Launch companies focus on scaling up flight rates of new vehicles Original Publication Date: 2024-09-17 09:43 Executives with several launch companies say they are turning their attention to increasing their launch cadence. Among the most aggressive is Blue Origin, whose New Glenn rocket is ...

China rolls out rocket for Queqiao-2 lunar satellite launch Original Publication Date: 2024-03-18 08:32 China is set to launch its Queqiao-2 communications relay satellite to support upcoming moon missions late March 19. A Long March 8 rocket was vertically transferred to a launch pad at ...

NASA instruments set to fly on Peregrine commercial lunar lander Original Publication Date: 2024-01-05 03:42 NASA is preparing for the first launch of a commercial lunar lander carrying agency-sponsored payloads. Peregrine is carrying 20 payloads, including five instruments from NASA. Three of ...

A Florida Friday night successful SpaceX Starlink launch – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-09-30 00:00 SpaceX is now aiming to launch the Starlink 6-19 mission on Friday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. This is the 10th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, ...

Blue Origin CEO Smith to step down Original Publication Date: 2023-09-25 22:33 Bob Smith will step down as Blue Origin CEO effective Dec. 4. He will be replaced by Dave Limp, the Amazon executive who oversaw Project Kuiper. Blue Origin has grown from fewer than 1,000 employees to more than ...

Falcon Heavy delay affects space station manifest Original Publication Date: 2023-04-25 01:00 A SpaceX launch of commercial satellites on a Falcon Heavy could upend the schedule. A private astronaut mission that was scheduled for early May would likely be pushed back. The April 28 spacewalk ...

Governments to be major customers of future Axiom Space private astronaut missions Original Publication Date: 2023-02-01 07:05 Axiom Space says customers for its upcoming private astronaut missions are dominated by governments. Company's second mission to the station, tentatively scheduled to ...

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. ...

Promoting, protecting and defending freedom’s expansion in space - SpaceNews Original Publication Date: 2022-12-28 22:19 U.S. Expansion into the high frontier of space has proven to be critically important to global security and economic growth. Commercial space assets are an essential element ...

NASA awards SpaceX $1.15 billion contract for second Artemis lander mission Original Publication Date: 2022-11-16 00:52 NASA awards SpaceX a $1.15 billion contract to develop a lunar lander. The contract includes a second crewed demonstration landing mission. NASA is currently soliciting ...