SpaceX’s Next-Gen Starlink Satellites Have Started Falling From Space
HEO Robotics captured this view of a Starlink V2 Mini satellite in orbit shortly after it launched. Image: HEO Robotics It’s been a little over a month since SpaceX launched…
Richard Branson’s Space Venture Has Officially Crashed and Burned
Virgin Investments Limited pumped $55 million into Virgin Orbit across three cash injections since November 2022, according to an SEC filing in February.Image: Virgin Orbit Houston, Virgin Orbit has a…
Canadian Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Will Be Among the Next Humans to Fly to the Moon
On April 3, NASA announced the crew for Artemis II, which will see astronauts spending up to three weeks on a flyby trip to the moon in 2024. This mission…
China’s Space Pioneer Becomes First Private Company to Reach Orbit During Debut Launch
Chinese company Space Pioneer established a pair of milestones this past Sunday, becoming the first startup to successfully reach orbit on its first attempt, and the first Chinese company to…
This Week in Spaceflight: NASA’s Artemis Astronaut Reveal, Plus a Space Station Shuffle
This week, NASA announces the names of the four astronauts who will venture beyond the Moon for the planned Artemis 2 mission next year, and we couldn’t be more excited.…
SpaceX’s Starship Megarocket Slated to Deliver This Wild Lunar Rover to the Moon
A test of the prototype was performed in California last year.Photo: Astrolab After testing its FLEX rover in the California desert last year, Astrolab is now making plans to transport…
Is NASA Done Sending Traditional Rovers to Mars?
In February 2021, NASA landed a $2.7 billion rover on Mars that has been roaming the Red Planet ever since. The space agency got what it paid for, as the…
Watch Live as NASA Reveals the Artemis Astronauts Who Will Fly to the Moon
NASA’s Moon plans officially kicked off in November 2022, and the party is just getting started. The Orion capsule flew to the Moon and back as part of the Artemis…
China Takes a Small Step Towards Improving Its Falling Rockets Problem
China is developing a parachute system to help control where its rocket boosters land instead of free-falling onto the ground near populated areas. Taking out the Trash (in Space) Off…
Boeing Sets Date for First Crewed Starliner Launch, but Parachute Tests Remain
NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore could finally hitch a ride to the ISS aboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner on July 21, but tests of the capsule’s parachute system…