# LATEST
Intuitive Machines to develop U.S. lunar relay network
By Jack C.
NASA announced on September 17th that it had awarded Intuitive Machines with a contract to develop a lunar relay network. This contract is a firm-fixed-price, multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity task order and has a maximum potential value of 4.82 billion United States dollars and will run from October 1stSep 19, 2024 2 mins
Falcon 9 lands fastest booster during Galileo launch!
By Jack C.
Falcon 9 has launched its second set of Galileo satellites on behalf of the European Galileo navigation system. This launch occurred from Space Launch Complex 40, in Flordia. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/yG7YajyF2k — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 17, 2024 The previous Galileo launch on Falcon 9 had the launch vehicle flyingSep 18, 2024 4 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (8/9-14/9)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week once again had five orbital launches occur, with one being crewed. News this week had the first-ever commercial spacewalk and a Chinese company performing a major reusable rocket test. As always, we'll also look ahead to what the worldwideSep 15, 2024 5 mins
Polaris Dawn completes first commercial spacewalk!
By Jack C.
Back on September 10th, the Polaris Dawn mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida, at 09:23 am, Universal Coordinated Time. The mission is utilizing Crew Dragon C207 'Resilience', which was launched atop of a Falcon 9 with its booster, B1083, flying for the fourth time.Sep 14, 2024 6 mins
LandSpace breezes through second reusable rocket test!
By Jack C.
LandSpace, a Chinese commercial launch company, announced that they had completed a 10-kilometer hop test. The hop test was using the company's Zhuque-3 VTVL-1 vehicle, with it launching and landing inside the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for the test. This test was the first time a privately heldSep 11, 2024 5 mins
Polaris Dawn blasts off!
By Jack C.
After a few weather-related launch scrubs, Polaris Dawn lifted off from Launch Complex 39A atop of Falcon 9 at 09:23 am, Universal Coordinated Time, on September 10th. Crew Dragon C207 'Resilience' separated from Falcon 9 at T+12:16 after being delivered to a 195 by 1200Sep 10, 2024 5 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (1/9-7/9)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had five orbital launches occur, with one being the final flight of a European launch vehicle. News this week had Tianwen-3's launch moving two years closer, another nation joining the International Lunar Research Station, and Starliner returning to Earth.Sep 8, 2024 7 mins
Starliner returns home alone
By Jack C.
After almost three months docked to the International Space Station, Starliner finally began its return to Earth late on Friday the 6th of September, at 22:04 Universal Coordinated Time. Superb close-up of last night's @Boeing Starliner undock from the Space Station. Zoom in, you can see everySep 7, 2024 4 mins
Monthly Dose of Space - August 2024
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome to our eleventh Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you major news from the past month we haven't covered in our weekly newsletters. August has been yet another busy month worldwide, so let's jump into it! SpaceX This month at StarbaseSep 1, 2024 16 mins
Cosmic Curiosities - September 2024
By Cosmic Tylxr, Chris Wyman
Hello and welcome to the second "Cosmic Curiosities" newsletter! In this monthly newsletter, we will go over the big astronomy events you should expect in the coming month. From meteor showers to planetary aligning and anything in between. We also will dive into all of the out-of-this-world discoveriesSep 1, 2024 8 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (25/8-31/8)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had five launches above the Kármán line worldwide. News this week had Firefly Aerospace bring a new Chief Executive Officer onboard, and ABL Space Systems sharing an update into its recent static fire anomaly. As always, we'll also lookSep 1, 2024 6 mins
The Unusual Crew-9 Mission
By Jeppe Kastrup
Set to launch no earlier than September 24 atop a Falcon-9 is SpaceX's ninth Commercial Crew Program mission and will become the company's 15th crewed flight when it launches. Every crewed mission is special, but this mission will be a little more interesting than usual. TheAug 29, 2024 5 mins