SpaceX was informed it could resume flying the Falcon 9 rocket, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) announcement on August 30. A predawn Florida launch on Saturday, August 31 […]
Archives for August 2024
SpaceX plans two Starlink smallsat launches Friday as FAA permits flights ‘provided all other license requirements are met’
The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly that occured on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, remains open, the U.S. Federal Aviation […]
SpaceX finally has a new date for Polaris Dawn to achieve the highest Earth orbit since the Apollo
Weather conditions are anticipated to be clear for a projected launch date of Polaris Dawn, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that will launch Crew Dragon spacecraft on September 1 at 3:38 […]
Blue Origin’s NS-26 mission’s “cleanest flight”
Today, Blue Origin successfully completed its eighth human spaceflight and the 26th flight for the New Shepard program. Our astronaut crew included: Nicolina Elrick, Rob Ferl, Eugene Grin, Dr. Eiman […]
USMC orders L3Harris multi-channel radios Under 10-Year IDIQ
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received a new order from the U.S. Marine Corps for multi-channel handheld and vehicular radio systems worth more than $120 million, bringing program orders to date […]
NASA contracts Intuitive Machines for Lunar South Pole research delivery
A new set of NASA science experiments and technology demos will arrive at the lunar South Pole in 2027, following the agency’s latest CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) initiative delivery […]
Cornwall’s Spaceport Cornwall to provide premier Future Air and Space solution for Europe
Spaceport Cornwall, alongside Cornwall Airport Newquay, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wholeship Ltd, which operates the National Drone Hub at Predannack, near Helston. The proposed collaboration supports the spaceport’s […]
Gotonomi completes successful flight trials + opens orders
Gotonomi, a leading provider of UAV satellite connectivity solutions, has announced the completion of further successful flight trials and the opening of orders for production units of all variants of […]
Giant Magellan telescope mount fabrication starts
The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. have started the manufacturing and assembly of the largest telescope mount built in the United States. The 39-meter-tall precision moving structure was developed in […]
Aurora Flight Science’s SKIRON-XLE completes a 7 hour endurance flight
Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, recently completed a successful seven-hour flight test of its fuel-cell-powered small uncrewed aircraft system (sUAS), SKIRON-XLE. The test flight, conducted at an airfield in […]