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Josh Dinner
Josh Dinner is Space.com's Content Manager. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016. Josh has covered the evolution of NASA's commercial spaceflight partnerships, from early Dragon and Cygnus cargo missions to the ongoing development and launches of crewed missions from the Space Coast, as well as NASA science missions and more. He also enjoys building 1:144 scale models of rockets and human-flown spacecraft. Find some of Josh's launch photography on Instagram and his website, and follow him on Twitter, where he mostly posts in haiku.
Latest articles by Josh Dinner
![a small satellite maneuvers close to another small spacecraft](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9Pp5BuK5iipX36spjnNWD4-320-80.jpg)
Japan's Astroscale has a new robot tug to clean up space junk. Here's how it works (video)
By Josh Dinner published
A new video from Japan-based company Astroscale demonstrates a bold new proposal for cleaning up low Earth orbit (LEO) with reusable space tugs.
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Watch SpaceX's historic 200th rocket landing in this super-sharp video
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX's stunning launch of dozens of satellites on its Transporter-8 rideshare mission on Monday (June 12) marked a significant milestone for the company's workhorse vehicle.
![A SpaceX rocket lifts off in the background behind the sign for Cape Canaveral Space Force Station](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/8acAAem7uCmWtdVPuMf5n-320-80.jpg)
Space Force chooses SpaceX, ULA for 12 military launches in 2025
By Josh Dinner published
The United States Space Force tapped SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA) for a total of twelve military satellite launches that will take place in 2025.
![A Chinese Lijian-1 solid-fuel rocket launches 26 satellites to orbit on June 7, 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JSQptWyADdouQAEqSB8BXT-320-80.jpeg)
China breaks its rideshare record with 26-satellite launch (video)
By Josh Dinner published
A Chinese Lijian-1 solid-fuel rocket launched on Wednesday (June 7), carrying 26 satellites to orbit — a rideshare record for the country.
![a large orange rocket on a launch pad at night](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/i5uU7YtXgnAyaN8kjpSNYN-320-80.jpg)
Boeing sued for allegedly stealing intellectual property related to NASA's Artemis moon rocket
By Josh Dinner published
Aerospace giant Boeing faces a federal lawsuit accusing it of intellectual property theft and misuse of critical components involved in assembling NASA's Artemis moon rocket.
![two astronauts in a four-wheeled vehicle on the moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PVLKwNoFMkzp8as6Tvs42Q-320-80.png)
NASA's new moon car for Artemis astronauts will be inspired by Mars rovers
By Josh Dinner published
NASA wants a new lunar terrain vehicle that not only can transport astronauts across the moon, but also has semi-autonomous capabilities and scientific instruments similar to a Mars rover.
![A black-and-white SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida on June 5, 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2igJELR9bHa2VuJc9SRz2m-320-80.jpeg)
SpaceX launches Dragon cargo capsule to space station, lands rocket at sea (video)
By Josh Dinner last updated
A SpaceX Dragon capsule launched toward the International Space Station today (June 5) carrying about 7,000 pounds of supplies.
![three small satellites in space around an asteroid](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cQkSSVKeSBTaYVeaoBG3v6-320-80.jpg)
This tiny probe the size of your cell phone could measure asteroid gravity in a space 1st
By Josh Dinner published
The European Space Agency (ESA) has designed a tiny mobile phone-sized probe that could become the world's first to measure the gravity on the surface of an asteroid.
![a shoebox-sized satellite with a camera on one end](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ahXQYYQX9ai6B2CrjvQ7J6-320-80.jpg)
World's 1st 'hacking sandbox' satellite and more to ride on SpaceX's next NASA cargo launch
By Josh Dinner published
SpaceX's 28th cargo mission (CRS-28) is poised to launch new science experiments and provisions to the International Space Station on Saturday (June 3).
![an illustration of a satellite in orbit covered in leaves](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/HR8L2CsfxEdQZxSopvBbr9-320-80.jpg)
Japan has a wild idea to launch a satellite made of wood in 2024
By Josh Dinner published
An international partnership has designed a wooden satellite scheduled to be jointly launched by the Japanese space agency (JAXA) and NASA sometime next year.
![View of Earth's curve against the blackness of space captured from a camera on SpaceX's Starship rocket.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/83jXfNZmts7jiNTCFmdooh-320-80.jpeg)
Relive SpaceX Starship's epic launch with these amazing highlights (video)
By Josh Dinner published
Recently released footage gives new, highly detailed looks at the first-ever launch of a fully stacked Starship vehicle, which SpaceX conducted last month.
![a small spacecraft expands to form an octagonal heat shield as it enters Earth's atmosphere](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xLKS8MM7HYkmp5Pa4gu3nE-320-80.gif)
SpaceX could launch this wild, origami-inspired folding heat shield later this year
By Josh Dinner published
A private company has plans to test a revolutionary new heat shield that folds and unfolds like origami, and it could conduct a test flight aboard a SpaceX rocket later this year.
![Virgin Galactic Farnborough Press Event Tent.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gnL73J8gDEm9FGrpXtD6Q7-320-80.jpg)
Who is Virgin Galactic and what do they do?
By Josh Dinner last updated
Reference Virgin Galactic is offering suborbital flights to anyone with pockets deep enough to buy a seat, and there is a lengthy waitlist.
![a red-and-white rocket on a launch pad at sunset](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pGRoHz3cDdRjXjJrGHQTv5-320-80.jpg)
ULA calls off critical Vulcan Centaur rocket test on launch pad due to engine ignition delay
By Josh Dinner last updated
United Launch Alliance (ULA) is gearing up for a critical test firing of its next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket, and it could happen as soon as this week.
![11 astronauts packed together on the international space station](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VspzokiztjJytMX2bLdgKn-320-80.jpeg)
Private Ax-2 astronauts get warm welcome from space station crew (video)
By Josh Dinner published
The crew of Axiom Space's second private mission to the International Space Station arrived at the orbiting lab on Monday (May 22) to a warm welcome from the station's current crew.
![A white and black SpaceX Dragon Ax-2 capsule docked the space station with blue Earth behind.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RDVWeGxhYyWqxpJ6Crsi-320-80.jpg)
SpaceX Dragon capsule docks at space station with private Ax-2 astronaut crew (video)
By Josh Dinner last updated
A SpaceX Dragon capsule carrying four private astronauts arrived at the International Space Station early Monday (May 22) after a record-setting trip to the orbiting laboratory
![A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the Ax-2 mission from Florida on May 21, 2023.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vDddgAGP6xbCA24ivWRVkB-320-80.jpeg)
SpaceX launches Ax-2 private astronaut mission to station, 1st Saudi woman in space on board (video)
By Josh Dinner published
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (May 21), kicking off the pioneering private Ax-2 mission to the space station.
![Members of Axiom SpaceX's Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station, from left to right: Commander Peggy Whitson, Pilot John Shoffner, and Mission Specialists Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rFaahfcnurdNx8uhMkBxjT-320-80.png)
Axiom Space's Ax-2: What to know about the 2nd private astronaut mission to the space station
By Josh Dinner published
Here's what you need to know about the four-person Ax-2 mission to the International Space Station, which is scheduled to launch on May 21.
![The EUSO-2 mission being prepared for launch on a super pressure balloon from New Zealand. The mission launched on May 13, 2023 but ended 1.5 days later after the balloon sprang a leak.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4bvLd8wqKcZiMtwEFDHuhY-320-80.jpeg)
NASA ditches giant 'superpressure' balloon into Pacific Ocean after anomaly
By Josh Dinner published
A NASA scientific balloon flight was terminated Sunday (May 14) after the craft developed an irreparable leak about a day and a half into flight.
![a coiled robot sits in a circle in a sandy area. behind is a person standing in the distance, for scale](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2xooihGVtw9mpDaaWKFCwg-320-80.jpg)
This snake robot could hunt alien life on icy moons like Saturn's Enceladus
By Josh Dinner published
Finding alien life just took a twist. A snake-shaped robot from NASA aims to climb the crumpled terrain of icy moons like Enceladus to search out microbes.
![Artist's rendering of water ice in a permanently shadowed region on the moon.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bKbUQNQoewscgv9zqk87tN-320-80.jpg)
Israeli startup WeSpace aims to launch robotic 'moon hopper' by 2026
By Josh Dinner published
WeSpace wants to get in on the ground floor of the lunar economy by providing access to unexplored regions of the moon.
![an illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft flying past Pluto](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fx2KeETc4dLyK69h9f6SxT-320-80.jpg)
NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission
By Josh Dinner published
The future of NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is uncertain following debates at NASA over how best to use the spacecraft.
![A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launching to space from seaside pad in New Zealand on May 8, 2023 local time.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ucDkBvmMpzeZopQhiQbyad-320-80.jpg)
Rocket Lab launches 2 NASA satellites to study tropical storms and hurricanes like never before
By Josh Dinner published
Rocket Lab just launched a pair of storm-hunting cubesats toward orbit, the first of two missions it will fly for NASA's TROPICS constellation.