Rocket Lab is still targeting a maiden flight of the Neutron launch vehicle as soon as 2025. As we approach the end of 2024, progress […]
New Glenn’s Second Launch Now Has A Date
Earlier today, on June 9, we got confirmation that New Glenn's second launch is officially set to occur no earlier than August 15. Again, Blue Origin will be attempting to land and recover the booster out at sea on the company's landing barge. As far as what the payload will be, currently it's unclear, but there's some speculation it could be NASA's ESCAPADE spacecraft. With the FAA mishap investigation closed, and testing already underway for the next flight vehicle, a launch in August is ambitious, but possible. NET August 15 Only hours ago, Dave Limp, Blue Origin's CEO, tweeted saying,…
New Glenn’s Second Launch Now Has A Date
Earlier today, on June 9, we got confirmation that New…
Vulcan’s Launch Cadence Is Set To Ramp Up
The last time Vulcan launched was October 2024, which was…
What Caused The Loss Of ispace’s Resilience Spacecraft?
On June 5th, ispace's M2 lunar lander attempted to touchdown…
What We Learned From The Recent Starship Presentation
Recently, on the 29th, SpaceX hosted a presentation on Starship…
A Look At The Upgrades Made For Starship Flight 9
With Flight 9 set to liftoff in a few days…
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 […]
A Closer Look At The Catch Of Super Heavy
Yesterday we watched the return and catch of the Super Heavy booster on Starship’s fifth flight. Between then and now we have received a handful […]
What Exactly Happened On Starship’s Fifth Launch Attempt?
After about 130 days of testing, upgrades, and iteration, Starship just launched for the fifth time ever and it was easily the most impressive flight […]
SpaceX Was Just Approved For Starship Flight 5
After 128 days of prep, testing, and work both on the vehicle and Stage 0 infrastructure, SpaceX is officially ready to launch Starship Flight 5 […]
SpaceX Just Installed The Starship Flight Termination System
Given what we’re seeing it now seems very likely that Flight 5 will occur on October 13th in only a few days. Yesterday we began […]
The Falcon Heavy Europa Clipper Mission Has Officially Been Delayed
Up until a few days ago, the Europa Clipper mission was scheduled to liftoff atop a Falcon Heavy on October 10th, only two days away. […]
We Now Know Starship’s Flight 5 Flight Profile & Possible Date
Despite a launch license date estimate from the FAA of late November, SpaceX is trying to make a push toward Flight 5 of Starship. In […]
The FAA Has Decided It Won’t Investigate Vulcan’s Anomaly
Yesterday morning on the second-ever Vulcan launch the vehicle experienced an anomaly early in the flight with one of the Solid Rocket Booster nozzles being […]
A Closer Look At ULA’s Booster Anomaly On Second Vulcan Launch
Earlier this morning ULA launched the second Vulcan carrying mainly an inert payload apart of the vehicle’s second certification flight. However, about 40 seconds into […]