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
[02 Feb 2024] For the first time NASA has asked industry about private missions to Mars
“I’m curious to see if this request brings many new players to the table.” ERIC BERGER – 2/1/2024, 5:50 AM NASA is interested in whether private companies have the right stuff for Mars. NASA is starting to take its first