Firefly CEO leaves company Original Publication Date: 2024-07-18 09:05 Bill Weber was no longer the chief executive of the launch vehicle and lunar lander company. The company did not disclose the reason for his departure and whether Weber resigned or was fired. Weber took over as CEO in ...

Second SLS core stage ready to ship to Florida Original Publication Date: 2024-07-17 05:45 The second core stage for the Space Launch System rocket was rolled out July 16. The stage will go to Florida for the Artemis 2 mission next year. The stage, while largely complete, will undergo some ...

China reschedules planetary defense mission for 2027 launch Original Publication Date: 2024-07-16 07:42 China has changed the launch date and target for a mission that will attempt to deflect the orbit of an asteroid. The target for the mission will be the asteroid 2015 XF261, a body estimated ...

ESCAPADE on schedule for launch this fall Original Publication Date: 2024-07-15 05:09 ESCAPADE features two identical smallsats, called Blue and Gold, that will go into orbit around Mars. The spacecraft carry instruments to study the planet’s magnetosphere and its interaction with the solar ...

Starlink satellites lost on Falcon 9 upper stage failure Original Publication Date: 2024-07-12 22:50 SpaceX says it will not be able to recover the 20 Starlink satellites left in a very low orbit. The rocket’s upper stage engine “experienced an anomaly and was unable to complete its second ...

Falcon 9 suffers upper stage engine failure Original Publication Date: 2024-07-12 05:41 The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 10:35 p.m. Eastern. The rocket was carrying 20 Starlink satellites, 13 of which with direct-to-cell payloads. The rocket’s ascent to ...

House introduces NASA reauthorization act Original Publication Date: 2024-07-10 04:38 The bill would formally authorize $25.225 billion in funding for NASA in fiscal year 2025. The key purpose of the bill is to address a wide range of NASA programs and policies. The bill signals its support for ...

House spending bill directs NASA to study asteroid and orbital debris missions Original Publication Date: 2024-07-09 06:54 House Appropriations Committee releases report accompanying its spending bill. Report directs NASA to spend $5 million on a plan for a public-private partnership mission to ...

ESA’s Ariane 6 set to do the heavy lifting for Arianespace July 9 – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-07-07 00:00 Ariane 6 is Europe’s new heavy lift launch vehicle replacing its extremely successful predecessor, Ariane 5. Modular and agile, Ariane 6 has a reignitable upper stage allowing ...

Low-intensity explosion caused Russian satellite to spew debris Original Publication Date: 2024-07-07 00:59 Resurs P1, a defunct Russian remote sensing satellite, suffered a breakup event on June 26. That event created more than 100 pieces of debris that could be tracked by ground-based ...