India began 2024 with the launch of an X-ray astronomy satellite aboard the sixtieth flight of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle. The PSLV C58 mission lifted off at 9:10 AM local time (03:40 UTC) on Monday, Jan. 1, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
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SpaceX has closed out its most successful and record-breaking year yet. Its Falcon program broke…
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Starship’s 2023: after a year filled with milestones, Starship looks ahead to an exciting future
by Ryan WeberThe Starship Program had its biggest year to date in 2023, with two full stack…
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As 2023 draws to a close, the US Department of Defense’s X-37B spaceplane returned to…
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ChineseOtherScience
China’s 2023: closing out a busy year amidst preparations for lunar missions
by Adrian BeilFollowing China’s impressive 2022, the country once again managed to launch over 60 times in…
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ISS Roundup: 25 year anniversary, spacewalks, cargo arrivals and departures
by John SharpThe final quarter of 2023 saw the International Space Station (ISS) celebrate 25 years in…
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MarsOtherScience
1,000 sols into their mission, Perseverance and Ingenuity continue to investigate Jezero Crater
After celebrating their 1,000th sol, or Martian day, on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover and Ingenuity…
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Firefly suffers second stage anomaly on “Fly the Lightning” mission
by Tyler GrayJust on the heels of its success in integrating and launching a payload to orbit…
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Launch Roundup: scrubs deny SpaceX its 100 Falcon launch goal; look to end the year with a 300th mission milestone
by Martin SmithThis week nearly saw two secret spaceplanes launched within days of each other. After ground…
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is returned to flight on Dec. 19, 2023, from Blue…
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ChineseUncrewed
Chinese spaceplane takes flight again; iSpace and LandSpace prepare to hop
by Adrian BeilChina is aiming for a strong finish to 2023, with several high-profile launches happening in…
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Laser communications, an ever so important factor for the future of space exploration, has seen…
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Rocket Lab launched its first Electron rocket since a failure on Sept. 19. The mission,…
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After an exciting and milestone-achieving Flight Test Two, SpaceX is ready to move into Flight…
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Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab returns to flight; SpaceX launches more Starlink
SpaceX had a lighter week of launches, with Rocket Lab, Russia, and China also launching…
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On Dec. 4, the cameras of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft took their first images 26 million…
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LandSpace has launched its third ZhuQue-2 rocket on Friday, Dec. 8, at 23:40 UTC. The…
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As Boeing nears completing final assembly of NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) core stage…
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As SpaceX continues toward its goal of launching 100 times in 2023, the company launched…
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30 years ago, on the very early morning of Dec. 2, 1993, the Space Shuttle…