SpaceX’s rocket stages are deep into their test and processing flows, ahead of two missions currently set to take place in April. Both missions are at opposite ends of their test flows at SpaceX’s test site in McGregor, Texas – with CRS-8 hardware set to depart for Florida while the Falcon 9 first stage tasked with the launch of JSCAT-14 prepares for a test firing.
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Rocket Lab—the operator of the world’s second-busiest orbital rocket—has been touting its vision for a…
The Chinese space program is preparing to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and…
SpaceX launched its second lunar mission of 2025, just over a month after flying the…
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Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) lunar lander appears to have achieved a soft…
In December 2022, NASA lost contact with its Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and…
Dragonfly, NASA’s unique robotic exploration mission using a rotorcraft to fly a science laboratory around…
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The Orion spacecraft has reached the end of its flight on the Artemis I mission,…
NASA and SLS program managers have developed part of a forward plan for addressing the…
