Newsletter
This tag contains all "weekly" and "monthly" posts we do. If you don't have time to always stay up to date, don't worry! Here you can find quick summaries of major events that are happening in the world of spaceflight and astronomy!
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had eight orbital launches occur worldwide, with Falcon 9 making up half. News this week had another commercial Crew Dragon mission announced, as well as two moves in the military space sector. As always, we'll also look ahead to
Aug 18, 2024
6 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had four launches occur worldwide, with one launch starting work on a new mega-constellation. News this week had Rocket Lab fire up a new engine, and NASA weighing its options for Starliner's crew. As always, we'll also
Aug 11, 2024
7 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had six launches occur, with half being performed by Falcon 9. News this week had two International Space Station-related crew announcements, and SpaceX unveil its newest iteration of the Raptor engine. As always, we'll also look ahead to what
Aug 4, 2024
6 minsHello and welcome to the very first "Cosmic Curiosities" newsletter! In this new 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
Aug 1, 2024
8 minsWelcome to our tenth 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. July has been less busy on the launch front, but the space industry has kept up speed anyway, so let&
Aug 1, 2024
11 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week once again had one orbital launch occur, this one however was a return to flight mission. News from this week had, Sierra Space burst a space station module, SpaceX win another launch contract, and a change in Dragon recovery operations. As
Jul 28, 2024
5 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw only one orbital launch worldwide. This week, Artemis II hardware was also on the move, Astra was returned to private ownership, and a leadership change occurred at Firefly. As always, we'll also look ahead to what the worldwide
Jul 21, 2024
8 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw four orbital launch attempts occur, with only one completely succeeding. This week also had a test aircraft gain clearance to go supersonic and one of NASA's planetary exploration missions encounter a potential hardware problem. As always, we'
Jul 14, 2024
6 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw four orbital launches occur, with a fifty-fifty split between Asia and North America. This week also saw another country join the International Lunar Research Station and SpaceX win yet another launch contract. As always, we'll also look ahead
Jul 7, 2024
5 minsWelcome to our ninth 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. June has been an incredible month for spaceflight and ends the first half of 2024, so let's jump
Jul 1, 2024
14 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw six orbital launches worldwide, with half being for SpaceX's Starlink constellation. This week also saw NASA select the U.S. International Space Station deorbit vehicle, and the China National Space Administration revealed how much Moon rock Chang'
Jun 30, 2024
6 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw four orbital launch attempts worldwide, with all successfully delivering their payloads. This week also saw Ariane 6 move closer to launch, Starliner extending its stay at the International Space Station, and Rocket Lab receiving its largest launch contract. As always,
Jun 23, 2024
7 minsWelcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw zero orbital launch attempts worldwide. Despite the lack of launches, this week saw a new country sign onto the Artemis Accords, a Moon rocket begin a new testing phase, and the passing of two space legends. SpaceX This week at
Jun 16, 2024
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