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.
A space “selfie” shows the Odysseus moon lander and Schomberger Crater just before the Feb. 22 landing. (Credit: Intuitive Machines) WASHINGTON — The Intuitive Machines Nova-C lunar lander likely tipped over when touching down on the moon Feb. 22 and
“They’re looking at a pretty aggressive launch schedule this year.” SpaceX’s second Starship rocket is seen on the launch pad at its Starbase facility in South Texas. As SpaceX nears its first Starship launch of 2024—possibly as soon as within
An image of the moon’s northern equatorial highlands taken by Odysseus – GETTY IMAGES The Intuitive Machines Odysseus lunar lander is the first American spacecraft to land on the moon since Apollo 17 did so more than 50 years ago.
(Image credit: Firefly Aerospace/Trevor Mahlmann) We now know why the fourth-ever launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket didn’t go entirely to plan. That mission, called Fly the Lightning, lifted off on Dec. 22 of last year, carrying an electronically steerable
SpaceX now plans at least four Starship launch pads, two in Texas and two in Florida. STEPHEN CLARK – 2/17/2024, 5:27 PM SpaceX’s fully-stacked Starship rocket and Super Heavy booster on a launch pad in South Texas. One of the
Intuitive Machines successfully transmitted its first IM-1 mission images to Earth on February 16, 2024. The images were captured shortly after separation from SpaceX’s second stage on Intuitive Machines’ first journey to the Moon under NASA’s CLPS initiative.
HOUSTON, TX – February 16, 2024 The IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander continues to be in excellent health, in a stable orientation and remains on schedule for a lunar landing opportunity on the afternoon of February 22. The original
HOUSTON, TX – February 15, 2024 The IM-1 mission Nova-C class lunar lander continues to be in excellent health, and we are preparing for our engine commissioning maneuver. Following nominal launch vehicle separation, the spacecraft autonomously brought up all sensors
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
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