Over two decades ago in 2003, the supersonic Concorde airliner completed its final flight due to a number of different complications. Among that list were […]
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 process of determining the lander's distance from the surface, which it then uses during the final landing maneuver. Without it, the Athena spacecraft didn't know its distance from the ground, which no doubt had an impact on the lander tipping over and sliding into its final resting place in a crater. Altimeter Failure Athena’s laser altimeters use a 1.2-megawatt laser that fires for a few nanoseconds and has a range of 80km. The laser enables…
The Athena Lunar Lander Couldn’t Measure Its Distance From The Surface
It's now been confirmed that the Athena lunar lander's altimeter…
A Closer Look At The Loss of Starship’s Upper Stage
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This afternoon we were less than a minute away from…
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Early this morning on March 2nd, Firefly Aerospace's privately built…
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NASA Returns The Space Launch System To The Pad After Repairs
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Starliner Is Weeks Away From Its First Crewed Launch
Boeing and NASA just held a briefing yesterday and it…
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Only days ago, two BE-4 engines took flight for the first time and proved themselves as capable next-generation hardware. Now to continue a great year […]
The Moon Lander Vulcan Just Launched Is In Trouble
The Moon Lander Vulcan Just Launched Is In Trouble Yesterday at 2:18 am EST, for the first time ever ULA’s new rocket Vulcan lifted off. […]
Blue Origin Is Trying To Buy United Launch Alliance
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SpinLaunch Is Struggling To Find An Orbital Accelerator Location
It has been quite a long time since we heard from SpinLaunch, the company trying to fling payloads into space. So far they have completed […]
Dream Chaser Tenacity Is Almost Ready To Launch
After decades of development and testing, Dream Chaser Tenacity, the first test article, is verticle and at NASA’s facility. It’s about to complete vibration testing […]
Relativity Just Fired Its New 3-D Printed Aeon R Engine
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Is About To Launch A Spaceplane
With four launches already this year, 2023 has been the busiest year yet for Falcon Heavy. Even still, the company has one more scheduled to […]
New Details On SpaceX’s Third Starship Flight Test
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A Closer Look At The Spacecraft Attached To Dream Chaser
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