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In 2021, Blue Origin challenged NASA’s decision to award SpaceX its first crewed lunar-lander contract. Now, in a striking reversal, Blue Origin has won a NASA Mars communications-orbiter contract worth up to $700 million—and losing bidder Rocket Lab has filed its own protest with the same federal watchdog.
1+ day, 29+ min ago (1243+ words) Rocket Lab has challenged NASA's Mars Telecommunications Network award to Blue Origin, five years after Blue Origin protested NASA's first crewed lunar-lander award to SpaceX....
The United States recorded 178 rocket launches in 2025. Trump’s new national space policy directs American ranges to support more than 1,000 launches and reentries annually by 2030—an average of nearly three spaceflight operations every day.
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1090+ words) The White House wants American ranges capable of supporting more than 1,000 launches and reentries a year by 2030. The target is broader than the 178-launch baseline and will test ranges, airspace and regulation. By The Daily Orbit · Edited by Lachlan Brown…...
SpaceX built the most powerful rocket in history without landing legs on its upper stage, designing it instead to be caught after re-entry by a pair of giant arms on the launch tower — and Elon Musk now says the first attempt could come within months.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (440+ words) SpaceX has already caught a Super Heavy booster. Catching the re-entering Starship upper stage would test whether its legless design can become a practical reuse system....
Brain implants are beginning to move from science fiction into clinical trials: people with paralysis are already testing systems that can turn neural signals into cursor movement, robotic-arm control, and even decoded speech
3+ week, 1+ day ago (290+ words) The paralyzed and speech-impaired are proving that brain implants can restore communication—not in labs, but at home, at speeds approaching natural conversation. Published August 21, 2026 · How we edit Casey Harrell said close to two million words in nearly two years....
On 19 August 2026, SpaceX pushed its Starlink constellation past 11,000 satellites in orbit — meaning a single network now accounts for roughly two-thirds of all active satellites circling Earth.
3+ week, 2+ day ago (791+ words) A 24-satellite launch appears to have taken Starlink beyond 11,000 spacecraft in orbit, while active-satellite indexes continue to put its global share near two-thirds....
Mir circled Earth more than 86,000 times and hosted 104 people from twelve countries, but none of that scale decided whether it kept flying in 2001 — the cost of keeping it up did
3+ week, 3+ day ago (224+ words) When the final bill came due, it wasn't Mir's age or achievements that doomed the space station—it was simply too expensive to keep alive....
On 18 August, SpaceX logged its 100th launch of 2026, hitting that mark two months faster than it did in 2024 — a company that flew 25 times in 2020 is now lifting off more than three times a week
3+ week, 3+ day ago (727+ words) By The Daily Orbit · Edited by Mal James Published August 19, 2026 · How we edit A rocket launch used to be an event. You cleared your schedule, found the livestream, told people about it afterward. That reflex is worth keeping in mind,…...
On 7 August, Elon Musk said Ship 40's ocean recovery was “not looking good.” Eleven days later, on 18 August, it was towed intact to waters off Christmas Island — the first Starship upper stage ever recovered intact after returning from space.
3+ week, 4+ day ago (891+ words) After 24 days at sea, recovery crews guided the first intact Starship upper stage to calmer water off Christmas Island, preserving an unprecedented post-flight test article....
Starship's 33 engines push down with 74,400 kilonewtons at liftoff — roughly twice the force of the Saturn V that sent humans to the Moon, yet the whole vehicle is designed to be caught like a falling pencil and flown again the next day
4+ week, 5+ hour ago (1038+ words) SpaceX's bet is that catching and reusing a 5,000-tonne rocket is cheaper than building a new one, and the engineering challenges of making that work may matter far more than raw horsepower. Published August 16, 2026 · How we edit At the moment…...