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'A pretty significant setback': How Blue Origin's rocket explosion affects NASA's moon plans

The explosion of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is a big setback for the spaceflight company and will have implications for NASA's plans to return astronauts to the surface of the moon.

Space

Did Anyone Die in Blue Origin's New Glenn Fireball Explosion? Extensive Damage Feared

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explosion at Kennedy Space Centre delays NASA's 2028 moon base plans, impacting satellite launches and lunar missions.

International Business Times UK

Moon base plans suffer early setback after Blue Origin rocket explosion

The space company founded by billionaire Amazon entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has a key role from the outset in establishing a lunar outpost.

Evening Standard

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Elon Musk Reacts After Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Explodes In Fireball

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos respond after Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes during a test at Kennedy Space Centre, with no injuries reported.

International Business Times UK

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad

CAPE CANAVERAL — Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded on its launchpad during a test Thursday in Cape Canaveral, Florida, though officials said no injuries were reported from the incident.

Bangkok Post

Blue Origin Rocket Explosion Marks 'Worst Failure' in Company History

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket exploded during a static fire test at Cape Canaveral, causing extensive damage and prompting an investigation into the company's worst failure to date.

International Business Times UK

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket explodes in massive fireball during prelaunch test

Blue Origin's fourth New Glenn rocket exploded during a prelaunch engine test on Thursday night (May 28). It could be a big setback for the company and for NASA's moon ambitions.

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Blue Origin rocket explodes during launch pad test in Florida

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a test on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Thursday, marking another setback for Jeff Bezos’s space company. No injuries were reported after the dramatic fireball engulfed the heavy-lift rocket, which is central to the company’s ambitions in commercial spaceflight and…

France 24

These 3 Beaten-Down Stocks Just Saw $25 Million in Insider Buying

While their recent performance has disappointed, insiders are displaying conviction in these three stocks, buying millions worth of shares.

MarketBeat

NASA administrator hails 'Golden Age' of lunar exploration as Moon Base plans unveiled

The space agency described the moon base as a sprawling city-like lunar outpost stretching over hundreds of square miles.

LiveScience

Everything you need to know about NASA’s plan to build a permanent Moon base

NASA has unveiled an ambitious plan to turn the Moon into a long-term human outpost, with the first robotic missions targeting 2026.

Euronews

NASA lays out moon base plans including buggies, landers and drones

NASA on Tuesday outlined the first phase of a sprawling moon base plans on Tuesday, less than two months after the Artemis II's record-breaking lunar flyaround, with visualisations of landers, rovers and drones. The space agency also awarded hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four US companies.

France 24

Nasa buys two cars for its astronauts to drive on the moon

NEW YORK — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) awarded two companies contracts on Tuesday to develop 21st-century versions of the moon buggies astronauts drove in the Apollo missions of the early 1970s.

Bangkok Post

NASA unveils 3-phase plan for permanent moon base; 3 missions this year

NASA has unveiled a $20 billion plan to establish a permanent moon base, with three missions scheduled for this year to deliver equipment and test technologies. The agency aims to land astronauts in 2028, marking humanity's first outpost on another celestial world. This initiative will build infrastructure and scale operations…

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NASA's mega moon plans unveiled: Drones, landers, rovers, millions of dollars contracts to 4 US companies

During April's Artemis II mission, four astronauts flew around the moon, travelling deeper into space than the Apollo moon crews did during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Space

Artemis moon base will cover 'hundreds of square miles' with hopping drones and new lunar rovers, NASA says

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. The agency just awarded $1 billion in contracts to get the ball rolling.

Evening Standard

Moon base plans revealed as Nasa chief says ‘the grand return is close at hand’

The outpost at the satellite’s south pole may eventually spread out over hundreds of square miles

The Guardian - US

Nasa selects Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin for first of three uncrewed lunar missions

Three lunar landings are planned for this year in preparation for the construction of a $20bn moon base

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The Independent UK

NASA ramps up its effort to build a base on the moon and sets a timetable for the project

Early habitation on the moon is slated for 2029

The Economic Times

SpaceX carries out mostly successful Starship test flight

SpaceX's Starship spacecraft splashed down into the Indian Ocean Friday after the company performed a mostly successful test flight of the latest version of its enormous rocket. There's a lot riding on SpaceX' the company is under contract with NASA to produce a modified version of Starship to serve as…

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SpaceX just launched Starship V3 — its most powerful megarocket yet — into space for the 1st time in spectacular Flight 12 test (video)

SpaceX's Starship V3, the most powerful rocket ever built, just roared off its launch pad in a spectacular show of power and technology.

Space

Shakeup at JPL? Control over iconic NASA center could change for 1st time in nearly 100 years

This is part of an even-larger "restructuring" at NASA.

Space

NASA is updating its Artemis moon base plan today. Here's how to watch it live.

NASA will give an update on Tuesday afternoon (May 26) about its plans to build a moon base, and you can watch it live.

Space

This cryptocurrency billionaire will fly SpaceX's 1st private Starship to Mars, but when?

SpaceX says it will launch a private flyby mission to Mars that will be led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, but when it will fly is unclear.

The Conversation

Nasa bets big on nuclear engines to cut journey times to Mars

Nasa is developing ways to use nuclear power to send spacecraft to their destinations. Nuclear propulsion could greatly reduce the journey time to Mars, perhaps cutting a voyage of more than six months to three or four months.

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