New Chinese commercial spaceport to host first launch next year Original Publication Date: 2023-02-24 15:02 Construction of a launch tower for commercial launches will be completed by the end of the year. The first launch will likely be of a Long March 8 rocket developed by CASC for commercial ...

SpaceX proceeding with Starship orbital launch attempt after static fire Original Publication Date: 2023-02-22 08:57 SpaceX official says rocket's first orbital launch attempt is likely in March. The company's Super Heavy booster and its launch pad are in good shape, he says. Only 31 of the 33 ...

Russia blames Progress leak on ‘external influences’ as new Soyuz preps for launch – Spaceflight Now Original Publication Date: 2023-02-21 00:00 NASA manager says data suggests coolant leak was caused by “external influences” The Progress MS-21 cargo ship undocked from the space station Friday. ...

NASASpaceFlight.com Airbus and ESA invited media for the Moon Media Day. Three Orion European Service Modules are currently being produced at Airbus Space and Defence in Bremen. During the event, NASASpaceflight spoke with two experts from NASA and ESA about the upcoming Artemis missions. ...

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. ...

Falcon 9 launch from California adds 51 more satellites to Starlink network – Spaceflight Now Original Publication Date: 2023-02-17 00:00 The Starlink 2-5 mission began with liftoff at 11:12:20 a.m. PST (2:12:20 p.m. EST) A Falcon 9 rocket delivered 51 more Starlink internet satellites into ...

Boeing opens SLS EUS production facility Original Publication Date: 2023-02-16 00:48 Boeing opens facility where it will build new upper stage for Space Launch System. The Exploration Upper Stage (EUS) Gray Box is a portion of the sprawling building. The stage will be used on the Block 1B ...

NASASpaceFlight.com India launches a new ocean monitoring satellite on Saturday morning. The PSLV rocket carried the EOS-06 spacecraft into a low Earth orbit. The mission, PSLV C54, lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 11:56 local time (06:26 UTC) Commercial Archives SpaceX is set ...

Lynk Global finalizing ground station for direct-to-smartphone services Original Publication Date: 2023-01-27 21:47 Lynk Global is close to completing a ground station in Hawaii. The Ka-band ground station is needed to route cellular signals Lynk’s satellites pick up from low Earth orbit. It is ...

NASA and DARPA to partner on nuclear thermal propulsion demonstration Original Publication Date: 2023-01-24 18:04 NASA, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to cooperate on nuclear propulsion. Nuclear thermal propulsion offers more efficient propulsion than conventional chemical rockets. ...