SpaceX’s eighth flight test proved to be similar to the seventh with Starship’s engine trouble, however, unlike the seventh test flight the eighth test flight was able to return the […]
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Firefly Aerospace, just 4 days from Moon landing, shows Blue Ghost – low lunar orbit Moon footage
Firefly Aerospace is now less than 4 days from landing on the Moon and just released more footage captured during Blue Ghost’s third lunar orbit maneuver on February 24 that […]
New year. New ship. New lessons.
The seventh flight test of Starship and Super Heavy flew with ambitious goals, aiming to successfully repeat the core capability of returning and catching a booster while launching an upgraded […]
SpaceX Starship to fly 25 launches in 2025
SpaceX’s giant 400 ft tall Starship will make a sixth test flight on November 19th, subject to the usual weather and last-minute technical checks. The fifth flight saw the ‘super […]
Rocket Lab finally launches ‘Changes in Latitudes Changes in Attitudes’ customer may be E-Space
It was a long journey that began as Rockeet Lab prepared for a launch in record breaking time for an unknown client. The launch contract was signed less than two […]
Rocket Lab changes ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’ launch to Tuesday
Looks like Tuesday, November 5, at 02:30 AM (UTC-8), 2:30 AM PST Rocket Lab will be launching ‘Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes’. Launch of a yet to identified satellite […]
Boeing “adjusts” Starliner return, again, of NASA’s astronauts and reluctance to seek SpaceX’s help with Crew Dragon
The first astronaut mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been extended again, with the spacecraft set to remain docked with the International Space Station (ISS) until at least July 2. […]
Russia successfully launches Angara A5 rocket on third attempt
Russia successfully launched its Angara A5 space rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday afternoon after two aborted liftoff attempts earlier this week. The heavy-lift rocket was initially scheduled for […]
Impulse Space: The LEO Express-2 + LEO Express-3 missions
Impulse Space, Inc. and the firm’s LEO Express-2 and LEO Express-3 missions will perform in-space services, including payload hosting, last-mile orbital delivery, constellation deployment, low altitude maneuvers and controlled atmospheric […]
iRocket and Air Force Research Laboratory will develop nexgen reusable rockets
Use of Edwards AFB test facility is powerful endorsement of iRocket’s success in transforming how launch vehicles are powered with clean, sustainable propellant and 24-hour reuse Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. (iRocket) has signed a […]