SpaceX is deep into preparations for the next Starship flight, focusing on the Orbital Launch Pad (OLP). Booster 10 and Ship 28 are set to return to the launch site in the coming week or two, ahead of a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) that will set the stage for the third launch of the world’s largest and most powerful rocket.
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InternationalJapanOtherScience
Japan’s SLIM lands on the Moon upside down, overcomes power issues
by John SharpJapan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander appears to have achieved a soft…
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Artemis
NASA SLS Exploration Upper Stage moving into qualification phase of development
by Philip SlossAs NASA pushes out the schedule for Artemis II and III, development of the first…
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ChineseIndianInternationalSpaceX
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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Laser communications, an ever so important factor for the future of space exploration, has seen…
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On Dec. 4, the cameras of NASA’s Psyche spacecraft took their first images 26 million…
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As Boeing nears completing final assembly of NASA’s second Space Launch System (SLS) core stage…
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In December 2022, NASA lost contact with its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and…
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CommercialEuropeanIndianSpaceX
Launch roundup: Falcon Heavy launches largest GEO satellite, Rocket Lab’s Electron to complete 40th flight
The week of July 24 through July 30 will end the month with at least…
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Two months after Starship’s first integrated test flight, engine testing is already underway for Ship…
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Blue OriginCommercialNorthrop GrummanSNC/Dream ChaserSpaceX
SpaceX, Blue Origin, others highlighted in new NASA low-Earth orbit partnerships
by Tyler GrayOn June 15, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced its intention to partner…
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The International Space Station’s iROSA (ISS Roll-Out Solar Array) solar panel upgrade, started in 2021,…
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CommercialEuropeanInternationalScience
Gravimeter for ESA’s Hera mission is ready to launch to Dimorphos asteroid
A tiny instrument that can measure the gravity levels of an asteroid has completed its…
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On May 14, 1973, the final Saturn V rocket lifted off to deploy Skylab, America’s…
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SpaceX has launched the Inmarsat I-6 F2 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit atop a Falcon…
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SpaceX has launched the a pair of Falcon 9 missions approximately 23 hours apart from…
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ArtemisBoeing/Starliner
Boeing talks Core Stage performance on Artemis I, looks ahead to future Core Stages and EUS debut
Following a successful first launch of the Space Launch System (SLS) and its critical Core…
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India launched a new ocean monitoring satellite on Saturday morning, using its PSLV rocket to…
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SpaceX has launched the Eutelsat-10B communication satellite into a supersynchronous geostationary transfer orbit. A Falcon…
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United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the dual-manifested SES-20 & 21 telecommunication satellites on the…