Leo Sokolov
Spaceflight Correspondent
Leo Sokolov reports on spaceflight and the companies and agencies racing to reach orbit and beyond. He is captivated by the engineering that makes leaving Earth possible.
Articles by Leo Sokolov
Space
Asteroid Bennu's Identity Crisis: Jupiter to Blame
Oct 3, 20267 min read
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China Launches Guowang, Yaogan-40 Satellites
Oct 1, 20266 min read
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Carbon Rocks Deep Underground Could Hold Evidence of Mars' Watery Past
Sep 27, 20267 min read
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China Postpones Chang'e-7 Moon Mission to 2027
Sep 20, 20266 min read
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SpaceX Set for First Starship Orbital Flight Test
Sep 19, 20267 min read
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Air-Breathing Plasma Engine for VLEO Satellites
Sep 12, 20268 min read
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Habitable Worlds Observatory: The Machine to Find Another Earth
Aug 18, 20267 min read
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SpaceX Nears Deal for Pecan Island
Aug 4, 20266 min read
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Inside the PROMISE rover Strategic Debate
Aug 2, 20268 min read
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Do Martian dust storms Pose Electrical Risks?
Jul 23, 20266 min read
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BOHR Satellite: A Reality Check
Jul 9, 20265 min read
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How James Webb Space Telescope Reshapes Cosmology
Jul 5, 20265 min read
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Why the MMX Phobos mission Matters for JAXA
Jun 21, 20266 min read
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What Is Areocentric Coordinate Time?
Jun 16, 20265 min read
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Why Massive Quiescent Galaxies in the Early Universe Stop Forming Stars
Jun 4, 20267 min read
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Rocket Report: Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion; Pentagon Eyes New Launch Site
May 30, 20267 min read
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What Is the Brief Window Hypothesis in SETI?
May 25, 20268 min read
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Why Sunspot Activity Orbital Decay Matters for Starlink
May 21, 20267 min read
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Vast satellite buses target a 50,000-unit market
May 20, 20267 min read
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Apsidal Precession Finds 27 Circumbinary Candidates
May 19, 20264 min read