx cargo capsule, validating the parachute recovery…
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The Exploration Company Eyes Full-Stack Space Access With Rocket Reveal
On June 4, 2026, The Exploration Company completed a drop test for its Nyx cargo capsule and, almost in passing, revealed plans for a reusab…
NASA Formally Closes the Book on Its MAVEN Mars Mission
NASA has brought the MAVEN mission to an official close after losing contact with the spacecraft last December. The probe spent over a decad…
Two Falcon 9s, One Morning: SpaceX's Relentless Starlink Tempo
SpaceX lines up two Falcon 9 launches within hours of each other on June 3, 2026 — one from Florida, one from California — aiming to deliver…
Webb scores twice: interstellar methane and primordial black holes
Methane on an interstellar comet and a primordial black hole illuminating one of Webb's biggest puzzles: the James Webb Space Telescope is d…
Flying for NASA: What It Really Takes to Be a Pilot
More than half of NASA's selected astronauts came through the cockpit first. A closer look at the agency's pilot culture reveals a tradition…
China Debuts Long March 12B in Unannounced Launch Carrying Live Satellites
China quietly carried out the debut flight of its Long March 12B rocket, placing operational Qianfan internet satellites into orbit without …
New Glenn Explosion Squeezes an Already Strained Launch Market
The destruction of Blue Origin's New Glenn during a ground test in late May 2026 removes a key heavy-lift option from an already constrained…
Hubble Captures Two Galaxies at Opposite Ends of the Spectrum
Within hours of each other, NASA and ESA released two Hubble images that could hardly be more different: a ghost-like dwarf galaxy at the ed…
SpaceX reaches 50 Starlink launches in 2026 before June
SpaceX closed May 2026 with back-to-back Starlink launches, crossing the 50-mission mark for the year before the calendar even turned to Jun…
New Glenn Destroyed in Ground Test, Blue Origin Vows to Press On
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket was destroyed in a pre-launch ground test in late May 2026, dealing a serious blow to the company's ambitions…
Hubble Tracks M88 Racing Toward the Virgo Cluster's Core
NASA and ESA have released a striking Hubble image of Messier 88, an active spiral galaxy 63 million light-years away, currently plunging to…
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