As China integrates crewed and robotic missions to further its lunar exploration program, it is also advancing plans to return the first samples collected from Mars. Closer to Earth, a student-led ...

The European space sector is enjoying a run of advances in September, highlighted by Isar Aerospace reaching orbit on its second Spectrum flight, the United Kingdom publishing a new space strategy, ...

Nine orbital launches are scheduled worldwide this week. Two Falcon 9s are expected to deliver payloads from California, while a Vega C will launch Sentinel-3C & FLEX from French Guiana. Five launches ...

SpaceX has completed multi-day catch-related testing with unflown Ship 42 at Pad 2, then rolled the vehicle back to the production site for engine installation ahead of Massey’s static fire testing.

SpaceX has rolled Super Heavy Booster 22 out of Mega Bay 1 to Massey’s for cryogenic proof testing. Ship 42 has since joined it there on its second trip to the test site. The pair is slated to fly on ...

China launched a new experimental reusable space vehicle on Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Long March-2F/T – Chang Zheng-2F/T – launch vehicle. Launch from the LC43/91 ...

Dragon Endeavour has completed the first half of her round trip mission to the space station. Spacecraft Commander Doug Hurley and Joint Operations Commander Bob Behnken have “Captured the Flag” as ...

SpaceX conducted their thirteenth launch of the year Sunday, with a Falcon 9 rocket deploying the Telstar 19V communications satellite for Canada’s Telesat. The first of a pair of Falcon 9 launches ...

Relativity Space has marked another significant step forward in the development of its reusable Terran R launch vehicle, with engine integration now underway on the first-stage thrust structure. The ...

Future Booster production is also advancing. Booster 22, currently assigned to Flight 15, sits fully stacked inside Mega Bay 1 after completing stacking last week. Based on the pattern of previous ...

The Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is nearing final assembly and testing at prime contractor Lockheed Martin’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) production facility. After a final standalone ...

NASA is currently forecasting that Artemis 2 will be ready to launch no earlier than (NET) September 2023, but similar to attempting to forecast when Artemis 1 will be ready to launch, there is also ...