By now the first flight-capable New Glenn rocket is vertical on the launch pad and only a few tests away from a maiden flight. Next […]
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
Firefly Aerospace's privately built Blue Ghost lunar lander is set…
A Commercial U.S. Company Just Landed On The Moon
After a successful launch and week-long journey, a private company…
An In-Depth Look At Blue Origin’s New Glenn Launch Vehicle
(Credit: Blue Origin) An In-Depth Look At Blue Origin's New…
Sierra Space Is Making Significant Progress On Dream Chaser
(Credit: Sierra Space) Sierra Space Is Making Significant Progress On…
The Last Update Before The First Launch Of SLS
(Credit: NASA) The Last Update Before The First Launch Of…
What Is Blue Origin’s New Glenn Landing Plan?
What Is Blue Origin's New Glenn Landing Plan? Blue Origin…
SpaceX Is Now Ready For Starship’s 6th Flight Test
Right now we’re just about 24 hours away from Flight Test 6 of Starship as SpaceX completes some of the final preparations and pre-launch activities. […]
Rocket Lab Secures New Contracts For Neutron As Progress Continues
Rocket Lab’s new launch vehicle Neutron is already starting to secure some significant launch contracts both with the government and different commercial companies. This includes […]
Dream Chaser Is Already Getting A New Heat Shield
A company called Sierra Space has been working on a modern spaceplane known as Dream Chaser. With the first launch scheduled to happen in 2025, […]
Is Rocket Lab Still Trying To Reuse Electron’s Booster?
Over the past few years, we’ve seen Rocket Lab continue to make progress toward reusing the Electron rocket’s first stage. Over time this strategy has […]
We Now Know SpaceX’s Next Starship Flight Profile
Just yesterday, SpaceX announced that the next Starship Flight is only about 11 days away, scheduled to liftoff on November 18th. In addition, they released […]
What Happened To SpinLaunch & Its Plan?
A few years ago SpinLaunch, the company trying to fling payloads into space, was frequently in the news completing suborbital test flights and working with […]
NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Is Facing New Delays
NASA is currently in the process of upgrading some of its critical infrastructure necessary for the future Artemis missions and humans return to the Moon. […]
Astra Space Is Still Working On Rocket 4
Astra Space has had a bit of a rocky history but is still making progress toward the launch of its new rocket. Just days ago […]
Blue Origin Just Installed New Glenn’s BE-4 Engines
Early this morning Blue Origin shared the first images of a New Glenn booster with 7 BE-4 engines installed. This is the first time we’ve […]