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2 articles First covered Apr 23, 2026, latest May 29, 2026

A massive fireball engulfs Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral at night.

Blue Origin lost a fully fueled New Glenn in a pad fireball a week before its Amazon launch

A static fire test destroyed a fully fueled New Glenn at Cape Canaveral on May 28. Nobody was hurt, but the launch manifest just slipped.

NASA Artemis II mission image showing the Orion spacecraft's lunar trajectory and Earth communication concept

Hardware·2 months ago

Artemis II beamed 4K video from the Moon over a laser. The backup station was a $5M Australian kit.

NASA's Orion O2O terminal hit 260 Mbps from lunar orbit to White Sands, Table Mountain, and a sub-$5M Australian station. Crewed lasercom cleared its first real test.