Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner crew ship is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on the International Space Station as the orbitng complex flew 261 miles above the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexican state of Nayarit. Photo credit:
[25 Jan 2024] Firefly Aerospace Onboarded as Launch Provider for the NRO with Alpha Rocket
New contract qualifies Firefly’s Alpha rocket to launch satellites for the NRO from both Vandenberg and Cape Canaveral. Cedar Park, Texas, January 25, 2024 – Firefly Aerospace, Inc., an end-to-end space transportation company, today announced it was selected by the
[25 Jan 2024] Japan’s SLIM moon lander photographed on the lunar surface — on its nose (image)
The tiny LEV-2 rover, one of SLIM’s traveling companions, took the historic photo Japan just got an epic new photo to put in its space exploration scrapbook. The country’s SLIM spacecraft landed on the moon on Jan. 19, making Japan
[25 Jan 2024] After Three Years on Mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has announced that the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has come to an end. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history by achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA has
[24 Jan 2024] Blue Origin New Glenn Has Two Stages Joined for the First Time
The first and second stages of Blue Origin New Glenn’s test vehicle mate for the first time, enabling us to exercise our tooling and stage interfaces in preparation for our first launch later this year. Blue Origin’s New Glenn
[22 Jan 2024] Rocket Labs Falcon 9 Class Neutron Rocket Slipping to 2025
January 22, 2024 by Brian Wang Rocket Labs is launching its Electron rocket for payloads of about 200–300 kg. They will try to launch 22 missions in 2024. They will continue developing a new engine and new rocket to reach
[20 Jan 2024] China’s Landspace conducts first VTVL test for reusable stainless steel rocket
Landspace’s Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 test article during a first hop test, Jan. 19, 2024. Credit: Landspace HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace executed a first vertical takeoff, vertical landing with a test article Friday at a launch and recovery site at
[19 Jan 2024] Starliner Faces New Delays for Crewed Flights to ISS
An uncrewed Boeing CST-100 Starliner approaches the International Space Station above the south Pacific on May 20, 2022. Credit: NASA While the SpaceX Crew Dragon is making regular trips to and from the International Space Station, the other vehicle NASA
[19 Jan 2024] Meet Helios, a new class of space tug with some real muscle
“Just give us a sip. We’ll take our 14 tons and we’ll be glad to pay for it.” ERIC BERGER – 1/17/2024, 6:00 AM Artist’s concept of the Helios space tug. n recent years there have been a number of
[19 Jan 2024] Japan’s “Moon sniper” mission aims for precise lunar landing
SLIM attempted to land on the Moon with a precision of less than 100 meters. STEPHEN CLARK – UPDATED 1/19/2024, 5:42 AM This artist’s illustration shows the SLIM spacecraft descending toward the Moon and ejecting two deployable robots onto the