Northrop Grumman achieves 1st undocking between 2 commercial spacecraft in GEO – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2025-04-10 00:00 MEV-1 successfully undocked with Intelsat’s IS-901 satellite, completing its life extension service. This marks the first undocking between two commercial ...

Sierra Space tests inflatable module technology Original Publication Date: 2023-09-22 02:31 Sierra Space conducted the fifth in a series of tests of its Large Integrated Flexible Environment. The burst test increased the pressure of the module until it finally burst. The module now has a 33% ...

NASASpaceFlight.com Scientists have only measured the masses of white dwarfs within binary star systems. With help from the joint NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope, a team of researchers directly measured the mass of an isolated white dwarf outside of a binary star system. ...

Firefly says Alpha launch a success despite payload reentries Original Publication Date: 2022-10-10 11:26 Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket lifted off Oct. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the second flight of the vehicle. The launch carried three satellite payloads: a 3U ...

New launch vehicles inch towards the pad Original Publication Date: 2022-09-15 08:24 Executives of several launch providers say they are entering home stretch of development of next-generation vehicles. United Launch Alliance still preparing for a first launch of its Vulcan Centaur before the ...

Countdown begins for second Artemis 1 launch attempt Original Publication Date: 2022-09-02 08:01 NASA restarted the countdown for the first launch of its Space Launch System vehicle. Countdown clocks started ticking down after a mission management team meeting Sept. 1. Launch attempt at 2:17 ...