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In terms of what is in the game today, you can expect a slightly stripped-down version of stock KSP 1. You will be able to visit all the planets you know in the Kerbol system with many of the same and even some new parts. Should I get Kerbal Space Program 2 now? As it…

On board that Vega-C rocket were Pléiades Neo 5 and 6, Earth observation satellites from Airbus. Those two satellites sadly landed in the Atlantic Ocean with the rest of the rocket. This was the Vega family of rockets’ third failure and the Vega-C variant’s first. If you don’t know, the Vega-C is an upgraded version…

Japan’s H3 rocket rolls out to its launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center before a second launch attempt March 6 (U.S. time). Credit: JAXA After an electrical problem kept Japan’s first H3 rocket on the ground during a launch attempt last month, teams wheeled the new hydrogen-fueled launcher back to its firing stand for…

Back in 2019, Rocket Lab announced plans to recover and reuse the first stage of its Electron rocket. One of the problems Rocket Lab CEO, Peter Beck, said was that Electron wasn’t designed for reusability in the first place. The booster had no landing legs, fuel margin for entry or landing burns, or heat shielding.…

The space station is now at a full capacity of 11 astronauts from NASA, Roscosmos, Japan, and the UAE. While there was a short delay in docking due to an issue with one of the locking hooks, docking was completed at 1:40 a.m. ET just over 24 hours after launching. Crew-6 will begin its six-month…

While you may have thought that Crew-6’s takeoff to the International Space Station was the biggest bang this week, the Sun decided to go out with a superpowerful X-class flare, and NASA got it all on video. Solar flares — intense bursts of high-energy radiation — can impact high-frequency (HF) radio communications, electric power grids,…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base on the Starlink 2-7 mission. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 51 more Starlink internet satellites from California on Friday after a delay of several days to wait for liftoff of a higher-priority crew mission from Florida. NASA,…

The arrival of the four-man crew on SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft — wearing blue flight suits — temporarily raised the size of the space station crew to 11 people. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft linked up with the International Space Station Friday, delivering two NASA astronauts, an Emirati astronaut, and…