A Senate bill would extend the learning period limiting commercial human spaceflight occupant safetyregulations by five years but set into motion efforts to later create such regulations. Credit: Blue Origin WASHINGTON — Two bills recently introduced into the Senate would
[30 Mar 2024] Still alive! Japan’s SLIM moon lander survives its 2nd lunar night (photo)
Japan’s SLIM moon lander captured this view of its landing site shortly after surviving its second lunar night. The mission team posted this photo via X on March 27, 2024. (Image credit: JAXA) SLIM’s not dead yet. The SLIM spacecraft,
[26 Mar 2024] SpaceX Completes Starship SN29 Static Test Fire
SpaceX’s Starship 29 conducted a multi-engine static fire test ahead of IFT-4. 🎥 Video from Mary (@BocaChicaGal), and Starbase Live. ✂️ Edited by Thomas Hayden (@_thomashayden). ⚡ Become a member of NASASpaceflight’s channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips,
[26 Mar 2024] Boeing, NASA target May 1 for first crewed flight of Starliner to the space station
NASA astronauts Suni Williams (left) and Butch Wilmore (right) pose in front of a graphic of the mission patch for the Starliner Crew Flight Test. Image: Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now NASA is five weeks away from putting astronauts aboard a new
[22 Mar 2024] Following IFT-3 milestones, SpaceX prepares for fourth Starship flight
SpaceX is preparing to follow up its third flight of Starship – one that achieved another leap forward with the world’s largest rocket in history – with the IFT-4 mission. Potentially as early as May, the fourth flight is
[16 Mar 2024] Starship’s Third Flight Test
Liftoff of IFT-3, 14 Mar 2024 Starship returned to integrated flight testing with its third launch from Starbase in Texas. While it didn’t happen in a lab or on a test stand, it was absolutely a test. What we achieved
[13 Mar 2024] First Kairos rocket explodes seconds after liftoff
The plume from exploding Kairos rocket appears above a treeline in a webcast of the launch. Credit: WTV webcast THE WOODLANDS, Texas — The first flight of privately developed Japanese rocket ended in a catastrophic failure seconds after liftoff March
[13 Mar 2024] Zero-boil-off tank experiments to enable long-duration space exploration
The Gateway space station—humanity’s first space station around the Moon—will be capable of being refueled in space. Credit: NASA Do we have enough fuel to get to our destination? This is probably one of the first questions that comes to
[11 Mar 2024] After coming back from the dead, the world’s largest aircraft just flew a real payload
The world’s largest aircraft takes off with the Talon A vehicle on Saturday Built and flown by Stratolaunch, the massive Roc aircraft took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in California on Saturday. The airplane flew out over the
[09 Mar 2024] NASA, Boeing delay Starliner capsule’s 1st astronaut launch to early May
The Boeing Starliner capsule that will fly the company’s Crew Flight Test mission to the International Space Station is shown at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in April 2023. (Image credit: Boeing/John Grant) The long-delayed first crewed mission of