Super Heavy Booster 9 breathes fire for the first time
SpaceX fired up the engines of Super Heavy Booster 9 for the first time during a static fire test on the 6th of August 2023. The booster filled the liquid oxygen tank almost…
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Curiosity rover celebrates 11 years on Mars!
On August the 5th 2023 NASA celebrated the Curiosity Mars rover spending eleven years on the surface of Mars. The rover landed on the 5th of August 2012 and has been searching for…
ULA ships the Artemis 3 upper stage to Florida
On the 31st of July 2023, United Launch Alliance delivered the Artemis 3 Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, also called ICPS, to its Rocket Ship. Aboard this ship, the final…
Falcon 9 launches a new communications satellite for Intelsat
After delaying the launch of Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 due to weather concerns Falcon 9 lifted off from SLC-40 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 is a geostationary…
Northrop Grumman launches its last Antares 230+ to the ISS
Northrop Grumman launched its last Antares 230+ rocket from Wallops Island, Virginia at 00:31 UTC on August the 2nd 2023. The rocket was carrying a Cygnus Spacecraft that will…
This month in Space! - July 2023
This month has had over a dozen rocket launches worldwide with one being a first for the launch industry and the final flight of an iconic rocket. Here's a recap for July 2023.…
India launches seven satellites with PSLV
On the 30th of July 2023, India launched the PSLV rocket from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, carrying seven satellites from Singapore. The payloads for the rocket were: DS-SAR…
SpaceX launches largest private satellite on Falcon Heavy!
After aborting its launch attempt on the 27th of July 2023, SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket launched from Launch Complex 39A from Cape Canaveral, Florida carrying Jupiter 3 /…
China plans to land Taikonauts on the Moon by 2030
Recently China's space agency's announced its plans to land a crew on the Lunar surface before 2030. China plans to use two Long March-10 rockets, which is planned to make its…
Rocket Lab recovers booster after a successful launch
Early on July the 18th 2023, Rocket Lab launched its 'Baby Come Back' mission for the thirty-ninth flight of its Electron rocket. This mission launched seven satellites into a…
Chandrayaan-3 is Moon-bound after a successful launch!
India's Chandrayaan-3 is heading towards the Moon after a successful launch on the 14th of July 2023. The LVM3-M4 rocket, formerly called GSLV mk3, successfully placed the…
SpaceX breaks booster landing record and prepares to do it again!
On the 10th of July 2023, SpaceX launched 22 'V2 Mini' Starlink satellites atop of a Falcon 9 rocket using Booster 1058, also called B1058, which launched for the sixteenth time…
NASA celebrates first year of science from JWST
The James Webb Space Telescope left Earth for its Sun-Earth Lagrange point two orbit on Christmas 2021 atop of Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket. After a six-month trip to its orbit…
LandSpace's Zhuque-2 wins the Methane rocket race!
Earlier today, as of writing on the 12th of July 2023, LandSpace's Zhuque-2 successfully flew to low Earth orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center located in the Gobi Desert in…
India prepares to launch Chandrayaan-3 to the Moon
Recently the Chandrayaan-3 lander atop the LVM3, also called GSLV Mk III, was moved to the launch pad ahead of the scheduled launch on July 14th from the Satish Dhawan Space…
Europe’s Ariane 5 takes flight for the final time
The final launch of Arianespace's Ariane 5 lifted off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana at 22:00 UTC 5 July 2023/00:00 6 July CEST (19:00 local time) from launch pad ELA-3.…