NASA’s Human Architecture Team (HAT) has opted to remove supersonic parachutes as an option for landing “human-scale hardware” on the surface of Mars. The decision will result in all forward planning involving a mix of supersonic retro propulsion in combination with deployable, inflatable, and rigid aeroshells for missions to the Red Planet.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft successfully achieved a contingency landing scenario on Wednesday, returning under just two…
Following on from their successful drop test of the Orion Parachute Test Vehicle (PTV) in…
Following the sixth flight of SpaceX’s Starship on Tuesday, eight additional orbital launches were planned…
PLD Space unveiled an aggressive 10-year plan last month at the company’s new headquarters building…
SpaceX’s record-breaking streak of successful launches and landings ended during the third quarter of 2024,…
SpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 in the unlikely…
As Firefly Aerospace prepares for its upcoming Alpha rocket launches, work continues apace on its…
After a historic mission, the Polaris Dawn mission, flown by Crew Dragon Resilience with private astronauts,…
The Boeing Starliner Calypso, which launched to the International Space Station on June 5 with…
Another busy week of spaceflight activities contained a landing failure of a Falcon 9 booster…
After years of anticipation, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule has flown its first crew into space…
Over the past few months, Blue Origin has been busy progressing on many of its…
Blue Origin succesfully returned to crewed flight with its New Shepard vehicle. The company performed…
Crew Dragon Endurance and the Crew-7 astronauts returned to Earth after the handover to the…
This month, the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew joined the seven existing astronauts on the…
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is returned to flight on Dec. 19, 2023, from Blue…
The long-awaited crewed launch of Starliner has gained increased positivity that its latest launch date…
Another busy period in spaceflight is underway with three Falcon 9 rockets with Starlink payloads…
ESA and Airbus, in coordination with NASA, hosted an Artemis II media event at the…
