Second Orbiter transfer vehicle malfunctions Original Publication Date: 2023-06-23 22:55 Orbiter SN3 was part of a SpaceX rideshare mission that launched June 12. The vehicle caried several spacecraft intended to be deployed later. Controllers elected to immediately deploy all the smallsat ...

Relativity Space scrubs first launch attempt Original Publication Date: 2023-03-08 00:00 Relativity Space’s first launch countdown aborted about a minute before liftoff. The startup aerospace company plans to try again Saturday. The Terran 1 rocket could become the first methane-fueled launcher ...

First African nations sign Artemis Accords Original Publication Date: 2022-12-13 22:55 Nigeria and Rwanda are the first two African countries to sign the Artemis Accords. The Accords outline best practices for safe and sustainable space exploration. The United States is working to bring more ...

NASA loses contact with ICON spacecraft Original Publication Date: 2022-12-08 13:02 NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer has not communicated with ground stations since Nov. 25. Engineers believe the problem is with the spacecraft’s avionics or communications subsystems. NASA has ruled out ...

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches first U.S. national security mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-01 15:01 USSF-44 was SpaceX’s 50th launch of 2022. USSF-44 was a direct-to-geostationary orbit launch. It carried two Space Force satellites and small rideshare payloads. Both side boosters ...

ULA’s Atlas 5 launches U.S. Space Force experimental missile-warning satellite Original Publication Date: 2022-07-01 23:41 The rocket lifted off at 7:15 p.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral. The $1.1 billion USSF-12 mission to geosynchronous Earth orbit carried two ...