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- True Anomaly Cuts Workforce Following Unsuccessful Jackal Spacecraft Debut Mission The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 True Anomaly Cuts Workforce Following Unsuccessful Jackal Spacecraft Debut Mission
- NASA Approves Boeing's CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test Mission The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 NASA Approves Boeing's CST-100 Starliner Crewed Flight Test Mission
- Hop hop hooray ESA · 26 Apr 2024 Celebrating the Hopper’s graduation
- Russia Vetoes UN on Nuclear Anti-Satellite Weapon Development The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 Russia Vetoes UN on Nuclear Anti-Satellite Weapon Development
- ESA Approves ClearSpace-1 Debris-Cleanup Mission Changes The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 ESA Approves ClearSpace-1 Debris-Cleanup Mission Changes
- PLD Space Secures Funding for Miura 5 Expansion The Launch Pad · 26 Apr 2024 PLD Space Secures Funding for Miura 5 Expansion
- Starliner CFT Cleared for May 6 Launch SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Apr 2024 Today NASA and Boeing gave a thumbs up for the May 6 launch of Boeing’s Starliner Crew Flight Test. The long-awaited CFT mission with two NASA astronauts hopefully will be
- Starliner crewed test flight passes key review SpaceNews · 26 Apr 2024 The first crewed flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is a step closer to launch after completing a major pre-launch review April 25.
- New Chinese Space Station Crew Arrives at Tiangong-3 Space Station SpacePolicyOnline.com · 26 Apr 2024 China continued its new pattern of space station crew exchanges today with the launch of the three-man Shenzhou-18 crew. They docked with the Tiangong-3 space station 6.5 hours after launch
- Space startup True Anomaly cuts workforce SpaceNews · 25 Apr 2024 The layoffs come just weeks after an unsuccessful debut mission for True Anomaly’s Jackal spacecraft launched to low Earth orbit
- China’s Shenzhou-18 crew arrive at Tiangong space station SpaceNews · 25 Apr 2024 China’s three Shenzhou-18 mission astronauts arrived at the Tiangong space station Thursday following launch from Jiuquan spaceport.
- NASA shares updated render of the Cargo Starship variant Teslarati · 25 Apr 2024 NASA shared updated renders of the SpaceX and Blue Origin cargo landers that will bring rovers and other equipment to the Moon....
- If Starship is real, we’re going to need big cargo movers on the Moon and Mars Ars Technica · 25 Apr 2024 "I left SpaceX knowing the width of the Starship door."
- Nicaragua signs up to China’s ILRS moon program SpaceNews · 25 Apr 2024 Nicaragua has joined the ILRS moon base program as China continues its push to attract partners for the project.
- NASA planning September launch of Mars smallsat mission on first New Glenn SpaceNews · 25 Apr 2024 A NASA Mars smallsat mission is slated to launch in late September on the first flight of Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket, assuming the vehicle is ready in time.
- Ariane 6 media kit ESA · 25 Apr 2024 Ariane 6 media kit
- Russia vetoes U.N. resolution on nuclear weapons in space SpaceNews · 25 Apr 2024 Russia, as expected, vetoed April 24 a United Nations Security Council resolution crafted in response to reports that the country was developing a nuclear anti-satellite weapon.
- SLIM Does It Again — Survives Another Lunar Night SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Apr 2024 Japan’s lunar lander is defying all the odds, surviving yet another bitter cold lunar night. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM, landed in January and was expected to
- Russia Vetoes U.N. Security Council Resolution on Nuclear Weapons in Space SpacePolicyOnline.com · 25 Apr 2024 Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution today that would have reaffirmed the provision in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibiting nations from placing nuclear weapons in Earth orbit.
- Rocket Lab successfully launches the ‘Beginning of the Swarm’ mission Teslarati · 24 Apr 2024 Rocket Lab successfully launched the “Beginning of the Swarm” mission, its 47th overall yesterday. Electron took the skies at 10:32 am NZT...
- China on track for crewed moon landing by 2030, space official says SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2024 China is on target to reach its goal of putting its astronauts on the moon before the end of the decade, according to the country’s human spaceflight agency.
- U.S. Space Force renews call for ‘reserve’ of commercial satellite providers SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2024 Gen. Michael Guetlein said the military for centuries has relied on private sector contractors during wars, and the same should apply to operations in space
- Let’s shoot for the stars like Robert Goddard SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2024 The approaching centennial of Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket is just what we need to fuel a new generation of space pioneers.
- SpaceX has now landed more boosters than most other rockets ever launch Ars Technica · 24 Apr 2024 Can the Falcon 9 eventually challenge Soyuz for launch totals?
- SpaceX lands 300th Falcon rocket during latest Starlink mission Teslarati · 24 Apr 2024 During its most recent Starlink mission, which occurred last night, SpaceX landed the 300th Falcon rocket. The 300 mark is split between...
- Electron launches South Korean imaging satellite and NASA solar sail SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2024 Rocket Lab launched a South Korean smallsat and a NASA solar sail experiment on the company’s fifth flight of the year April 23.
- Major changes approved for ClearSpace-1 mission SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2024 Under the new plan approved by ESA’s Space Safety Programme Board, OHB SE of Bremen, Germany, will provide the satellite bus and lead systems integration and launch.
- Voyager 1 Back in Action Thanks to JPL Engineers SpacePolicyOnline.com · 24 Apr 2024 The plucky Voyager 1 spacecraft has another lease on life as it continues its voyage through interstellar space. The 46-year old spacecraft, billions of miles from home, began sending unintelligible
- Space Force to industry: Prove value of new commercial space services SpaceNews · 24 Apr 2024 Lt. Gen. Bratton: “We talk a lot about space refueling, but we don't really know what the case is for its military utility”
- Companies offer proposals for Apophis asteroid missions SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2024 Companies ranging from Blue Origin to a startup are proposing concepts for missions to visit an asteroid before it makes a very close flyby of Earth in five years.
- New solar sail technology launches on Rocket Lab flight NASASpaceflight · 23 Apr 2024 A potential new way to travel through space launched aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 located on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula.
- NASA confirms the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s Moon: Titan Teslarati · 23 Apr 2024 NASA has given the final approval to proceed with the Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan with a launch scheduled for July...
- China Establish New Military Force, Changes Space Operations Structure The Launch Pad · 23 Apr 2024 China Establish New Military Force, Changes Space Operations Structure
- China reorganizes its military, impacts likely for space operations SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2024 China has established a new force of the People’s Liberation Army, with the reorganization to have repercussions for how its space forces are commanded.
- NASA continues work on response to biological and physical sciences decadal survey SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2024 NASA is continuing to refine its response to a decadal survey for biological and physical sciences in space, balancing ambitious science goals with limited budgets.
- Daily Telescope: The ambiguously galactic duo Ars Technica · 23 Apr 2024 Hubble continues to deliver the goods.
- PLD Space raises funding to expand facilities for Miura 5 rocket SpaceNews · 23 Apr 2024 Spanish company PLD Space has raised enough funding to embark on an expansion of production facilities for its small launch vehicle.
- Launch Roundup: SpaceX lands its 300th booster, NASA tests a solar sail, and China launches three more taikonauts NASASpaceflight · 22 Apr 2024 During the last full week of April, forthcoming launches include two Starlink missions planned on Monday and Friday, and another two more Falcon 9 flights lifting customer satellites. The first of these is the delayed Wo...
- Pentagon eases cloak of secrecy around space warfare training SpaceNews · 22 Apr 2024 Col. Christopher Fernengel, of the Space Force's Space Operations Command: ‘They're directing changes to declassify where it makes sense’
- SpaceX launches two Starlink missions just over 24 hours apart Teslarati · 22 Apr 2024 Last week SpaceX launched two Starlink missions from Florida just over 24 hours apart, sending a total of 46 satellites to orbit....