NASA's moon rocket is headed back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs after a helium system malfunction. The issue delays the Artemis II mission, which aims to send four astronauts around the moon for the first time since the Apollo era.

The Soviet Union ignited the space race with a rocket originally designed to deliver a 3-ton nuclear warhead across continents. That same R-7 platform launched Sputnik, Yuri Gagarin, and eventually evolved into the Soyuz system still flying today.

SpaceX is not just stacking giant rockets in South Texas, it is apparently planning a park to go with them. The company has quietly registered plans for a nearly $14 million Starship Park at its Starbase complex along Texas 4,