Over the past few months, Blue Origin has been sharing progressively more updates and information on its MK1 lunar lander as it nears completion. Slated […]
Category: Spacecraft
Dream Chaser Just Lost Its Biggest Contract
Back in 2016, NASA awarded Sierra Space a significant contract to resupply the International Space Station with its Dream Chaser spaceplane. Yesterday, the agency and […]
The First Commercial Space Station Has Completed Welding
In just the last week, Vast announced that its Haven-1 space station has completed welding, meaning the main structure is done. With that step finished, […]
What Caused The Loss Of ispace’s Resilience Spacecraft?
On June 5th, ispace’s M2 lunar lander attempted to touchdown on the surface of the Moon. Unfortunately, the landing was unsuccessful, with the lander expected […]
The Athena Lunar Lander Couldn’t Measure Its Distance From The Surface
It’s now been confirmed that the Athena lunar lander’s altimeter failed around the time the spacecraft reached the Moon. This instrument is key in the […]
Blue Ghost Just Successfully Touched Down On The Moon
Early this morning on March 2nd, Firefly Aerospace’s privately built lunar lander successfully touched down on the Moon’s surface. This marks Firefly as the first […]
A Private Lunar Lander Is About To Touchdown
Firefly Aerospace’s privately built Blue Ghost lunar lander is set to touchdown in less than 12 hours, early in the morning on March 2nd. Over […]
NASA Is Trying To Decide The Future of Starliner
It’s now been over a month since the Starliner spacecraft returned from the ISS without any crew aboard. Since then, SpaceX’s Crew 9 Dragon has […]
Falcon Heavy Just Launched The Europa Clipper Spacecraft
After around a decade of work manufacturing, testing, and preparing, the Europa Clipper spacecraft is now officially on its way to Jupiter. Yesterday morning the […]
Firefly’s Moon Lander Is Almost Ready For Falcon 9 Integration
In only a few months from now Firefly Aerospace, a relatively small U.S. company will attempt to touch down on the Moon’s surface. For the […]