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Space.com • Keith Cooper

Breakthrough could enable rocket-fuel production from Mars’ thin atmosphere

A new breakthrough could make it possible to produce rocket fuel on Mars rather than transport it from Earth. Local production would reduce the mass a Mars mission must launch and carry, potentially improving mission architecture and expanding the feasibility of sustained exploration beyond Earth.

2026-09-15T09:05:21.618655-07:00
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Spaceflight Now • Will Robinson-Smith

Avio launches pair of climate monitoring European spacecraft to study plants, oceans and atmospheric changes

By Spaceflight Now: An Avio Vega-C rocket zipped off the launch pad Monday night from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. This was the eighth launch to date of the 34.8-meter-tall (114.2 ft.) rocket and the second of 2026.

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2026-09-14T21:05:39.811094-07:00