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New Horizons might get more flyby targets; Pluto features get official names
More than two years after New Horizons flew past Pluto, becoming the first human-made object to visit the dwarf planet, numerous surface features discovered and explored by the…
KSC, Cape preparing to evaluate damage following Hurricane Irma
Less than one year after the Space Center and the entirety of eastern Florida benefited from a last-minute wobble to the east of Major Hurricane Matthew – a…
Indian PSLV launch with IRNSS replacement satellite suffers apparent failure
ISRO launched a PSLV Thursday carrying a replacement satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) constellation. The IRNSS-1H satellite launched on schedule from the Second Launch…
Mars spacecraft back on track to provide InSight into the Red Planet
NASA’s Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) mission is back on track for a 2018 launch after the discovery of leaks in key instrumentation…
Farewell LISA – Space Observatory Pathfinder put to sleep
The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) pathfinder mission has come to an end via the final commanding of the spacecraft. The 16 month mission, has provided the tools…
GLSV Mark III rocket conducts ‘all-up’ launch with GSAT-19 satellite
India’s GSLV Mark III rocket successfully made its first all-up launch and first attempt to reach orbit Monday in a late afternoon liftoff from the Satish Dhawan Space…
Japan’s H-IIA conducts Michibiki-2 launch
Japan’s H-IIA rocket launched the second navigation satellite in the country’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System in the first of three launches scheduled for Thursday. Liftoff for the Michibiki-2 satellite…
Vector Space completes first test flight, aims for small sat market expansion
Vector Space has conducted a crucial test of their Vector-R rocket that the company hopes will expand the small satellite launch market via small-scale launchers. As SpaceX has…
SpaceX opens new era for spaceflight with successful core stage reuse
For SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk, it was a day 15 years in the making. The accomplishment Thursday evening of launching a flight-proven Falcon 9 core stage…
In-space DNA sequencing success looks to increase capability with OA-7
When the SpaceX CRS-9 mission launched to the ISS last July, it took with it a first-of-a-kind experiment to examine the possibility of sequencing DNA in space. Not…
MAF hit by tornado; all personnel safe as damage assessments begin
NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility (MAF) has been hit by a tornado in the early afternoon hours of Tuesday. The immediate extent of damage and injuries is not yet known,…
Orbital ATK preps Cygnus flights; Antares enhancements on track for 2019
Following a highly successful Return To Flight of their newly upgraded Antares 230 series rocket this past October, Orbital ATK is deep into processing for the OA-7 and…
50 years on, reminders of Apollo 1 beckon a safer future
Fifty years ago Friday, the first – but sadly not the last – fatal spaceflight accident struck NASA when a fire claimed the lives of Virgil “Gus” Grissom,…
Japanese H-IIA rocket launches DSN-2 military satellite
Japan has conducted the launch of the DSN-2 military communications satellite on Tuesday via its H-IIA rocket. Liftoff from the Tanegashima was on schedule at 16:44 local time…
YIR V: ‘Planet Nine’ – Pushing the boundaries of the solar system
In 2016, our understanding of our cosmic home might have taken its most significant leap forward since the discovery of Uranus shattered our then perception of a six-planet…
ExoMars completes crucial orbit insertion, hope lost for lander
After a seven month cruise between worlds, ESA and Russia’s Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Italian Space Agency’s Schiaparelli lander arrived for their crucial orbit insertion burn (TGO)…
Exploring President Obama’s support for space one month before an election
U.S. President Barack Obama has lent his eager support toward growing commercial space endeavours as well as government and private efforts to take humans to Mars. However, his…
Mars 2020 rover receives upgraded eyesight for tricky skycrane landing
When NASA’s next Mars rover – Mars 2020 – arrives at the red planet in four years, it will sport a new and upgraded vision to aide its…
SpaceX reveals ITS Mars game changer via colonization plan
SpaceX’s Elon Musk has made his landmark speech, finally revealing details of his plans to make humanity a multiplanetary species. In a keynote speech at the International Astronautical Congress in…
Aerobee-19: 65 years after animal flight that paved the way for Project Mercury
Sixty-five years ago, the United States Air Force conducted a pivotal – and what turned out to be groundbreaking – flight of their Aerobee sounding rocket at Holloman…
