SpaceX and the FAA have even outlined 3 ways Starship’s Flight 4 could fail and skip an anomaly investigation. SpaceX conducts a fueling test with its Starship vehicle on May 28, 2024. The company received an FAA launch license for
[02 Jun 2024] A New Way to Make Precise Maps of the Lunar Surface
There was a time when maps of the Moon were created from telescopic observations and drawings. Indeed Sir Patrick Moore created maps of the Moon that were used during the historic Apollo landings. Now researchers have enhanced a technique to
[02 Jun 2024] China’s Chang’e-6 probe successfully lands on far side of the moon
The Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 mission lunar probe launched from the Wenchang Space Launch Centre in southern China’s Hainan province on May 3, 2024. Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images/File Hong Kong (CNN) —- China’s Chang’e-6 lunar lander successfully touched
[01 Jun 2024] Here’s why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship
“I feel terrible making the crew members wait longer.” Elon Musk speaks as Yusaku Maezawa, founder and president of Start Today Co., looks on at an event at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in 2018 On Friday night the
[01 Jun 2024] The launch of Boeing’s crewed Starliner space capsule is called off yet again
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft aboard is rolled to the launch pad on Thursday ahead of the NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test. NASA/Getty Images A launch of Boeing’s Starliner space capsule was scrubbed on
[19 May 2024] Blue Origin launches 1st crewed spaceflight since August 2022 (video)
The mission, known as NS-25, sent six people on a brief trip to suborbital space today (May 19) Blue Origin’s nearly two-year human spaceflight drought is over. Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company launched its NS-25 mission today (May 19), sending six
[16 May 2024] Georgia law signed by Gov. Kemp scraps plans for Spaceport Camden
Georgia county files suit to force land sale for spaceport – This artist’s sketch provided by Spaceport Camden shows the launch pad complex of the proposed Spaceport Camden in Camden County, Ga. The owner of a large industrial site on
[16 May 2024] New Shepard’s Crewed NS-25 Mission Targets Liftoff on May 19
Blue Origin announced today its seventh human flight, NS-25, will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday, May 19. The launch window opens at 8:30 AM CDT / 1330 UTC. The webcast on BlueOrigin.com will
[16 May 2024] Lithuania becomes 40th nation to sign Artemis Accords for moon exploration
The United States’ roster of moon partners continues to grow. Aušrinė Armonaitė, Lithuanian Minister of Economy and Innovation, signs the Artemis Accords in the presence of United States Ambassador Kara C. McDonald at a ceremony in conjunction with Vilnius Space
[07 May 2024] Rocket issue scrubs launch of Starliner crewed test flight
The Atlas 5 rocket and Starliner spacecraft on the pad before the scrubbed May 6 launch. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Controllers scrubbed the first attempt to launch Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on a crewed test flight May