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, […]
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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 […]
SpacePNT completes demo of PNT technology in LEO
SpacePNT SA has completed their on-orbit validation tests of the firm’s NaviLEO™ spaceborne GNSS receiver product platform that is designed to deliver dm-level positioning and ns timing accuracy in LEO […]
NASA inspector alarmed by extensive damage to heatshield of astronaut moon vehicle
In November 2022, NASA launched its first uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission, Artemis I — kicking off the agency’s greater ambitions to return humans to the lunar surface. The journey, which saw […]
NASA tech grants to advance Moon to Mars space exploration
NASA has awarded nearly $1.5 million to academic, non-profit, and business organizations to advance state-of-the-art technology that will play a key role in the agency’s return to the Moon under […]
NASA, Japan advance their space cooperation + sign a lunar rover agreement
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson (left) and Japan’s Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Masahito Moriyama (right), have signed an agreement to advance sustainable human exploration of the […]
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 […]
SpaceX’s Dragon successfully departs the ISS to return NASA’s Crew-7 astronauts back to Earth
Monday, March 11 at 11:20 a.m. ET SpaceX and NASA witnessed the Dragon autonomously undocked from the International Space Station. After performing a series of departure burns to move away […]