Two manikins undergo post-flight payload inspections inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida
Category: Rockets
Artemis III: NASA’s First Human Mission to the Lunar South Pole
Following two Artemis test missions, Artemis III, currently planned for 2025, will mark humanity’s first return to the lunar surface in more than 50 years. NASA will make history by sending the first humans to explore the region near the lunar South Pole.
Momentus Launches Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle
The Vigoride OSV is designed to support a range of transportation and in-space infrastructure services. A key part of the Vigoride spacecraft is the Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET) that is designed to use water as a propellant.
Billionaire Maezawa Announces Crew for the First Planned All-Civilian Flight Around the Moon Aboard SpaceX’s Starship
Japanese Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa fulfilled his dream of going to space by staying on the International Space Station (ISS) in December 2021. His next challenge is the planned first all-civilian trip around the Moon.
Splashdown! NASA’s Orion Returns from Historic Mission
SPLASHDOWN day arrived and Orion’s new heat shield passed the basic re-entry test and kept the capsule safe as it landed off Baja California.
India’s PM Narendra Modi Congratulates Skyroot Aerospace as its Vikram-S Rocket Makes History
The company’s rocket is the first Indian-designed and domestic manufactured rocket; it met all flight parameters and reached 89.5 KM peak altitude.
NASA Awards a Second Contract Option to SpaceX for Planned Artemis Moon Landing
The agency is pursuing two parallel paths for human lunar landers developed according to NASA’s sustained requirements to increase the competitive pool of capable industry providers.
NASA and ULA Successfully Launch Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellite and Demo Re-Entry Technology
NASA and ULA successfully launched the third in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites earlier today.
NASA Releases its Reference Guide for the Artemis Mission’s Orion Spacecraft
NASA will send astronauts deeper into space than humans have ever gone—40,000 miles beyond the Moon and farther than any of the Apollo missions.
Blue Origin Completes Delivery of Engines for Vulcan’s Initial Launch
Blue Origin completed its delivery of the first BE-4 shipset for United Launch Alliance (ULA), shipping the engines to ULA’s factory in Decatur, AL after final acceptance testing.