Space

Ariane 6 performs long duration hot fire test

On Thursday, November 23rd, the European Space Agency performed its first fully integrated long-duration firing of the Ariane 6 at…

Firefly Aerospace conducts first hot fire of new Miranda rocket engine

This week, Firefly Aerospace announced their first successful hot fire test of their Miranda rocket engine that will be the…

Rocket Lab prepares for return to flight with The Moon God Awakens mission

Rocket Lab is currently targeting no earlier than December 13th for the launch of the mission, The Moon God Awakens…

SpaceX Falcon Heavy aces NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launch

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy successfully launched NASA's Psyche spacecraft on Friday morning, completing the second-ever interplanetary mission for the rocket, with…

NASA prepares for the return of the Osiris-Rex asteroid sample mission

The OSIRIS-REx mission is nearing its final stretch as it closes in on Earth after a seven-year round trip to…

Rocket Lab launches 40th mission, first re-flown Rutherford engine

Rocket Lab's 'We Love the Nightlife' mission lifted off at 11:45 a.m. NZST (23:45 UTC), bringing the Acadia satellite to…

Virgin Galactic completes their first all civilian flight

Virgin Galactic has successfully completed its first all-civilian flight this morning, carrying three civilians and three crew members to space…

Amazon to build Kuiper satellite processing facility in Florida

Amazon announced it plans to invest $120 million to build a satellite processing facility at Space Florida's Launch and Landing…

India launches the Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander

Launching at 09:05 UTC July 14th from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India, the Launch Vehicle Mark-3 (LVM3)…

China’s LandSpace Zhuque-2 Rocket wins methane-fueled rocket race

The world's first methane-fueled rocket successfully reached orbit after launching on July 12th. The private, but government-funded company beat the…

ULA set to ship Vulcan rocket to Florida for Moon lander launch

After many years of delays, all the parts of the United Launch Alliance's next-generation Vulcan Centaur rocket are about to…

Relativity Space’s first 3D-printed rocket goes vertical for launch debut

Relativity Space's first 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket has rolled out to the startup's Florida pad and been raised vertical ahead…

NASA SLS rocket launches Orion spacecraft to the Moon

After years, months, days, hours, and minutes of waiting, NASA's first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has successfully lifted off…

Firefly launches world’s largest carbon fiber rocket into orbit on second try

Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket has successfully reached orbit on its second try, cementing the company as the victor of a…

NASA spacecraft successfully slams into asteroid ten months after SpaceX launch

Ten months after launching into interplanetary space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) spacecraft…

NASA’s SLS Moon rocket almost aces vital prelaunch test on 7th try

Following several incomplete attempts in April, June, August, and September, NASA's first Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket has almost…

Blue Origin rocket launch fails after engine catches fire

Blue Origin's suborbital New Shepard rocket suffered a catastrophic engine failure during its 23rd launch attempt, ending a seven-year streak…

NASA to retry Artemis I Moon rocket launch on Saturday

NASA says it has alleviated issues that arose during its first Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket launch attempt and…

NASA scrubs first SLS Moon rocket launch attempt

NASA has scrubbed the first attempted launch of its Space Launch System (SLS) Moon rocket after running into multiple issues,…

NASA says SLS Moon rocket is ‘go’ for launch debut

After rolling the vehicle to its Kenndy Space Center, Florida launch pad two days early for what is hoped to…