Firefly Aerospace has completed the environmental testing on Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander ahead of the first mission to the Moon in support of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) […]
Environmental Testing
Sidus Space announces LizzieSat™-2 is ready for launch
Sidus Space (NASDAQ: SIDU) has successfully completed a critical milestone: the environmental testing of LizzieSat™-2 (LS-2) — this key achievement comes as the Company prepares for the upcoming launch, which […]
Rocket Factory Augsburg’s rocket explodes at Scotland’s Spaceport and statement from SaxaVord Spaceport CEO
While a test was being carried out by German company Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) at the UK’s new spaceport in Shetland their rocket engine exploded during a launch test. RFA […]
AST SpaceMobile completes first five commercial satellites now ready to ship in August
AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASTS), building space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard smartphones, designed for both commercial and government applications, successfully completed its first five Bluebirds commercial satellites. […]
ESA’s weather satellite passes environmental tests
As climate change drives more frequent and severe weather events, the need for accurate and timely forecasting has never been more critical. And now, the next Meteosat Third Generation weather […]
HawkEye 360 expands their state-of-the-art advanced R&D facility
HawkEye 360 Inc. will be opening the firm’s new Vibration Testing Facility within the company’s 19,000-square-foot advanced R&D, engineering, and manufacturing facility. This new capability will be essential for vibration […]
BAE Systems testing of Roman Space Telescope’s primary instrument nearing completion
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s Wide Field Instrument (WFI), the primary scientific instrument on NASA’s next-generation observatory, has entered the final stages of environmental testing at BAE Systems in […]
Sierra Space Dream Chaser® Spaceplane completes 1st phase of pre-flight testing
Sierra Space has successfully completed the initial phase of environmental testing on the Dream Chaser® spaceplane, Tenacity®, at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. Over the past month, […]
ESA’s Proba-3 mission, led by Sener, enters the last test phase prior to launch
The Proba-3 mission of the European Space Agency (ESA), led by the Sener engineering and technology group, has reached a new milestone after successfully completing the environmental testing campaign of […]
Luna 25: the first Russian spacecraft in 47 years heading to the moon
On August 11, Russia successfully launched Luna-25 heading to the Moon. This is the first lunar lander in 47 years. The uncrewed spacecraft took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in […]