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DARPA’s nuclear space rocket project is progressing, with contracts awarded to General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin for the first phase of the agency’s Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. The goal is to plac… Continue reading DARPA awards contracts for orbital nuclear propulsion demonstrator
For NASA and anyone else developing technologies for use on the Moon, opportunities to test them out beforehand in lunar-like conditions are rather limited. A newly announced upgrade to Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket system will serve as a new type o… Continue reading Blue Origin’s spinning New Shepard capsule to simulate lunar gravity
The January 16th “Green Run” test of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) was intended to be the final milestone before the super heavy-lift booster would be moved to Cape Canaveral ahead of its inaugural Artemis I mission in November 2021. …read more
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket has successfully completed its 14th flight. On January 14, 2021, at 11:20 am CST (17:20 GMT), mission NS-14 lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas on a suborbital trajectory, with an improved crew capsule contain… Continue reading Blue Origin’s New Shepard completes 14th flight, with improved capsule
Private space company Blue Origin had a doubly successful outing with its New Shepard rocket today, reusing the same booster for a record seventh time and doing so with a particularly important payload onboard. The return trip to space was used to test… Continue reading Blue Origin launch sets record, tests NASA lunar landing gear on return
A full-sized mock-up of the lander that may one day put the next US astronauts on the Moon was unveiled today in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Built by the Human Landing System (HLS) National Team consisting … Continue reading Full-scale engineering mock-up of next-gen American lunar lander unveiled
Through its Artemis mission, NASA will endeavor to return humans, including the first woman, to the Moon in the year 2024, and it has just narrowed down the field of firms that will help carry the astronauts safely down to the lunar surface. Blue Origi… Continue reading NASA narrows the field of firms to build its Artemis lunar lander
NASA is huge, and with an annual budget of US$21.5 billion, over 17,000 employees and who knows how many geniuses, you’d think it could pretty much solve any sciencey spacey problem. But no. The space agency not only needs outside help, it en… Continue reading NASA announces 19 public-private partnerships to accelerate Moon and Mars programs
Blue Origin signed a letter of intent with two German space companies to deliver supplies to the Moon by 2023. Continue reading Jeff Bezos Is Planning to Ship ‘Several Metric Tons of Cargo’ to the Moon
Moon community concepts are being developed by federal space agencies and private spaceflight companies. What legal, economic, and social frameworks should apply to these communities? Continue reading Corporations Are Ready to Build Moon Villages, Our Laws Are Not