An Atlas V rocket carrying NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and sister payload Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) has launched from complex 41 at Cape Canaveral on Thursday evening. Both its payload passengers were successfully sent on their journey to the moon.
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NASA announced Monday that it intends to send a lunar impactor mission to the Moon…
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NASA and the commercial space industry are planning for the eventual replacement of the International…
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Currently scheduled to launch on Friday, Oct. 4, the United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) heavy-lift Vulcan…
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Artemis
Boeing ramps up final assembly to complete Artemis II SLS Core Stage by year end
by Philip SlossFollowing a cost-saving summer slowdown, NASA Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage prime contractor Boeing…
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InternationalRussian
Luna 25: the first Russian spacecraft in 47 years heading to the moon
by P. KatinOn August 10, 2023, at 23:10 UTC, the Russian Luna 25 spacecraft launched to the…
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ChineseCommercialInternationalUncrewed
Chinese Tianlong-2 successfully debuts from Jiuquan
by Adrian BeilThe Tianlong-2 rocket by Space Pioneer successfully performed its debut flight on April 2 and…
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ChineseCommercialInternationalUncrewed
Commercial rockets spotted amidst Chinese launch tripleheader
by Adrian BeilChina is starting to increase its launch cadence again after a slow start to 2023.…
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OtherScienceUncrewed
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter discovers thermally stable areas in surface pits suitable for future lunar bases
Using data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), a group of NASA-funded researchers has discovered…
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CommercialInternationalSpaceXUncrewed
SpaceX launches Danuri, South Korea’s first mission to the Moon
by Lee KanayamaSpaceX has launched South Korea’s first mission to the Moon on Thursday. A flight-proven Falcon…
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Rocket Lab has launched the CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment)…
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The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) is preparing to launch its Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter…
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ChineseInternationalUncrewed
China launches internet constellation satellites on CZ-2C
by Adrian BeilChina launched the Xuancheng-1 mission onboard a Chang Zheng 2C from Xichang today. The launch…
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Having conducted the first series of Mechazilla catch and stack systems tests, SpaceX’s Starship program…
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During October 2021’s Small Payload Ride Share Association Symposium, a collection of small satellite launch…
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China has launched a Long March/Chang Zheng-4B from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 22:32…
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CommercialEuropeanInternationalISSOtherSpaceX
Off the Earth, for the Earth; Endeavour lifts off with international crew for six month mission
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour began its second mission Friday with a crew of four astronauts…
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EuropeanInternationalISSOtherSpaceX
Endeavour moved to 39A as astronauts arrive and Crew-2 mission is cleared for launch
by Mihir NealShane Kimbrough, Megan McArthur, Thomas Pesquet, and Akihiko Hoshide have arrived at the Kennedy Space…
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SpaceX launched their third mission of 2021 and the first of many planned Smallsat Rideshare…
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The Chang’e 5 lunar orbiter, lander, and sample collection return vehicle left its sea-side launch…