The First Commercial Space Station Segment Is Nearing Completion Axiom Space is not far away from the launch of its first module that will attach […]
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
It's been a few days since the eighth Starship launch…
Why Exactly Did SpaceX Scrub Starship’s Eighth Flight Test?
This afternoon we were less than a minute away from…
Blue Ghost Just Successfully Touched Down On The Moon
Early this morning on March 2nd, Firefly Aerospace's privately built…
A Private Lunar Lander Is About To Touchdown
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Firefly Aerospace Launch Scrub, New Dates, & Alpha Overview
(Credit: Firefly Aerospace) Firefly Aerospace Launch Scrub, New Dates, &…
A Closer Look At Blue Origin’s BE-7 & BE-3 Engines
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The FAA Needs More From SpaceX Before Starship Launch Approval
The FAA Needs More From SpaceX Before Starship Launch Approval…
A Closer Look At NASA’s Return To The Moon
A Closer Look At NASA's Return To The Moon In…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s 30 Day Journey
(Credit: NASA) The James Webb Space Telescope's 30 Day Journey…
NASA Just Returned Asteroid Samples For The First Time
NASA Just Returned Asteroid Samples For The First Time Earlier this morning after 7 years of traveling space, NASA returned its first asteroid samples back […]
Why Starship Might Not Land Humans On Artemis III
Why Starship Might Not Land Humans On Artemis III Earlier this month SpaceX released a few new videos of Lunar Starship Raptor testing. This included […]
What Happened To Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Space Station?
What Happened To Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef Space Station? The last time we got a big update on the Orbital Reef project was over a […]
Why Starship’s Second Launch Could Be Delayed To Next Year
Why Starship’s Second Launch Could Be Delayed To Next Year For the past few weeks we have been keeping up with the FAA as approval […]
Stoke Space Just Tested Its Hopper2 System
Stoke Space Just Tested Its Hopper2 System Stoke Space just completed one of the most significant tests in the company’s relatively short history. After a […]
Dream Chaser Tenacity’s Heat Shield Is Just About Fully Installed
Dream Chaser Tenacity’s Heat Shield Is Just About Fully Installed We are now only months away from the first flight of the Dream Chaser Spaceplane. […]
Firefly Aerospace Just Successfully Reached Orbit
Firefly Aerospace Just Successfully Reached Orbit After two previous attempts with varying results, Firefly Aerospace just announced that they successfully launched their third mission with […]
More Details On The Date Of Starship’s Second Launch
More Details On The Date Of Starship’s Second Launch Only a few days ago we learned that SpaceX had completed all the necessary FAA corrective […]
What Happened To Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket?
What Happened To Blue Origin’s New Shepard Rocket? The last time Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launched was September 12th, 2022, meaning it has now […]