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Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit Rocket Company Files for Bankruptcy

By Noor Al-Sibai

China's space program is finalizinga recovery system that will allow discarded rocket boosters to gently and accurately descend to earth via parachutes.

China Plans to Make Its Space Debris Hit the Ground a Little Slower

By Frank Landymore

Virgin Orbit has sheepishly admitted that its latest rock-themed mission experienced an anomalous failure shortly after lift-off.

Virgin Orbit Admits That Its Rolling Stones-Themed Mission Disintegrated After Launch

By Noor Al-Sibai

Residents Furious at Neighbor Testing Super Loud Rocket Engines

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Residents Furious at Neighbor Testing Super Loud Rocket Engines

By Frank Landymore

For a company whose whole job is rocketry, SpaceX sure is good at flexing its might — as video of its "Can Crusher" test equipment proves.

This “Can Crusher” Might Be the Weirdest SpaceX Flex We’ve Ever Seen

By Noor Al-Sibai

SpaceX's latest launch of its Falcon 9 rocket tinted the night sky a terrifying shade of red, The Washington Post reports, visible in long-exposure images taken by astrophotographers.

SpaceX Accused of Coloring Night Sky Red for Several Minutes

By Victor Tangermann

It looks like the exhaust fumes from SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets (and others like it) are actually super toxic to humans — and to the planet we call home.

SpaceX Rocket Fumes “Hazardous to Humans” and the Climate, Scientists Warn

By Noor Al-Sibai

A wonderful shot by NASASpaceFlight photojournalist Nic Ansuini appears to show a chagrined face atop one of SpaceX's Starships prototypes.

Photographer Spots Tiny, Annoyed Face Welded Onto SpaceX Rocket

By Noor Al-Sibai

Judging by the footage of Pythom engineers running away from a dangerous cloud of smoke, their safety protocols leave something to be desired.

Video Shows Workers Running for Cover as Experimental Rocket Ignites

By Victor Tangermann

NASA and Clemson University are launching a rocket mission directly into the Northern Lights to study temperature, plasma and wind.

NASA Is Launching Two Rockets Directly Through the Northern Lights

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A Gen Z-founded startup wants to transport goods in capsules that travel faster than the speed of sound to space — and those goods include artificial organs.

Weird Startup Proposes Dropping Artificial Human Organs From Space

By Noor Al-Sibai

The team from McGill University designed a rocket system that uses a 10-meter wide laser array on Earth to power up an orbiting spacecraft.

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Scientists Propose Mission to Mars Powered by Giant Laser on Earth

By Tony Ho Tran

Meet Breanne Rohloff, an engineer for NASA contractor Jacobs who moves rockets around at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in a giant crawler.

Meet the 24-Year-Old Who Drives NASA Rockets to the Launch Pad in a 6.5 Million Pound Crawler

By Jennifer Walter

At the end of January, Oklahomans were stunned by both an earthquake and an unidentified flying object that meteorologists believe to be a SpaceX rocket.

Oklahomans Saw a Spiral-Shaped UFO, But It Turned Out to Be SpaceX

By Noor Al-Sibai

Amateur Rocket Builders Planning to Launch Astronaut Into Space

Amateur Rocket Builders Planning to Launch Astronaut Into Space

By Tony Ho Tran

The disintegrating rocket parts left over from China launching the first segment of its new space station into orbit are now visible from the ground.

Expert: China’s Disintegrating Rocket Debris Spotted in New Video

By Jon Christian

For the first time, scientists built and tested an experimental rocket engine that's powered by a constantly-spiraling explosion.

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Scientists Build Rocket Engine Powered by Spiraling Explosions

By Dan Robitzski

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a nuclear-powered rocket to move cargo around Earth's orbit.

DARPA’s Working on a Nuclear-Powered Rocket for Easy Moon Access

By Jon Christian

New Experiment Will Test EmDrive That Breaks the Laws of Physics

New Experiment Will Test EmDrive That Breaks the Laws of Physics

By Kristin Houser

An investigation revealed that a quality assurance engineer at an aerospace parts company forged signatures for some 38 inspection reports.

SpaceX Component Engineer Charged With Faking Inspection Reports

By Victor Tangermann

A team of students from the University of Southern California just successfully launched a 13-foot tall rocket called Traveler IV to past the Kármán line.

For the First Time, a Student-Built Rocket Just Reached Space

By Victor Tangermann

Relativity Space — a 3D-rocket-printing company founded by SpaceX, and Blue Origin alumni — got permission from the Air Force to launch from Cape Canaveral.

U.S. Air Force Approves Launch Site for 3D Printed Rocket

By Victor Tangermann

What NASA’s First 3D Printed Rocket Parts Mean for the Space Launch System

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What NASA’s First 3D Printed Rocket Parts Mean for the Space Launch System

By Patrick Caughill

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NASA Is Building Our Rocket to Mars, and It’s the Biggest One Ever

By Jelor Gallego

Go Big or Don’t Launch: SpaceX Targets One Rocket Launch A Week

Go Big or Don’t Launch: SpaceX Targets One Rocket Launch A Week

By Annabs Sanchez

Get Ready for Rockets! SpaceX is Kicking Production Into High Gear

Get Ready for Rockets! SpaceX is Kicking Production Into High Gear

By June Javelosa