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Giant BlueBird 7 mobile phone satellite will be deorbited after faulty Blue Origin launch
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Blue Origin, the space launch company founded by Jeff Bezos, achieved a successful recovery of its first reused orbital-class rocket, but the payload it put into space was left in the wrong location.

Blue Origin reuses huge New Glenn rocket for 1st time, lands booster at sea — but deploys satellite into wrong orbit (launch video)
By Josh Dinner last updated
The BlueBird 7 satellite will be deorbited.

Artemis 2 and Tiangong space station astronauts set record for farthest distance between humans
By Julian Dossett published
For a few moments on April 6, the four Artemis 2 moon astronauts and the three crewmates aboard China's Tiangong space station were farther away from each other than any humans had ever been.

Artemis 2's heat shield seems to have aced its trial by fire
By Mike Wall published
The heat shield on Artemis 2's Orion capsule appears to have held up incredibly well during its scorching downward trip through Earth's atmosphere, mission commander Reid Wiseman said.

Landing astronauts on the moon 'is absolutely doable, and it's doable soon,' NASA's Artemis 2 commander says
By Josh Dinner published
The Artemis 2 astronauts said they gained a deeper understanding of their Orion capsule during their moon mission — and what they learned bodes well for future Artemis flights.

'That was a wonderful toilet': Artemis 2 commander defends mission's lunar loo
By Mike Wall published
Artemis 2's groundbreaking space toilet doesn't deserve the bad press it's gotten over the past two weeks, according to mission commander Reid Wiseman.

Blue Origin fires up used New Glenn rocket ahead of landmark reflight (photo)
By Mike Wall published
Blue Origin conducted a static fire test today (April 16) with a flight-proven New Glenn booster, paving the way for a planned launch on Sunday morning (April 19).

Space junk cleanup tech that could 'shepherd' debris into Earth's atmosphere gets US patent
By Andrew Jones published
Astroscale's 2027 ISSA-J mission will mark the first attempt to inspect multiple spacecraft across different orbits in a single flight.

A new Earthrise: An Apollo historian experiences Artemis 2
By Andrew Chaikin published
As Artemis 2 approached, my anticipation was mixed with uncertainty. Would this new Moon mission spark the wonder and excitement I'd felt during Apollo? Those doubts didn't last long.

SpaceX fires up next-gen 'Version 3' Starship ahead of landmark May test flight (photos)
By Mike Wall published
SpaceX just conducted the first full-duration static fire test with the upper stage of its 'V3' Starship, clearing a big hurdle on its path to launch, which is expected next month.
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