2024 Space Wrapped: Dawn of the Reusable Era
2024 has been another amazing year for the global space industry, so let's go over the highlights of this year! Starship cadence doubles This year saw SpaceX fly its Starship-Super Heavy
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Starship's seventh flight set for no earlier than January 10th
Just over a month and a half ago, SpaceX's in-development fully reusable Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle performed its sixth flight test. Since that test, the company has been preparing to expand
Monthly Dose of Space - December 2024
Welcome to our fifteenth Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you major news from the past month we haven't covered in our weekly newsletters. December has been
Weekly Dose of Space (22/12-28/12)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had three launches occur, with sadly one failure. News this week had New Glenn eagerly approaching launch along with the Parker Solar Probe passing
New Glenn Fires Up
Blue Origins New Glenn rocket roars to life during a 7 engine static fire early this evening. (Mini Article)
Weekly Dose of Space (15/12-21/12)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had ten launches occur, with most in support of satellite constellations. News this week had two taikonauts break the record for the longest spacewalk,
KAIROS Inches Closer to Orbit With Failed Second Launch
Japanese launch company Space One launched its second KAIROS vehicle at 11:00 am Japan Standard Time (02:00 am Universal Coordinated Time) from Spaceport Kii. KAIROS' second flight appeared to be
China Now Has Two State-Backed Mega-Constellations in Orbit
Yesterday, December 16th, China began deployment of its GuoWang internet mega-constellation with the launch of a Long March 5B from the Wenchang Space Launch Site carrying ten satellites. Plans for GuoWang were kicked
Weekly Dose of Space (8/12-14/12)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had four launches occur, with half of them using Falcon 9. News this week had the Artemis Accords reaching fifty signatories and NASA moving
What nations may send astronauts to Tiangong?
China is currently operating its Tiangong Space Station in low Earth orbit. So far the station has only been home to Chinese astronauts (taikonauts). Despite only flying taikonauts to Tiangong, China is open
Weekly Dose of Space (1/12-7/12)
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had ten orbital launches taking place, with most occurring in one day. News this week had Artemis gaining more delays, Orbex moving launch sites,