NASA Taps Northrop Grumman to Build Lunar Gateway Hab Module
Northrop was always going to win this one, and now we know how much it won for phase one. In… Read More »
SpaceX rings in Falcon 9’s 10th anniversary with a rocket reusability first
Today is the tenth anniversary of SpaceX’s inaugural Falcon 9 launch, marking a decade of largely uninterrupted success that the… Read More »
SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites and achieves a reusability record for a Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX launched its second Falcon 9 rocket in the span of just four days on Wednesday at 9:25 PM EDT… Read More »
SpaceX targets Wednesday night for next Starlink launch
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Our Magnetic Field Is Acting Sketchy Again
Earth’s protective magnetic field is weakening in a region across the South Atlantic. Researchers have been using the European Space… Read More »
SpaceX success is ‘wakeup call’ for Russia
Russia has lost its long-held monopoly as the only country able to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station following… Read More »
SpaceX gets FAA permission to fly its Starship spacecraft prototype
SpaceX has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly suborbital missions with its Starship prototype spacecraft, paving… Read More »
Mojave Air & Space Port Firms Move Towards Space Goals
Mojave Air & Space Port aerospace companies are working towards the future of new developments in cutting edge technologies and… Read More »
Space launch can grow alongside aviation
Despite the understandable lull in current commercial aviation activity, anticipated increases in the frequency of space launches will soon require… Read More »
SpaceX aces last Dragon parachute test before crew launch
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Virgin Galactic completes first glide flight landing in New Mexico desert
Virgin Galactic’s spaceship VSS Unity landed in the New Mexico desert on Friday, marking its first glide flight from Spaceport… Read More »
SpaceX completed critical test of its Starship prototype
Now the company will mount a single engine to the Starship prototype. Late on Sunday night, SpaceX completed a critical… Read More »
Russian space cargo ship delivers 2.8 tons of supplies to space station
A Russian Progress cargo ship, carrying 2.8 tons of supplies and equipment, blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan… Read More »
US to resume manned space launches after 9 years
NASA and SpaceX have picked May 27 for resuming astronaut launches from the US after nine years of complete Russian… Read More »
FAA commercial space office completes reorganization
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) office responsible for licensing commercial launches and reentries has completed a reorganization announced nearly a… Read More »
NASA sets launch date for SpaceX U.S. manned mission to space station
NASA on Friday set a launch date of May 27 for its first astronaut mission from U.S. soil in nearly… Read More »
Virgin Galactic will keep running as a critical infrastructure business
Billionaire Richard Branson’s space tourism company Virgin Galactic Holdings will keep running as a critical infrastructure business, even as many… Read More »
Boeing plans to retest Starliner flight after botched mission
Boeing said it would send its Starliner astronaut spacecraft on another unmanned mission to the International Space Station, months after… Read More »
Virgin Orbit selects Japanese airport as launch site
Virgin Orbit said it will carry out a technical study with Oita Airport in Japan to confirm the airport’s feasibility… Read More »
OneWeb reportedly heads into bankruptcy and SpaceX might be next
OneWeb – one of several companies hoping to sell Internet connections from space – could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy… Read More »
SpaceX and NASA aim for historic crew launch in mid-May despite coronavirus outbreak
The first crewed orbital launch from American soil is scheduled to lift off just two months from now, despite the… Read More »
Coronavirus deals blow to NASA’s 2024 return-to-moon plan
The coronavirus has dealt a blow to NASA’s plan to return Americans to the moon by 2024, as the space… Read More »
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk explains why we need a ‘whole new architecture’ for space travel
“Why does Soyuz still fly?”, that was a question about Russia’s workhorse spacecraft posed by SpaceX founder and CEO Elon… Read More »
SpaceX aims to launch 70 missions a year from Florida’s Space Coast by 2023
SpaceX is planning a huge boost to the number of rocket launches from its Florida launch sites in the next… Read More »
SpaceX’s Starship rocket prototype collapsed on itself
Another SpaceX test ended in failure this past weekend. A prototype of the company’s Starship rocket, SN1, imploded in a… Read More »
Space industry and travel predictions for 2020
In 2019, the U.S. Space Force was formally established, NASA received a 2024 deadline for returning Americans to the moon,… Read More »