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Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is suing the US government over its decision to award a massive Moon exploration contract to its competitor SpaceX, it said in a statement Monday. The company has…

by Jeff Foust — August 16, 2021 Blue Origin is taking NASA to court about the agency's selection of SpaceX for a single Human Landing System award after the GAO denied a bid protest in July. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — Blue Origin has filed suit against NASA in federal…

Home News Spaceflight The Inspiration4 crew: Hayley Arcenaux (top left), Chris Sembroski (top right), Sian Proctor (bottom left) and Jared Isaacman (bottom right). (Image credit: Inspiration4/John Kraus) In just one month, SpaceX will make history with Inspiration4 — the world's first all-civilian spaceflight — the mission's crew couldn't be more…

These vendors initially opposed the scheme, called Open RAN, because they believed that if implemented, it would damage—if not destroy—their existing business model. But faced with the collective power of the operators clamoring for a new way to build wireless networks, these vendors have been left with few options, none…

Tim Dodd, the Everyday Astronaut, had the third part of his interview with Elon Musk. What comes through is the intense focus Elon Musk and his teams have. They are focused and operating with extreme urgency to make humanity a multi-planetary species. Elon needs to get to Mars, colonize Mars…

by Jeff Foust — August 10, 2021 Just as with its first two missions, Intuitive Machines' IM-3 mission will use its Nova-C lander launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9. Credit: Intuitive Machines WASHINGTON — Commercial lunar lander developer Intuitive Machines will launch its third lunar lander mission on a SpaceX…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched 36 Swarm Technologies satellites as part of its Transporter 1 rideshare mission in January 2021. SpaceX has filed paperwork with the FCC signaling its intent to acquire Swarm Technologies. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX plans to acquire one of its competitors for broadband…

    | Published: Sunday, August 8, 2021, 9:28 SpaceX has been creating history and breaking records while at it. The latest SpaceX Starship prototype was briefly placed atop its massive booster recently. This set a new record, making the SpaceX Starship the world's tallest rocket. The rocket will be…

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Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's first orbital Starship SN20 is stacked atop its massive Super Heavy Booster 4 for the first time on Aug. 6, 2021 at the company's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. They stood 395 feet tall, taller than NASA's Saturn V moon rocket. (Image…