Following the successful in-flight abort test of the Mengzhou capsule on Feb. 11th, the spacecraft will remain in Hainan province to conduct further tests at sea, according to the China Aerospace ...
Progress on the path to Flight 12 continues to be focused on testing at Massey’s test site at Starbase, with Ship 39 passing multiple cryoloading objectives. The testing follows Booster 19’s ...
Falcon 9 is then scheduled to launch the Starlink Group 17-38 mission from SpaceX’s California launch facility, Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at the Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in ...
After spending a few months in Mega Bay 2 fully stacked, Ship 39 – the first V3 Ship – has rolled to Masseys for cryogenic ...
FLTA006 flew at a higher angle of attack than prior Alpha missions, and this angle of attack contributed to the excessive heating event. Corrective actions now implemented include increasing the ...
Firefly Aerospace is set to return its Alpha rocket to flight on the “Stairway To Seven” mission on Friday, Feb. 27. Liftoff is scheduled for 4:50 PM PST (00:50 UTC on Saturday, Feb. 28) from Space ...
Following NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s stark assessment of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner program’s troubled ...
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program, prime launch processing contractor Jacobs, and their Artemis launch team partners have adapted their countdown procedures headed into the next attempt ...
SpaceX continues with the Starship pace, with another busy week involving the reveal and first firing of the Raptor 3 engine, a spin prime — and not a static fire — for Ship 30, tons more Orbital ...
Reviewing the week in spaceflight and upcoming events, it’s been another busy period, including NASA announcing a second lunar lander for Artemis, SpaceX’s Raptor breaking records, and Stratolaunch ...
NASA worked through a second Wet Dress Rehearsal for Artemis II, after the SLS vehicle experienced hydrogen leaks around propellant loading during the first test. Work on the Tail Service Mast ...