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
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India Performs 100th Launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre!
Early in the morning of January 29th, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, India's premier spaceport, hosted its 100th launch when a GSLV
SpaceX Catches Booster, Starship Becomes a Firework
Yesterday, January 16th, SpaceX conducted Starship-Super Heavy's seventh flight test, beginning at 22:37 pm Universal Coordinated Time. This flight test
New Glenn soars in debut mission!
Under the power of seven BE-4 engines, New Glenn soared from Launch Complex 36, heading to space for the first time! Following liftoff
Falcon 9 launches two landers toward the Moon!
From Launch Complex 39A, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at 06:06 am Universal Coordinated Time carrying two lunar landers into
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
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
China debuts two new rockets to end November
China has performed over a half dozen launches in November, debuting two new launch vehicles. One of these is from a state-owned enterprise
Electron launches twice in under 24 hours!
Rocket Lab ended its launches for November with a record-setting doubleheader launch for the company. This record had the company launch two Electron
Totally Bananas! SpaceX Lands Starship and Super Heavy at Sea!
From SpaceX's Starbase launch site, near Boca Chica in south Texas, Starship-Super Heavy flew its sixth flight test at 22:00
Starship's sixth flight to launch on November 18th
A little over a month ago, SpaceX flew the fifth flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle. Since the previous flight test,
Dragon arrives at ISS ahead of reboost test
SpaceX's thirty-first Cargo Re-Supply (CRS) mission arrived at the International Space Station on November 5th, at 14:52 pm Universal