Jack Daleo, Author at Astronomy.com

Space Exploration

New Glenn explosion: what it means for Blue Origin and SpaceX

SpaceX's Starship rocket stands fully stacked on its launch mount at Boca Chica, Texas, with the towering mechazilla catch arm structure rising alongside it on the left. Thick white clouds of venting propellant or water vapor billow around the base and drift to the left, while a blue sky with scattered white clouds fills the background. A second launch structure is visible in the far left of the frame.

Space Exploration

FAA grounds SpaceX Starship after V3 debut

SpaceX's Starship rocket climbs away from its launch site shortly after liftoff, its white booster stage trailing a bright pink and white flame plume downward toward a coastal wetlands landscape below. A large billowing cloud of yellow-white exhaust smoke rises to the left of the vehicle, while winding waterways, sandy shores, and patches of green vegetation stretch across the terrain beneath a pale blue sky.

Space Exploration

What Starship Flight 12 means for SpaceX’s IPO

Human Spaceflight

NASA shares new details on Artemis 3 pre-lunar landing mission

Human Spaceflight

Artemis 2’s heat shield faces critical test on mission’s final day

Human Spaceflight

Artemis 2 astronauts fly around moon — and farther than any human

Human Spaceflight

NASA Artemis 2 astronauts leave Earth for the Moon

Human Spaceflight

Liftoff! Artemis 2 astronauts begin historic Moon mission

Human Spaceflight

Your guide to NASA’s Artemis 2 Moon mission

Human Spaceflight

NASA’s $30B plan to build a Moon base

Human Spaceflight

NASA now targeting March 6 for Artemis 2 Moon mission

Space Exploration

Musk in about-face says SpaceX ‘shifted focus’ from Mars to Moon