Firefly Lands on the Moon!
Firefly Aerospace's first Blue Ghost lunar landing mission, named 'Ghost Riders in the Sky', began its journey to the Moon early on January 15th, entering lunar orbit just over
Monthly Dose of Space - February 2025
Welcome to our seventeenth Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you major news from the past month. February has continued last month's momentum, so let's
SpaceX to reattempt failed flight NET February 28th
A little over a month ago, SpaceX flew Starship-Super Heavy's seventh flight test. During that flight test the company managed to repeat the feat of catching the booster but the upper-stage
Weekly Dose of Space (16/2-22/2)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had five launches taking place, with most carrying Starlink satellites. News this week had the Artemis II SLS boosters completing stacking, a new European
The U.S. Space Program is Controlled by a Fascist, Monopolizing, Oligarch
Elon Musk is showing who he really is.
John McFall Cleared for Flight as First Disabled Astronaut
On February 14th the European Space Agency provided an update on its Fly! Feasibility Study. In the update, the agency announced that astronaut John McFall was cleared for flight to the International Space
Weekly Dose of Space (9/2-15/2)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had four launches taking place with all of them carrying satellites for mega-constellations. News from the week had Firefly entering lunar orbit, China'
Space Was Always Political, Now It's Partisan
Complain all you want, it was inevitable.
Weekly Dose of Space (2/2-8/2)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw seven launches take place, with all but one heading into orbit. News this week had Boeing warning of potential cuts to SLS, VAST
"Go back in the closet" - Demands New Informal NASA Policy
NASA Watch is reporting based on internal sources at NASA Headquarters, that LGBTQIA+ iconography is no longer allowed within the agency as a new unwritten policy. The new restrictions are effectively banning flags,
New Shepard Successfully Simulates Lunar Gravity!
Yesterday, February 4th, Blue Origin performed its twenty-ninth New Shepard mission carrying a variety of payloads above the Kármán line. For this mission following the separation of the booster, New Shepard's
China's Challenge to Starlink
SpaceX's Starlink mega-constellation is currently the premier choice for space-based internet, with the constellation boasting well over 7,000 satellites launched since 2019. However, in recent years China has been aiming