Space News for Saturday, August 26, 2023

Update #2: Scrubbed no more when SpaceX’s Crew-7 and Starlink plan launches of ‘doubleheader’ Saturday – SatNews Original Publication Date: 2023-08-25 00:00 NASA and SpaceX teams stood down from a first launch attempt of the Crew-7 mission late Thursday night. The next attempt is tentatively ...

Space News for Thursday, February 16, 2023

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 ...

Space News for Friday, February 10, 2023

SpaceX performs Starship static-fire test Original Publication Date: 2023-02-09 22:11 SpaceX fires nearly all of the engines in the booster of its Starship launch vehicle. The test is one of the last technical milestones before the vehicle’s first orbital launch attempt. Company officials had ...

Space News for Sunday, December 11, 2022

Falcon 9 launches ispace lander and NASA cubesat to the moon Original Publication Date: 2022-12-11 09:45 SpaceX Falcon 9 launches a Japanese lander mission to the moon. The rocket's second stage deployed the HAKUTO-R M1 spacecraft 47 minutes after liftoff. The launch marks the start of a new ...

Space News for Monday, September 05, 2022

Second Artemis 1 launch attempt scrubbed Original Publication Date: 2022-09-03 15:35 NASA scrubbed the launch, which had been scheduled for a two-hour window. Mission managers concluded that they had run out of time to fix a liquid hydrogen leak. The leak was a large one, said Mike Sarafin, ...