It’s hard to understate just how much was at stake in Monday’s early morning launch of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket: multiple major reputations, billions of dollars, […]
2024 space calendar events: Artemis 2, total solar eclipse, and more
The year 2024 will see lunar lander missions, more SpaceX Starship tests, a crewed NASA Artemis II flight around the moon, and a total solar eclipse.
A swarm of 4-inch rovers will soon explore the moon’s surface
Astrobotic is set to be the first NASA contractor to make the 250,000-mile trek from Earth to the moon with its Peregrine lunar lander.
United Launch Alliance, Astrobotic ready for early Monday liftoff to the moon
The countdown to launch is on. United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur rocket has been rolled to the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of its […]
Japanese spacecraft reaches moon’s orbit, beams back images
Japan’s space agency JAXA announced its moon mission achieved a major milestone, successfully inserting its SLIM spacecraft into lunar orbit.
What we’re looking forward to seeing from the space industry in 2024
It was a jaw dropping year for the space industry, and while we all know by now that progress isn’t linear, we feel pretty confident that 2024 will […]
Intuitive Machines, SpaceX push lunar lander launch date to February
Intuitive Machines is pushing back the mission of its first lunar lander to mid-February in coordination with launch provider SpaceX, the company said earlier this week. The Houston, […]
Astrobotic ready to launch Peregrine lunar lander in early January
Astrobotic’s first lunar lander is ready for lift-off. The company announced Tuesday that the lander, called Peregrine, has completed final checkouts and fueling after it was mated with […]
Bezos’ Blue Origin aiming to make long-awaited return to launch next week
Blue Origin is aiming to finally conclude an over 15 month pause in operations of its New Shepard suborbital rocket, with the company announcing today that it will […]
NASA aims to land on the moon in 2 years. Why that won’t happen.
NASA aims to return astronauts to the moon in 2025 during the Artemis III mission. But the space agency’s Government Accountability Office determined the trip will occur around 2027.