SpaceX’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.
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NASA Announces Artemis II Astronaut Crew for Moon Mission: NASA has announced the four astronauts who will fly on its Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight to orbit the Moon since the Apollo program. The mission, potentially scheduled for 2024, is intended to test NASA’s deep space exploration capabilities and pave the way for future lunar landings.
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Boeing announced that its first crewed flight test of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft with NASA astronauts on board will be postponed until at least July 2023.
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Reduced-crew operations (RCO) involves flying airliners with less than two pilots on the flight deck. While some proponents argue that RCO could reduce costs, increase efficiency, and address pilot shortages, others contend that RCO would compromise safety, reliability, and public trust.
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Relativity Space, a startup that aims to revolutionize the space industry with 3D-printed rockets, suffered a partial setback on Wednesday night when its first orbital launch attempt ended short of achieving all mission goals.
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Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Achieves First Flight Success! A team led by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have pioneered not only remote operation of a drone helicopter over unprecedented distance, they have also been the first to fly a powered aircraft on another world.
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