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Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had seven orbital launches occur, with most of them carrying satellites for mega-constellations. News this week had Axiom unveiling its AxEMU spacesuit, yet more delays for Starliner, the Artemis Accords gaining another member, and NASA's TDRS system nearing capacity.

Oct 20, 2024 • 8 mins

On October 15th, the China National Space Administration, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the China Manned Space Agency announced a plan for the next twenty-five years of space exploration. These three agencies released a document, titled National Space Science Medium-and Long-Term Development Plan (2024-2050), which outlines general objectives for

Oct 15, 2024 • 6 mins

At 16:06 pm Universal Coordinated Time, Europa Clipper began its long journey to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. Launch lasted for almost an hour to escape Earth's gravity, with the spacecraft separating from Falcon Heavy's second-stage at

Oct 14, 2024 • 3 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had two orbital launches occur, one each from the major space powers. News this week had Falcon 9 cleared to return to flight, a new 40-meter radio telescope nearing completion, and a new signatory of the Artemis Accords. As always, we&

Oct 13, 2024 • 5 mins

At 12:25 pm Universal Coordinated Time, SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle on its fifth flight test. This test flight once again occurred from Starbase's launch site, near Boca Chica in south Texas. Liftoff of Starship! pic.twitter.com/WyNRN1fLbd — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024 Super Heavy

Oct 13, 2024 • 8 mins

China's first reusable satellite, Shijian-19, returned to Earth on October 11th. According to the China National Space Administration, the Shijian-19 spacecraft's capsule touched down in the Dongfeng Landing Site, located inside the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at 10:39 am China Standard Time, or 02:39

Oct 11, 2024 • 2 mins

A little over four months ago, SpaceX flew the fourth flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle. Since then, the company has been working towards the fifth flight test and today announced that this test could come as soon as October 13th. For this test flight, Ship 30 and Booster

Oct 8, 2024 • 5 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had only one orbital launch occur. News this week had a pioneer of human spaceflight posthumously receive an award, Blue Origin unveiling another booster, and Voyager 2 shutting down an instrument. As always, we'll also look ahead to what

Oct 6, 2024 • 6 mins

Today's launch marks the final National Security Space Launch certification flight for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket! This launch was also the second successful flight of Blue Origins BE-4 engines. At 11:25 am Universal Coordinated Time, ULA’s Vulcan Centaur lifted off from Launch Complex 41

Oct 4, 2024 • 4 mins

Welcome to our twelfth 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. September has been an action-packed month worldwide, so let's jump into it! News of the Month September saw

Oct 1, 2024 • 14 mins

October 1st, 2024, is the day when the People's Republic of China turns 75! As such we'd like to celebrate by recapping what we believe to be some of the greatest achievements of China's space exploration efforts. Before we begin do understand that this

Oct 1, 2024 • 9 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had six orbital launches occur, with the majority lifting off from Asia. News this week had Starlink expanding onto two major airlines, another reusable rocket test from China, and Blue Origin steadily progressing on the path to flight. As always, we&

Sep 29, 2024 • 6 mins

Sixteen years and one day after taikonauts Zhai Zhigang (翟志刚) and Liu Boming (刘伯明) performed China’s first spacewalk, the China Manned Space Agency unveiled the spacesuit that will be used by taikonauts on the lunar surface later this decade! The currently unnamed spacesuit was unveiled to the public at

Sep 28, 2024 • 3 mins