Japanese Mars mission launch delayed to 2026 Original Publication Date: 2024-01-11 08:52 Japanese space agency JAXA confirms two-year delay in the launch of the Martian Moons eXploration. JAXA blames it in part on the H3 rocket that will launch the spacecraft. MMX was scheduled to launch in ...

France, Germany and Italy sign agreement on launch vehicle development Original Publication Date: 2022-11-23 08:03 France, Germany and Italy sign agreement on "the future of launcher exploitation in Europe" By June 2024, new framework to be in place for public financing of vehicles such as the ...

Atlas 5 launches weather satellite, reentry tech demo mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-10 11:37 The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 401 lifted off at 4:49 a.m. Eastern Nov. 10. A problem loading liquid oxygen in the rocket’s Centaur upper stage delayed the liftoff by 24 minutes. JPSS-2 ...

Antares launches Cygnus cargo mission to ISS Original Publication Date: 2022-11-07 11:15 The Antares 230+ rocket lifted off from Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The rocket placed a Cygnus spacecraft into orbit that is set to arrive at the ISS early Nov. 9. The spacecraft ...

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 cautions planetary science funding falls short of decadal projections Original Publication Date: 2022-08-21 22:52 NASA warns that projected funding for near term will fall short of report’s projections. NASA’s planetary science division held a town hall online Aug. 18 to discuss its ...