Mission success for Rocket Lab’s latest suborbital hypersonic launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2024-12-09 00:00 Rocket Lab USA, Inc. Successfully launched a suborbital mission in November to test hypersonic technology. This mission provided hypersonic test launch capabilities under ...

Original Publication Date: 2023-03-31 09:22 Top Chinese space official has called for the country to speed up its plans to develop lunar infrastructure. Yang Mengfei of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Yang stressed that in terms of the industrial market, China ...

SpaceX edges closer to first Starship orbital launch attempt Original Publication Date: 2023-01-13 13:05 SpaceX is moving ahead with a final series of tests of its Starship vehicle and Super Heavy booster. The company installed a Starship vehicle called Ship 24 on top of a Super Heavy booster. ...

Dark clouds, silver linings: Five ways war in Ukraine is transforming the space domain Original Publication Date: 2022-12-23 15:00 Russia’s flouting of international order set in motion a realignment with near, medium and long-term implications. The ongoing war in Ukraine has accelerated the ...

France, Germany and Italy sign agreement on launch vehicle development Original Publication Date: 2022-11-23 08:03 France, Germany and Italy announce agreement on "the future of launcher exploitation in Europe" The agreement includes a timetable that, by June 2024, calls for a new framework. ...

China performs two launches inside two hours Original Publication Date: 2022-09-06 12:27 China conducted its 36th and 37th orbital launches of 2022 within a couple of hours of each other. A Kuaizhou-1A solid rocket lifted off into clear skies from a transport erector launcher at the Jiuquan ...

Artemis 1 passes flight readiness review Original Publication Date: 2022-08-23 10:53 NASA says flight readiness review confirms plans for a launch of the Artemis 1 mission. The uncrewed test of NASA’s Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft moved a step closer to launch. A launch on Aug. 29 ...

NASA revises requirements for ISS private astronaut missions Original Publication Date: 2022-08-02 11:36 NASA announces changes in requirements for future solicitations for private astronaut missions. One of the biggest changes is a requirement that such missions have a former NASA astronaut. ...