UPDATE: The second flight test of a fully integrated was originally set for November 17, but SpaceX delayed it by 24 hours to replace a grid fin actuator on the […]
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SpaceX’s Starship’s second flight test tomorrow and ‘numerous lessons learned’ from first launch
The second flight test of a fully integrated Starship is set to launch Friday, November 17. A two-hour launch window opens at 7:00 a.m. CT. A live webcast of the […]
Early production continues on advanced upper stage for NASA Moon rocket
Technicians at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have completed a major portion of a weld confidence article for the advanced upper stage of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) […]
U.S. Senate passes act to support technologies to clear dangerous orbital debris endangering astronauts and satellites
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act, a bipartisan bill to establish a first-of-its-kind demonstration program to reduce the amount of space junk in orbit. U.S. Senator […]
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 […]
Advanced Space Selected for two NASA SBIR Phase I concepts
Advanced Space LLC., a space tech solutions company, has been selected by NASA for two of the new Phase I concepts under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Flight […]
NASA reaches its Tipping Point for Key Moon + Exploration Tech
NASA has selected 11 U.S. companies to develop technologies that could support long-term exploration on the Moon and in space for the benefit of all — the technologies range from […]
ISRO launches India’s third Moon mission from Sriharikota
News story by Nisha Anand Chandrayaan-3, India’s third lunar exploration mission, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on July 14th in the Indian […]
U.S. Space Force reups iRocket to transform the power of launch vehicles
Innovative Rocket Technologies Inc. (iRocket), which provides low cost and rapid access to space with its 100% reusable rockets, has signed a contract with the U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command […]
UPDATE: A ‘Go’ for Rocket Lab — NASA’s TROPICS constellation is launched to orbit for storm monitoring
UPDATE: Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB), a launch and space systems company, successfully launched the second of two dedicated Electron launches to deploy a constellation of storm monitoring satellites […]