ULA Atlas V rocket launches NOAA, NASA weather satellite
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket has successfully launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – T mission…
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Rocket Lab to debut second New Zealand launch pad with first launch of 2022
Rocket Lab, a California-based aerospace company, recently announced the completion of a second launch pad at its primary New Zealand…
2 years ago
Relativity Space reveals plans to rapidly upgrade 3D-printed Terran 1 rocket
Relativity Space has announced that it will only launch the first version of its small Terran 1 rocket a handful…
2 years ago
Antares rocket launches Cygnus spacecraft to the International Space Station
Northrup Grumman has launched a fresh batch of supplies and equipment to the International Space Station with its Antares rocket…
2 years ago
Firefly nears second orbital launch attempt as US forces Ukrainian founder to divest
While the rocket startup he is responsible for resurrecting is preparing for a second orbital launch attempt, a Ukrainian multimillionaire…
2 years ago
European astronauts want their own spacecraft after decades of reliance on Russia, NASA, SpaceX
On February 16th, the European Space Agency (ESA) held the European Space Summit in Toulouse, France, offering European Space Agency…
2 years ago
Chinese rocket mistaken for a SpaceX upper stage on a collision course with the Moon
Rocket debris that is expected to crash into Earth's Moon next month appears to have been incorrectly identified as part…
2 years ago
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is beginning to come to life in deep space
NASA has published some of the first recognizable photos taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most capable…
2 years ago
Astra ‘Rocket 3’ nosecone dooms first Florida launch attempt
On Thursday, February 10th, Astra Space's Rocket 3.3 launch vehicle took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) Launch…
2 years ago
NASA awards contract to build first rocket designed to launch from Mars
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin, an American aerospace and defense company, to build the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), a tiny…
2 years ago
Relativity Space “closer and closer” to first launch of a fully 3D-printed rocket
Relativity Space, a Long Beach, California-based aerospace startup, aims to alter the manufacturing process of rockets forever by 3D-printing almost…
2 years ago
Blue Origin successfully tests first New Glenn fairing prototype
Blue Origin has completed a crucial test of the payload fairing of their upcoming New Glenn rocket at NASA's Armstrong…
2 years ago
Blue Origin launches first suborbital tourists after six years and 15 test flights
More than six years after New Shepard's first test flight and nine years after a pad abort featuring a prototype…
3 years ago
NASA aces most challenging Mars rover landing to date
After a nearly 300 million mile (480 million kilometer), seven-month-long journey, the world watched as NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance mission…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s Crew-1 NASA astronauts celebrate Mars rover landing in Earth orbit
SpaceX's Crew-1 NASA astronauts and the rest of the International Space Station crew are celebrating the space agency's latest historic…
3 years ago
NASA braces for ‘7 minutes of terror’ as rover, rocket crane near Mars
NASA's most ambitious - and difficult - Mars rover mission to date is nearly at the end of its interplanetary…
3 years ago
NASA Mars rover promises blazing entrance after China, UAE make it to Mars orbit
The month of the robotic invasion of Mars is upon us. Seven months ago, the United States, China, and the…
3 years ago
Rocket Lab, Virgin Orbit lead a new class of small rockets with big ambitions for 2021
SpaceX's reign as the only privately funded American spaceflight company to reach and successfully deploy small satellite payloads into orbit…
3 years ago
SpaceX Crew-1 launch set for Sunday, ULA successfully launches spy satellite
On Friday evening, Nov. 13, NASA and SpaceX announced that the first operational Commercial Crew Program mission of the Crew…
3 years ago
SpaceX’s first operational NASA astronaut mission (almost) ready for launch
SpaceX and NASA have completed the last major review standing between Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 and the duo's operational…
3 years ago