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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

Since the dawn of space exploration, the quest for water has been intertwined with our search for life in the cosmos. Now, a world of water beckons, waiting to reveal its secrets—Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. If humanity is to truly grasp its place in the universe,

Oct 3, 2024 • 21 mins

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 1st

Sep 19, 2024 • 2 mins

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

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 1200

Sep 10, 2024 • 5 mins

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 every

Sep 7, 2024 • 4 mins

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. The

Aug 29, 2024 • 5 mins

Polaris, better known as "The North Star," holds significant importance in many cultures around the world. In Norse mythology, Polaris was considered a jewel that held the sky together. In various societies, the star was believed to protect travelers and help those who passed away find their place

Aug 26, 2024 • 7 mins

Blue Origin announced on August 23rd that the first launch of New Glenn would occur no earlier than October 13th, 2024. This first launch will be carrying the two ESCAPADE spacecraft, as well as sending them toward Mars! This maiden launch date comes a few years after the company'

Aug 23, 2024 • 3 mins

Falcon 9 returned to flight on July 27th at 05:45 am, Universal Coordinated Time, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. The launch vehicle had been grounded for approximately fifteen days after a second-stage failure. This return-to-flight mission carried twenty-three Starlink satellites atop of the vehicle. SpaceX's decision

Jul 29, 2024 • 2 mins

NASA announced on July 17th that it was ending its work on the VIPER lunar rover. VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program mission that would search for the location of water ice and other potential resources on the surface of the Moon.

Jul 18, 2024 • 2 mins

With the International Space Station being at the end of its lifetime, SpaceX has been selected as the provider for the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) that will deorbit the 25-year-old station. Such an operation has never been done before, so how will SpaceX perform it? On July 17th, NASA

Jul 17, 2024 • 2 mins

SpaceX launched what appeared to be a regular Starlink mission atop of Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4E, in California, on July 12th at 02:35 Universal Coordinated Time. During the second-stage's ascent to orbit, a build-up of ice was noticed on SpaceX's launch stream.

Jul 12, 2024 • 2 mins