ERPS members fly the KISS Beta test vehicle at Fresno Tripoli HPR meet.
Members of ERPS check out the static engine test facilities at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry site in Mojave.
About a dozen ERPS members got a tour of SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
E.R.P.S. members from the K.I.S.S. vehicle team prep the static stand at F.A.R. for an engine firing.
By Brett Tingley published 6 days ago ‘It’s looking like three will occur in February of this year.’ The Starship upper-stage prototype Ship 28 conducts a six-engine static fire test on Dec. 20, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX) We could see
SpaceX’s huge Starship rocket launches on its second-ever test flight, on Nov. 18, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX) By Mike Wall published about 8 hours ago ‘Ironically, if it had had a payload, it would have made it to orbit.’ SpaceX’s
For transport to Japan and the subsequent flight to the martian moon Phobos, IDEFIX is travelling in a configuration in which, among other things, the four legs with wheels fit snugly and the solar panels are folded in. Components are
File image of a Starliner parachute system test. Yuma AZ (SPX) Jan 15, 2024 A modified parachute system for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft for NASA’s Commercial Crew Program was tested over the Arizona desert on Jan. 9. Parachute deployment and a
Image shows a map of the Titanium abundances of the Moon’s surface, obtained from NASA’sClementine spacecraft. The red parts indicate extremely high concentrations compared to terrestrial rocks. by Staff Writers | University of Bristol Bristol UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2024
EX-Fusion to employ powerful nuclear fusion laser to perform unprecedented task EX-Fusion’s plan, displayed here in Japanese, is to fire lasers from the ground to slow the speed of space debris, causing it to drop into the Earth’s atmosphere. (Ex-Fusion)
For 16 years, Astrobotic has been dedicated to making the Moon accessible to the world. The responsible preservation of the cislunar space environment for all is top of mind as we complete this mission. Since the Peregrine lunar lander’s anomaly
UPDATE #13 FOR PEREGRINE MISSION ONE Since receiving power and telemetry, the Iris Rover payload (pictured) has sent a message from space (pictured). NASA has also released a preliminary science assessment on blogs.nasa.gov: “Two of the payloads, NSS and LETS,
Jeff Foust January 12, 2024 Vigoride tugs developed by Momentus change orbits using the company’s Microwave Electrothermal Thruster. Credit: Momentus ORLANDO, Fla. — In-space transportation company Momentus has postponed the next flight of its space tug and laid off
JAXA’s Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission will now launch in 2026, two years later than previously planned. Credit: JAXA NEW ORLEANS — The launch of a Japanese mission to collect samples from the Martian moon Phobos and return them to