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Elon Musk’s Tesla Spotlights Call for Transparency in Operating Craft in Deep Space
Earlier this month, the Minor Planet Center announced the discovery of an unusual asteroid close to Earth. Turns out, it was a car.
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Mars in 30 days? Russia unveils prototype of plasma rocket engine
A laboratory prototype of a plasma electric rocket engine based on a magnetic plasma accelerator has been produced by Rosatom ...
Unpacking claim famed rocket scientist 'predicted' in 1953 that Elon Musk would be leader of Mars
A book called "Mars Project" originated as a technical appendix to a science fiction novel, both of which were written by rocket science pioneer Wernher von Braun.  The technical appendix was ...
Rocket Report: Another hiccup with SpaceX upper stage; Japan’s H3 starts strong
Welcome to Edition 7.30 of the Rocket Report! The US government relies on SpaceX for a lot of missions. These include ...
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Rocket Lab Takes Jab at NASA With Release of Mars Sample Return Plan
In what appears to be a jab at NASA, Rocket Lab this week unveiled its own plan to return rock and dust samples the space agency has been collecting from Mars’ Jezero Crater since 2021.
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Elon Musk’s Starship ‘Mars rocket’ to launch next test mission in days as US rushes to beat China to Red Planet
In September, Musk, currently the richest man in the world, claimed the rocket would undergo crewed flights to Mars in as little as four years' time. Starship has been designed to be the vehicle ...