China completes its 500th Long March rocket launch!
On the 10th of December, a Long March 2D lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southern China. The payload for the launch was a Yaogan reconnaissance satellite heading to low
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Zhuque-2 delivers its first payloads to space!
On the 8th of December, Greenwich Mean Time, or the 9th of December, China Standard Time, LandSpace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket for the third time. This launch was the first time the rocket
Why SpaceX's Super Heavy booster works where the N1 failed
Disclaimer: This article may contain the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole in some parts of the article. With the recent success of Super Heavy booster 9 during
North Korea successfully launches its first military reconnaissance satellite
Early on the morning of November 21st, a Chŏllima-1 launch vehicle lifted off from the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea carrying the Malligyong-1c satellite into
SpaceX provides post-flight update on Starship's second flight
Recently, SpaceX quietly updated the webpage for Starship-Super Heavy's second integrated flight test clarifying the following information; * All 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster started up successfully and, for
SpaceX successfully launches Starship for a second time!
Today, the 18th of November 2023, SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle for the second time ever! Starship-Super Heavy launched at the start of its window lifting off at 07:02 am
Tory Bruno answers questions about Vulcan and ULA
United Launch Alliance's Tory Bruno recently hosted an 'ask me anything' on the subreddit r/ula! This article has picked out the more interesting questions that were answered by
Starship to launch as early as Friday!
Very recently, the Federal Aviation Administration granted SpaceX a launch license for its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle. This comes almost seven months after the first launch attempt of SpaceX's currently in
China launches replacement for ChinaSat 6B
During the evening of the 9th of November, China launched a Long March 3B/E rocket carrying ChinaSat 6E to a geostationary transfer orbit from Launch Complex 2 at the Xichang Satellite Launch
X-37B Jumpscare: Stealthy Spaceplane to Launch in Early December
UPDATE November 29th, 2023: Launch of OTV-7 has been pushed from December 7th to December 10th since publishing. This article has been edited to reflect this. In a surprise to all but the
What is Russia's space agency and what do they do?
Disclaimer: This article was written on the 29th of October 2023 so some information may be outdated. This article is intended as a general explanation of Roscosmos, its International Space Station activities, operational
Who will be China's SpaceX?
Disclaimer: This article contains the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole. Recently private spaceflight efforts in China have been ramping up from almost a dozen companies. This article