Boeing’s first crewed Starliner launched earlier this month on the 5th and arrived at the International Space Station on the 6th. What was originally intended […]
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 Closer Look At Rocket Lab’s Separation Systems
(Credit: Rocket Lab) A Closer Look At Rocket Lab's Separation…
What Happened On Terran 1’s First Orbital Test Flight?
(Credit: Relativity Space) What Happened On Terran 1's First Orbital…
What Exactly Is Artemis 1 & When Is It Launching?
(Credit: NASA) What Exactly Is Artemis 1 & When Is…
Sierra Space Is Working On A Second Dream Chaser
For the past few months now Tenacity, or DC-101, a…
Will SpaceX’s Starship Be Ready To Launch In One Month?
After the most recent test flight, SpaceX is already getting…
The First Commercial Space Station Module Is Almost Ready
We are starting to get real close to the addition of commercial space stations in orbit. One company in particular, Axiom Space, has its first […]
Will SpaceX’s Starship Be Ready To Launch In One Month?
After the most recent test flight, SpaceX is already getting ready for the next with ship heat shield upgrades underway among other prep. Comments from […]
Will Boeing’s Starliner Leaks Impact Earth Re-entry?
It’s now been about 6 days since Starliner docked to the International Space Station for the first time with Crew, and already teams are starting […]
SpaceX Is Adding An Additional Heat Shield Layer To Starship
In the few days since Starship’s fourth flight test, we’ve received snippets of information from Musk along with the company highlighting new details and future […]
A Closer Look At SpaceX’s Starship Booster Landing
It’s now been a few days since Starship’s fourth Integrated Flight Test and the company just released some ground footage of the booster’s landing. While […]
Is There A Problem With SpaceX’s Starship Heat Shield?
Early yesterday morning SpaceX launched Starship again for the vehicle’s fourth integrated flight test. Here we saw the booster return to Earth and complete a […]
Boeing’s Starliner Docks To The ISS After Thruster Failure
It seems Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft can’t quite get away from various complications on its first crewed mission. Earlier today and not too long after the […]
What Exactly Happened On SpaceX’s Fourth Starship Flight?
Early this morning SpaceX launched Starship for the fourth time and it was easily the most impressive one yet. The last flight was back in […]
Boeing’s Crewed Starliner Spacecraft Is Leaking More Helium
What was originally found soon after the first scrubbed launch attempt back in May and determined to be a manageable helium leak, has since turned […]