Tag: Mars
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SpaceX launches most powerful rocket in history in explosive debut – like many first liftoffs, Starship’s test was a successful failure
Wendy Whitman Cobb, Air University On April 20, 2023, a new SpaceX rocket called Starship exploded over the Gulf of Mexico three minutes into its first flight ever. SpaceX is calling the test launch a success, despite the fiery end result. As a space policy expert, I agree that the “rapid unscheduled disassembly” – the…
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NASA and DARPA to develop nuclear thermal rocket engine
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars. DARPA and NASA have a long history of fruitful collaboration in advancing technologies Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, director, DARPA. The partnership, called the Demonstration Rocket for…