In eight days, SpaceX completed all engine testing for Flight 15, some cryo-proof and catch testing for Flight 16, and lifted the top deck deluge plates onto Pad 1’s Launch Mount. This past week has ...
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has spoken on the planned architecture and contingencies for the Artemis III multi-vehicle campaign. He emphasized that the mission will require a sequenced series of ...
In the world of spaceflight, launch infrastructure is critical for rocket launches. For agencies and companies wanting to move quickly from a rocket’s inception to its first flight, everything from ...
As SpaceX prepares to fly Flight 15 in November, with a successful Static Fire test occurring at Starbase on Sunday, the company is pushing to launch Flight 16 from LC-39A as soon as possible and ...
The Artemis II mission, humanity’s first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since 1972, will wait longer to get off the ground. Originally planned for September 2025, Artemis II will now fly ...
China has launched a Long March/Chang Zheng-4B from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 22:32 UTC on August 18, carrying the second group of Tianhui 2 satellites into orbit. The Tianhui 2 series ...
SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas, continues to evolve as the company pushes the boundaries of rocket development with its Starship program. Following the operational experience gained ...
SpaceX is advancing toward its next two Starship missions as the company looks to close out 2026. Flight 15 is targeting November, with the goal of catching both the booster and the Ship. Flight 16 is ...
The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is flying a planetary probe to Mars’s moon Phobos, taking advantage of this year’s window to reach the Red Planet on an ideal trajectory, one that ...
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch, whose primary mission was to deploy Argentina’s SAOCOM 1A radar imaging satellite, took place ...
ISRO launched the fiftieth PSLV mission Wednesday, with its workhorse rocket flying for the second time in barely a fortnight to deploy a radar imaging spy satellite for India’s military. The ...
Rocket Lab has delayed its Neutron launch vehicle once again after carbon fibre manufacturing problems on the first stage propellant tank. Neutron is not the first rocket to encounter difficulties ...