H3 rollout ahead of the VEP 4 mission. Credit: MHI) Japan’s H3 rocket made a second attempt to reach orbit on Saturday, 11 months after it failed during its maiden flight. The rocket successfully sent a mass simulator and two
[17 Feb 2924] What is Intuitive Machines and how is it aiming for the moon?
Winning a NASA contract to send scientific experiments to the moon, Intuitive Machines represent an exciting new future for lunar exploration. Intuitive Machines of Houston has proposed to fly several payloads to the moon. (Image credit: Intuitive Machines) Intuitive Machines
[16 Feb 2024] SpaceX launches private ‘Odysseus’ lander on pioneering moon mission by Intuitive Machines
Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus moon lander lifts off atop a Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 15, 2024.(Image credit: SpaceX) A smooth launch (and rocket landing) The Falcon 9 lifted off from KSC’s Pad 39A today at 1:05 a.m. EST (0605 GMT).
[14 Feb 2024] SpaceX set to launch Intuitive Machines IM-1 mission from Florida
A SpaceX Falcon 9 is set to launch a lunar lander for Intuitive Machines (IM) of Houston, Texas. The mission, IM-1, will see the launch of the first of the IM Nova-C class landers from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at
[13 Feb 2024] Intuitive Machines ready for launch of its first lunar lander
A Falcon 9 is scheduled to launch the IM-1 lunar lander mission for Intuitive Machines early Feb. 14. Credit: SpaceX KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Intuitive Machines says its first lunar lander is ready for launch this week after completing
[10 Feb 2024] SpaceX’s private Polaris Dawn orbital mission delayed to summer 2024
Launch had been targeted for April. Illustration of a Polaris Dawn crewmember conducting the first-ever private spacewalk.(Image credit: Polaris Program via X) We’ll have to wait a few more months to see the first-ever private spacewalk. Launch of the private
[09 Feb 2024] SpaceX launches NASA’s PACE satellite to study Earth’s oceans, air and climate
‘PACE is going to show us the biology of the oceans at a scale that we’ve never been able to see before.’ https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/JwpbyOuq NASA’s newest Earth-observing satellite has made it off the chopping block all the way to orbit. The
[09 Feb 2024] India to launch android into space to test crewed launch capability
Vyommitra, your multitasking, bilingual, female space friend, will fly before the long-delayed Gaganyaan launch in 2025 India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will send a humanoid robot astronaut into this space this year, then send it back alongside actual humans in
[03 Feb 2024] SpaceX shows off Super Heavy boosters ‘for the next 3’ Starship flights (photos)
Super Heavy boosters for the next three flights, with a fourth ready to stack, in the Starbase Megabay. SpaceX shared this photo of four Super Heavy boosters in the “megabay” at its Starbase site via X on Feb. 2, 2024.
[02 Feb 2024] SpaceX’s Starship to launch ‘Starlab’ private space station in late 2020s
The giant rocket will loft Starlab in a single launch. An illustration of Starlab, a Voyager Space-Airbus commercial space station targeted to begin operations in the late 2020s. (Image credit: Starlab Space LLC) The stars were aligned for this launch