On the morning of July 15, SpaceX’s long awaited droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas sailed into Port Canaveral, Florida. The vessel will bring the number of Florida-based droneships back to two following the relocation of Of Course I Still Love You to the west coast, allowing for more frequent launches of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy.
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The final work on Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B is being conducted in line with…
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The recently recovered Falcon 9 first stage (F9-0024-S1) has arrived inside SpaceX’s Pad 39A Horizontal…
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For the first time in a year, the International Space Station has welcomed the arrival…
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Negotiations between the numerous International Space Station (ISS) partners are starting to result in an…
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As part of NASA’s effort to stockpile the International Space Station with as many spare…
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The Russian Space Agency has welcomed Wednesday the return of the Space Shuttle fleet to…
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The European Space Agency (ESA) released the first batch of images and data for its…
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China Roundup: Third successful EVA and deep-space ambitions as China’s space economy surges
by Martin SmithThe Shenzhou-19 crew recently conducted their third spacewalk this month as the China National Space…
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NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10. The 10th operational crewed…
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Europe’s future in space: Vega cadence to increase, HyImpulse’s hybrid rocket
by Martin SmithEuropean companies in the space sector have been developing novel technology to find their unique…
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PLD Space unveiled an aggressive 10-year plan last month at the company’s new headquarters building…
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Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere
In June 2023, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)…
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Launch Roundup: Polaris Dawn, ISS crewed launch headline busy week
by Martin SmithThis week’s manifest features four Falcon 9 launches, including the highly anticipated Polaris Dawn crewed…
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With flight hardware being tested, recovery rehearsals underway, and production facilities growing, Blue Origin is…
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The fourth human spaceflight — and third orbital human flight — of the year has…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration
by Martin SmithDespite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record…
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IDEFIX Phobos rover sent to Japan ahead of mission to Mars
by Adrian BeilThe Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission is JAXA’s lead mission that plans to survey and…
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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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PLD Space aimed to launch Spain’s first privately developed rocket into space, the Miura 1,…