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From Venezuela to Iran: How America’s missile push is running into a solid rocket motor supply crisis -explained

As conflicts from Venezuela to West Asia drive a renewed surge in US demand for missiles and munitions, a less visible but increasingly critical bottleneck is emerging deep inside the American defence supply chain. The problem is not a lack of missile designs or prime contractors, but a growing shortage of solid rocket motors and, […]

Blue Origin postpones New Glenn Rocket launch due to weather: NASA ESCAPADE Mars Probes now set for 12 November 2025 |

Blue Origin has postponed the much-anticipated launch of its New Glenn rocket carrying NASA’s twin ESCAPADE probes to Mars. Originally scheduled for Sunday, 9 November 2025, the launch was called off due to unfavourable weather conditions at Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 36. This delay comes just one day before new federal restrictions for commercial spaceflights […]

Watch: Australia’s first attempt to launch home-made rocket goes up in smoke; comes down 14 seconds after lift-off

Australia’s first attempt to launch a home-made rocket into orbit ended in failure on Wednesday.The 23-metre Eris vehicle crashed just 14 seconds after take-off. The rocket rose briefly, gained some thrust, then came crashing down just seconds later.The test flight was carried out by Gilmour Space Technologies. The failed mission took place from a spaceport […]

Politics isn’t rocket science: The reason Elon Musk cannot hurt Donald Trump right now – and is unlikely to do so in the future | World News

A CNN analysis – an organisation that is equally berated by break-up bros Donald Trump and Elon Musk – summed up the current impasse, or Musk’s inability to dent Trump, with the line: “Politics isn’t rocket science. If it were, President Donald Trump might have something more to worry about in his reignited feud with […]

Ship attacked with gunfire, rocket-propelled grenades in Red Sea off Yemen: UK maritime agency

Gunmen aboard small boats launched a coordinated assault on a commercial vessel in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, using rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and small arms fire, according to international maritime monitors. British military officials later said the ship was taking on water and the crew was preparing to abandon the […]

US Air Force suspends SpaceX rocket project

WASHINGTON: The US Air Force has suspended plans it had proposed with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to test hypersonic rocket cargo deliveries from a remote Pacific atoll, according to a report this week in Stars and Stripes, an independent publication of the US military. The suspension came after Reuters reported that biologists and experts said the […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX faces legal threat from Mexican president over rocket debris and pollution | World News

In a sharp escalation of tensions with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to take legal action against SpaceX over rocket debris and environmental contamination near the U.S.-Mexico border. The warning comes after a SpaceX Starship rocket exploded during a ground test at the company’s Starbase site in South Texas, causing concern […]

Elon Musk’S SpaceX: Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Bandwagon-3 mission, rocket returns safely

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launches Bandwagon-3 mission, rocket returns safely (Picture credit: X/@SpaceX) The second sonic boom of the day echoed across Florida’s Space Coast on April 21 as a Falcon 9 booster safely returned to Cape Canaveral after lifting off with the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission, SpaceX’s third such launch offering small satellite deployment services.The evening […]

Watch: Blue Origin rocket carrying Katy Perry and all-female crew makes smooth landing after trip to edge of space

Blue Origin successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight on Monday, sending an all-female crew — including pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez — past the edge of space and bringing them safely back to Earth in a sub-orbital flight that lasted around 10 minutes.The rocket lifted off just […]

All-female celeb crew fly to space for 10 mins on Blue Origin rocket

It was the first spaceflight to have an all-female crew since Valentina Tereshkova flew solo in 1963 for Soviet Union and became first woman to reach space. It included Katy Perry (L), Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez (bottom right) and Amanda Nguyen (AFP and Reuters) Broadcast journalist Gayle King and […]