Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded throughout a pre-launch take a look at. Blue Origin stated all personnel are protected and accounted for following the “anomaly.” Though the corporate’s launchpad at NASA’s Kennedy House Heart was severely broken, Blue Origin says the New Glenn rocket will launch once more earlier than the tip of the 12 months. Planetary Society Science Editor Asa Stahl explains what this might imply for lunar exploration. Picture credit score: Blue Origin.
NASA’s MAVEN mission is over. The Mars Environment and Unstable Evolution orbiter has been finding out the Martian environment for greater than 11 years, a decade longer than its major, one-year mission. NASA misplaced contact with the spacecraft on Dec. 6, 2025, and lately decided that the mission was not recoverable.
NASA plans to announce the Artemis III crew on June 9. Scheduled to launch in mid-2027, Artemis III will ship a four-person crew to check docking operations in Earth orbit forward of a Moon touchdown on Artemis IV. The announcement will stream on NASA+ and on the company’s YouTube channel.
