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Blue Origin unveils 70,000 kg heavy-lift rocket

Blue Origin is no longer content to play in the medium-lift league. By unveiling a super-sized New Glenn variant capable of hauling roughly 70,000 kilograms to orbit, the company is signaling that it ...
Yahoo

Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A couple more test flights, and SpaceX plans to launch it into orbit. A month ...
Defense One

ULA’s heavy-lift rocket prepares to launch first Space Force mission

After years of delays, United Launch Alliance is set to launch its first military mission on the new heavy-lift Vulcan rocket next week. The mission, USSF-106, will send into geostationary-Earth orbit ...
Decatur Daily

ULA’s heavy-lift rocket prepares to launch first Space Force mission

The Vulcan rocket stands 202 feet tall and will weigh 1.74 million pounds once fully fueled for liftoff. It leaves the pad on 3 million pounds of thrust from the main engine and four solid rocket ...
The Telegraph

Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Martin Elvis, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) After a string of dramatic ...