SpaceX and Vast Announce Commercial Space Station Plan
SpaceX and Vast Space LLC (Vast) have announced their plans to launch a commercial space station, called Haven-1, by 2025.
Read MoreSpaceX and Vast Space LLC (Vast) have announced their plans to launch a commercial space station, called Haven-1, by 2025.
Read MoreChina’s reusable spaceplane has landed on 8 May 2023, after spending 276 days in orbit, according to state-run Xinhua news agency and the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC), primary contractor for China’s space program.
Read MoreSpaceX’s Starship Flight Termination Commands End Test Flight After Multiple Raptor Engine Failures: SpaceX’s Starship rocket system launched on Thursday but its first full stack test flight ended in fiery explosions over the Gulf of Mexico.
Read MoreSpaceX scrubbed the first test flight of its fully stacked Starship rocket on Monday, citing a problem with the pressurization system on the Super Heavy first stage. The launch was scheduled to take place from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, but was stopped with less than nine minutes left in the countdown. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “A pressurant valve appears to be frozen, so unless it starts operating soon, no launch today.”
Read MoreSpaceX will attempt to make history on Monday, April 17, when it launches its massive Starship and Super Heavy rocket as an integrated system for the first time. The company has received a license from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct the flight test from its Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas.
Read MoreThe launch of the European Space Agency (ESA)’s JUICE mission to explore Jupiter and its icy moons has been delayed by 24 hours due to weather conditions. The spacecraft was scheduled to lift off on Thursday, April 13, at 8:15 a.m. ET aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. However, the risk of lightning near the launch pad forced the mission team to scrub the launch about 10 minutes before liftoff.
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