After months of initial shock, vibration, thermal vacuum, and other forms of testing, Dream Chaser Tenacity, the first test article set to launch, has officially […]
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…
NASA Needs Help To Deorbit The International Space Station
NASA Needs Help To Deorbit The International Space Station Despite…
What Is Special About The James Webb Telescope?
Work on the James Webb telescope mirror (Credit: NASA) What…
Starlink Is Now Starting To Make Money
Starlink Is Now Starting To Make Money After years of…
The James Webb Space Telescope’s 30 Day Journey
(Credit: NASA) The James Webb Space Telescope's 30 Day Journey…
A Closer Look At Relativity Space’s Terran 1 Launch Vehicle
(Credit: Relativity Space) A Closer Look At Relativity Space's Terran…
New Glenn’s Maiden Flight Payloads Are Ready For Integration
As of right now, Blue Origin is still pushing toward a launch of New Glenn by the end of the year. With it already being […]
Rocket Lab Just Hot Fired Its New Archimedes Engine
While Rocket Lab continues to launch the Electron rocket and pursue partial reusability, they also have been ramping up work on the next-generation Neutron launch […]
NASA Isn’t Sure If Starliner Is Safe To Return Its Astronauts
With an original planned mission duration of around a week, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has now been in space for over two months. However, based on […]
We Now Know How SpaceX Will Deorbit The ISS
Only a few weeks ago NASA announced its decision to pick SpaceX to provide a spacecraft capable of deorbiting the International Space Station. However, considering […]
NASA Just Requested A Dragon Emergency Response Study
A few days ago, a brand-new contract was signed and awarded to SpaceX from NASA. In the little details provided from the actual document, it […]
SpaceX’s Flight 5 Booster Is Getting Ready To Launch
Earlier today only a bit over a month since the last Starship flight, SpaceX completed a full-duration booster static fire. With this, they provided multiple […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Was Just Grounded Following Upper-Stage Anomaly
Last night during a routine Falcon 9 Starlink launch the vehicle experienced an anomaly with the upper stage. This led to an unsuccessful second burn […]
Boeing’s Starliner Still Doesn’t Have A Return Date
This morning we got another Starliner update in the form of a teleconference with NASA and Boeing officials. The last one was almost two weeks […]
Customers Are Switching From The Ariane 6 To SpaceX
Only days ago the Ariane 6 rocket lifted off for the first time ever. With this vehicle now ready, Europe again has access to its […]