Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has successfully packed and shipped two Mars-bound spacecraft to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for launch — these twin spacecraft for the Escape and Plasma Acceleration […]
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Rocket Lab completes integration + testing of twin spacecraft for NASA Mars Mission
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) has completed integration and testing of two spacecraft destined for Mars orbit. Rocket Lab built the twin spacecraft for the University of California Berkeley’s […]
Rocket Lab launches France’s Kinéis’ ‘No Time Toulouse’ and milestone of 50 launches in 7 years
Rocket Lab successfully reached a milestone that few commercial rockets achieved and at a pace that outperformed its competition. The company launched its 50th Electron rocket to date just seven […]
SpaceX Starship’s fourth flight test ‘super heavy’ lands ‘softly’ … next Moon then Mars
It’s been a week of firsts for several companies, and SpaceX’s success today with the world’s most powerful rocket pushing faster than the speed of sound to test its engines, […]
SpaceX Starship still GO for June 6
The fourth flight test of Starship is still targeted to launch Thursday, June 6 from Starbase in Texas. The 120-minute test window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT. A live webcast […]
SpaceX may launch fourth flight test of Starship by June 5
The fourth flight test of Starship could launch as soon as June 5, pending an updated Federal Aviation Administration license and regulatory approval. A live webcast of the flight test […]
Astrobotic awarded NASA JPL Commercial Service Studies to enable future missions to Mars
Astrobotic has been selected by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program for two concept studies of commercial services to support lower-cost, higher-frequency missions to Mars — the company will examine how potential […]
NASA + ESA unite for work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover
NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) have signed an agreement to expand NASA’s work on the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover, an ESA-led mission that is scheduled to launch in 2028 […]
NASA sends science projects and hardware aboard SpaceX’s 30th resupply launch to ISS
On Thursday, March 21 at 4:55 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched Dragon’s 30th Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-30) to the International Space Station from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
SpaceX’s Crew-7 capsule splashes down returning NASA’s 4 astronauts to Earth
After 199 days in space, Dragon and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov returned to Earth and splashed down […]