Here’s the story of how Japan’s H3 rocket lost its cargo and just kept going

The H3 is a relatively new vehicle, with last month’s launch marking the eighth flight of Japan’s flagship rocket. The ...
Gizmodo

Gizmodo Science Fair: A Rocket Engine That Turns Controlled Explosions Into Thrust

Using supersonic shockwaves for combustion, the groundbreaking design could allow aircraft to travel up to six times the speed of sound. Reading time: Reading time 4 minutes Venus Aerospace is a ...
PBS

American Artist Reimagines Rocket Science via Octavia Butler

Reimagining rocket science through Octavia Butler’s vision of space and survival. American Artist reimagines the history of rocket science through the lens of Octavia Butler, blending speculative ...
Futurism

You Haven’t Realized How Huge a Rocket Actually Is Until You’ve Seen This Video of One Being Moved on the Highway

Referring to “rocket science” has become the catch-all term for describing anything too complex and esoteric for our puny layman minds to comprehend. Similarly mind-boggling: the sheer size of the ...
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Is there a Blue Origin launch? Bezos' rocket company reschedules science mission in Texas

Blue Origin has rescheduled a long-delayed rocket launch from West Texas that was originally due to lift off in late August. The spaceflight company, owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, ...
EurekAlert!

It is rocket science: New heat shields, faster

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — From the tragedy of the space shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 to the now-routine return of commercial spacecraft, heat shields — formally called thermal protection systems — are ...
El Paso Times

Is there a Blue Origin launch? Bezos' rocket company reschedules science mission in Texas

Liftoff is targeted for Thursday, Sept. 18 from the company's Launch Site One in rural West Texas. Blue Origin will provide a webcast of the launch beginning about 15 minutes ahead of the scheduled ...