Amazon to Launch First Project Kuiper Internet Satellites: What to Know - The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/science/amazon-kuiper-satellite-launch.html #kuipersystems(amazon.cominc) #rocketscienceandpropulsion #computersandtheinternet #unitedlaunchalliance #capecanaveral(fla) #spaceandastronomy #amazon.cominc #satellites

Eric Schmidt Joins Relativity Space as C.E.O. - The former Google chief executive is taking a controlling interest in Relativity Space, w... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/technology/eric-schmidt-relativity-space.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #computersandtheinternet #privatespaceflight #relativityspaceinc #spaceandastronomy #entrepreneurship #venturecapital #mars(planet) #hillspirellc #schmidterice #3-dprinters #satellites #start-ups

Starship Explosions Show SpaceX No Longer Defying Gravity - Consecutive losses of the Starship rocket suggest that the company’s engineers are not as... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/science/starship-spacex-explosion-elon-musk.html #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #explosions(accidental) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #muskelon

Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Is on the Moon, but Its Fate Is Unclear - After hours of uncertainty, officials from the Houston company said there are clues that ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/science/intuitive-machines-athena-moon-lander.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #research #moon

Intuitive Machines’ Athena Lander Launches on Journey to the Moon - The company reached the lunar surface in 2024, and now its second lander aims to improve ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/science/intuitive-machines-second-moon-landing-launch-how-to-watch.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #lunaroutpostinc #astroforgeinc #nokiaoyj #moon

What Trump’s Pledge to Plant the U.S. Flag on Mars Really Means - The president’s Inaugural Address linked landing on the Red Planet with Manifest Destiny,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/science/trump-mars-flag.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #artemisprogram #mars(planet) #trumpdonaldj #muskelon #moon

Jeff Bezos’ Successful Blue Origin Launch Silences Skeptics - The successful flight to orbit of the Amazon founder’s powerful rocket suggests it could ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/science/bezos-blue-origin-launch.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Rocket Launch Could Give SpaceX Some Competition - If New Glenn lifts off overnight as planned, the Amazon founder’s rocket company will be ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/science/blue-origin-jeff-bezos-new-glenn-launch.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin

Blue Origin Is Ready to Launch New Glenn Rocket After Critical Test - The company, owned by the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, also received approval from the Fede... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/27/science/new-glenn-blue-origin.html #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Spacewalk: How to Watch the Astronauts - The astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission, after traveling through heavy radiation and h... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/11/science/spacex-polaris-dawn-astronauts-spacewalk.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #protectiveclothingandgear #isaacmanjared(1983-) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #gillissarah #poteetscott #menonanna

Polaris Dawn Astronauts in SpaceX Dragon Reach Record Orbit Above Earth - After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/science/polaris-dawn-spacex-orbit-astronauts.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #recordsandachievements #isaacmanjared(1983-) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy

Starliner Capsule Returns, but Boeing’s Space Business Woes Remain - The capsule, which returned without astronauts, and other space programs at Boeing have s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/business/boeing-starliner-nasa-spacex.html #boeing737maxgroundingsandsafetyconcerns(2019) #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #internationalspacestation #airlinesandairplanes #laborandjobs

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Mission: Why a Billionaire Is Risking a Spacewalk - Jared Isaacman is leading three other privately trained astronauts on a SpaceX vehicle fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/science/spacex-polaris-dawn-mission-spacewalk.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #isaacmanjared(1983-) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #research

SpaceX Rocket Fails, Breaking Apart in Orbit - The failure, the first since 2016, ended a streak of more than 300 successful launches fo... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/12/science/spacex-falcon-9-rocket-fail-starlink-launch.html #starlinksatelliteconstellation(spacex) #aviationaccidentssafetyanddisasters #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #satellites #muskelon

Live Video: Watch Launch of Starship on 4th Test Flight - Elon Musk’s moon and Mars rocket reached space in March, but on Thursday SpaceX aims to s... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/06/science/spacex-starship-fourth-test-flight.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #bocachicavillage(tex) #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #muskelon #starship

Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin Could Race SpaceX to the Moon - While SpaceX has a major head start on the way to orbit, Blue Origin has a plan to put an... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/science/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-spacex-moon.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #bezosjeffreyp #blueorigin #muskelon #moon

What is SpaceX’s Starship? - Bigger than the Statue of Liberty, the SpaceX vehicle is central to NASA’s plans to get t... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/science/what-is-starship-spacex-rocket.html #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy

SpaceX to Launch Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander: How to Watch - A day after SpaceX called off the flight of a spacecraft from Intuitive Machines of Houst... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/science/spacex-launch-moon-lander-intuitive.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #moon

SpaceX to Launch Intuitive Machines Nova-C Moon Lander: How to Watch - Intuitive Machines of Houston, the latest private company to attempt to carry NASA payloa... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/13/science/spacex-launch-moon-lander-intuitive.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #spaceexplorationtechnologiescorp #rocketscienceandpropulsion #intuitivemachinesllc #privatespaceflight #spaceandastronomy #moon

It Started as Winter Break. It Ended With a Doomed Moon Mission. - Carnegie Mellon University students built Iris, a tiny lunar rover. When the spacecraft c... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/09/science/iris-carnegie-mellon-moon-rover.html #nationalaeronauticsandspaceadministration #rocketscienceandpropulsion #carnegiemellonuniversity #astrobotictechnologyinc #privatespaceflight #travelandvacations #robotsandrobotics #spaceandastronomy #florida #moon