Intuitive Machines (IM) announced the IM-1 mission with the Nova-C lander has selected the Oceanus Procellarum near the Vallis Schrasöteri as a landing site. The Nova-C lander is a lunar lander under NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program, with the goal of testing technologies to help land astronauts on the lunar surface.
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The NASA Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is on the verge of flying its…
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Japan has finally launched its small satellite launcher Epsilon to deliver nine satellites to orbit.…
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ArtemisCommercialSpaceX
NASA VIPER rover and Astrobotic Griffin lander select moon landing site for 2023
The NASA VIPER rover – a precursor mission to human landings in the south polar…
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Spaceflight Inc has announced “GEO Pathfinder,” a rideshare mission to geostationary orbit that will use…
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United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan pathfinder has rolled out to SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral for tank…
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Intuitive Machines (IM) has selected SpaceX to launch their third mission to the Moon. Named…
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ArtemisCommercial
NASA, Rocket Lab move first Artemis Moon launch – CAPSTONE – to New Zealand
by Mihir NealNew Zealand is now set to host the first launch of the Artemis Program, as…
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ArtemisCommercialSpaceX
After NASA taps SpaceX’s Starship for first Artemis landings, agency looks to on-ramp future vehicles
Following a year of testing and development, NASA recently selected SpaceX’s Starship-based Human Landing System…
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CommercialInternationalMars
Year in Review: Mars missions, Lunar Samples, Crew launched from the US, and Starlink
Despite a worldwide pandemic which affected agencies around the world, 2020 featured many significant achievements…
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CommercialOther
Firefly closes in on debut flight with rocket delivery to Vandenberg launch site
by Tyler GrayAcross the world, several startup launch providers such as Relativity Space, Astra, Virgin Orbit, and…
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A new Falcon booster has been installed on the test stand at SpaceX’s Rocket Development…
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NASA Selects Astrobotic to Deliver the VIPER Rover to the Lunar Surface
by Joseph NavinAstrobotic of Pittsburgh, PA has been selected to deliver NASA’s future Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration…
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Tory Bruno Outlines ULA Transition to Vulcan and National Security Launches
Speaking to media at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington, DC, CEO Tory Bruno previewed…
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In 2019, American companies reached crucial milestones on the path towards launching small satellites. Firefly…
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Private industry is partnering with NASA to develop technologies and vehicles for crewed missions to…
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The Japanese company ispace, inc, has announced new, strategic partnerships and plans to alter its…
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NASA’s plans to land both robots and humans on the moon have taken several steps…
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For the better part of 18 months, a Central Texas-based rocket startup known as Firefly…
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A new amendment to the White House’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget request increases NASA’s federal…