There were a number of launch and spacecraft orders this month. NASA is going to fund a Starship Space debris inspection mission launching in late 2026 In a blow for Europe’s (late and expensive) Ariane 6, Eutelsat signs multi-launch agreement for Japan’s...
The first commercially funded spacewalk mission, Polaris Dawn, was launched at 0923 GMT on 10 September by a Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 rocket. The four private astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon capsule included the mission’s sponsor, billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman....
There were a number of launch and spacecraft orders ranging from small to big this month. Smallsat launch services company SEOPS has agreed to buy space on future Intuitive Machines lunar missions to sell on to anyone who wants to send smallsats to the Moon. Intuitive...
In what must feel like a déjà vu moment for SpaceX, the prolific rocket launcher has found its Falcon 9 rockets grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after one of them lost a booster in a failed landing. At 0748 GMT on 28 August, a Falcon 9 v1.2FT...
A German company’s hopes of launching the UK’s first vertical rocket into orbit this year may have been extinguished, after the first stage of its rocket exploded during a hot-fire test at the SaxaVord spaceport in Shetland, UK. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) conducted...
