SpaceX, the private aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, is gearing up for two back-to-back Starlink missions this week. The first mission, Starlink Group 7-2, successfully launched 21 satellites into low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex (SLC) 4 East at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. This launch marked SpaceX’s 51st launch from SLC-4E […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched its Atlas V rocket on Sunday for the classified NROL-107 Silent Barker mission. This mission, a joint project between the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the United States Space Force, has been in development for three years and aims to provide the capability to search, detect, and track objects […]

Scientists using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have made an exciting discovery: a black hole that’s continuously consuming a star similar to our Sun. This phenomenon, known as a tidal disruption event, occurs when a star orbits too close to a black hole. The immense gravitational forces from the black hole tear the star apart, […]

SpaceX has reached a significant milestone in its Starship program as it rolls out Ship 25 to the launch site and stacks it on top of Super Heavy Booster 9. This marks the first fully stacked Starship rocket to be assembled at Starbase since April 20. Ship 25 has undergone several important upgrades and additions […]

NASA is making significant upgrades to its Mobile Launcher (ML) in preparation for the Artemis missions. Mobile Launcher-1 (ML-1) is currently undergoing testing and validation at Launch Complex 39B, while Mobile Launcher-2 (ML-2) is being constructed for future missions. In an interview with NASA Spaceflight, David Sumner, Senior Project Manager for NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems […]

The joint European Space Agency (ESA)/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has made a groundbreaking discovery, uncovering a series of tiny jets of material being ejected from the Sun’s outer atmosphere. These plasma jets, which last for only 20 to 100 seconds and travel at speeds of 100 kilometers per second, could potentially be the source of […]

In the first week of September, the space industry will witness four orbital launches and a single sub-orbital crewed launch. SpaceX kicked off the week with its Starlink Group 6-12 mission, followed by two consecutive missions by China, the Ceres-1S and Chang Zheng 4C. Virgin Galactic will also launch its fourth crewed mission in four […]

Lockheed Martin, the prime contractor for NASA’s Orion spacecraft, is currently in production for the Artemis III and IV lunar landing missions. The company is also finalizing assembly of the Artemis II vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The goal of the Orion program is to deliver one spacecraft every year for future […]

India’s space program achieved another milestone with the launch of its first solar research mission, Aditya-L1, on Saturday. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the mission aboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) XL rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Aditya-L1 is dedicated to studying the Sun and will be the first […]

SpaceX is gearing up for its second Integrated Flight Test (IFT) of the Starship. Booster 9, which completed its pre-flight testing, is waiting for its partner for the second launch. Ship 25 has already been tested previously, so only full stack testing and regulatory approval are pending for the second flight. Booster 9 initially had […]