By now Starliner is back on the ground and on its way to Boeing Facilities in Florida for inspection and refurbishment. This comes after a […]
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…
Rocket Lab’s Satellite Components & Future Plan
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What Will Earth’s Future Space Station Look Like?
(Credit: NASA) What Will Earth's Future Space Station Look Like?…
Possible Delays For United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Rocket
United Launch Alliance has been working on Vulcan since 2014.…
How A Water Deluge System Could Help SpaceX’s Pad Problems
How A Water Deluge System Could Help SpaceX's Pad Problems…
Webb Continues To Show Promising Results
(Credit: NASA) Webb Continues To Show Promising Results As per…
Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft Is Ready For Its Return To Earth
We are just about 24 hours away from the scheduled undocking of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. For weeks now teams have been busy adjusting the mission […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Landing Platform Has Arrived
As we get closer to the first launch of New Glenn, and with it, the first booster landing attempt, Blue Origin is continuing to prepare. […]
Sierra Space Is Working On An Even Bigger Inflatable Habitat
Sierra Space wants to send an inflatable habitat with more volume than the entire International Space Station into space on a single 7m fairing launch. […]
A Closer Look At Falcon Heavy’s Most Expensive Payload Yet
We now are just over a month away from the launch of a single spacecraft worth around $5 billion. Over the last decade, this spacecraft, […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Is No Longer Grounded According To FAA
A few days ago on the 28th, a failed Falcon 9 booster landing resulted in a prompt grounding of the vehicle from the FAA. The […]
NASA Has Set A Date For Starliner’s Undocking
Even with the decision already made and the crew no longer returning on Starliner, teams are still busy testing the spacecraft in preparation for an […]
Will New Glenn Be Ready In Time For Its Maiden Flight?
We now have both an official launch timeframe and a progress report relating to New Glenn’s current status. As of right now, the company has […]
Exactly What To Expect On SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission
With the final preparations underway, in less than 24 hours SpaceX will launch one of its most unique missions to date. Named Polaris Dawn, 4 […]
NASA Just Picked SpaceX To Return Starliner’s Crew
After over two months in space, constant ground testing, and general back and forth between the agency and Boeing, a decision was finally made. SpaceX […]