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