NASA apresenta tripulação da missão Artemis III e Jared Isaacman se diz confiante do retorno de astronautas americanos à Lua em 2028

NASA com pressa: Artemis III em 2027 e retorno à Lua em 2028

When the Artemis lunar program was first conceived, the third mission would have seen astronauts step foot on the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 in 1972. But …read more

It's an extremely ambitious plan.

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NASA has named the astronauts who will fly the next Artemis mission, a test flight in low Earth orbit where Orion will attempt to dock with two lunar lander prototypes.

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Experts have been hopeful, but say the agency’s lunar aspirations are largely at the whims of two billionaires, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.

Blue Origin suffered a major blow last month when its New Glenn rocket experienced a catastrophic anomaly during a static fire test at Launch Complex 36 on Florida’s Space Coast. The test was being conducted without its mission payload attached – a batch of Amazon LEO internet satellites that had been scheduled for launch in early June.

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NASA unveiled plans in March to develop a lunar base as part of its “Ignition” event that outlined the agency’s new direction in human spaceflight. The plans, though, were rather […]

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The mission will be a low Earth orbit rendezvous between the Orion spacecraft and one or both of the Human Landing System landers: Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 2 and SpaceX’s Starship.

Let's friggin goooooo 🌝

Following the damaging loss of New Glenn during hotfire testing at Launch Complex 36 in…

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The change was confirmed by the agency a week after a New Glenn testing explosion destroyed the rocket and damaged Launch Complex 36.

Space Launch Delta 45 (SLD 45), which operates the Eastern Range, have cleared a major…

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AST SpaceMobile expects Blue Origin’s recent launchpad explosion will delay its direct-to-smartphone constellation by three to six months, investment bank William Blair said in an equity research note, pushing initial commercial services into the first half of 2027.

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Blue Origin’s CEO says damage to its New Glenn launch pad is not as bad as feared and the rocket could return to flight by the end of the year.

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Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp, in an overnight post on the social media platform X, said propellant tanks at launch pad 36 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station made it through the blast in good shape, as did a nearby processing hangar. The main support gantry, while damaged, can be repaired in place.

Blue Origin has wasted no time launching inspection, repair, and reconstruction activities at Launch Complex-36…

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The May 28 explosion of a Blue Origin rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., is the largest the installation has seen in its history, according to the commander of the range. Despite the unprecedented nature of the anomaly, the base’s safety precautions before and after the incident helped contain its impact on personnel and on the broader installation.

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Blue Origin, NG-4 görevi kapsamında yürütülen statik ateşleme testleri sırasında yaşanan bir sorun nedeniyle meydana gelen patlamayla “New Glenn” adlı güçlü roketini kaybetmişti. Aşağıdaki videoda izleyebileceğiniz bu büyük patlamaya neyin neden olduğu henüz tam olarak bilinmezken, olayla ilgili bir açıklama yapan Blue Origin CEO’su Dave Limp, şirketin kalkış alanındaki onarımı beklenenden daha…

The Space Force on May 28 awarded a task order to Blue Origin for its first National Security Space Launch mission—the same day the company’s New Glenn rocket exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, Fla.

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NSSL will be okay because it can still rely on the Falcon 9 workhorse,” said Todd Harrison, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

The explosion of a New Glenn rocket has generated reverberations across the space industry with the rocket out of service for potentially a year or more.

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U.S. Space Force, National Reconnaissance Office ‘remain committed partners with Blue Origin’

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Blue Origin faces a months-long setback after the explosion of a rocket damaged its launch pad, company and industry sources said, scrambling schedules for Amazon satellite launches and bolstering SpaceX’s dominance in the commercial launch market.

The mishap, which occurred during a test fire of the engines for the New Glenn rocket’s launch next week, comes at a critical time for Jeff Bezos’…

Officials at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., said the range is “fully mission capable” to support launches following a major May 28 mishap involving Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket.

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Si trattava di una missione di prova in vista del posizionamento di ventotto satelliti per potenziare la rete della compagnia del patron di Amazon, Blue Origin, in competizione con la Starlink di Elon Musk. Ma il razzo è esploso sulla rampa di lancio.

Bezos is calling it a "very rough day."

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'Very rough day, but we'll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It's worth it,' Jeff Bezos wrote after the explosion.

JPL sob nova direção no futuro e a mais espetacular explosão de um foguete desde o N1: essa foi a semana da NASA

Rapidinhas da NASA: JPL na pista e explosão do New Glenn

The detonation of the New Glenn rocket resulted in a huge fireball in Florida, and may have long-term implications for the company's ambitions.

La compañía espacial informó que evacuaron a todo el equipo de la estación, sin que se reportaran heridos.

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