February 19th saw the New Zealand-based Rocket Lab, founded by Sir Peter Beck, launch its 60th Electron mission. The company specializes in launching smaller satellites, and its record to date […]
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2024 NASA Small Spacecraft Technology Report released
This 2024 edition reflects updates in several chapters…
NASA awards launch service task order for the Pandora mission
NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and their host stars to […]
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel releases 2024 Annual Report
The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2024 annual report that examines the agency’s safety performance, accomplishments and challenges […]
Blue Origin earns another ‘feather in their cap’ with success of NS-29 mission launch
Blue Origin successfully completed its 29th New Shepard flight and 14th payload mission today from Launch Site One in West Texas. The payloads experienced roughly two minutes of lunar gravity forces. The […]
NASA’s Aurora-studying satellites arrive in California ahead of launch
On Jan. 27, the three spacecraft of NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where they will undergo final preparations for launch. […]
Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-29 now moved to Tuesday
Another launch day has been announced by Blue Origin regarding the much delayed and scrubbed New Shepard NS-29 mission. The new date is now Tuesday, February 4 at 7:30 am […]
NASA Shares Observations of Recently-Identified Near Earth Asteroid
ASA analysis of a near-Earth asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, indicates it has a more than 1% chance of impacting Earth on Dec. 22, 2032 – which also means there is […]
Blue Origin scrubs Tuesday’s launch of New Shepard’s NS-29 and plans for Thursday
“We are scrubbing today’s launch. In addition to thick clouds we’ve been tracking all morning, we also encountered an issue related to the booster’s avionics. New launch target forthcoming,” Blue […]
Blue Origin’s mission NS-29 to experience two minutes of lunar gravity forces, a first for New Shepard
On Tuesday, January 28 with a window from 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM PST Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-29 will launch from West Texas Suborbital Launch Site/ Corn Ranch. This […]