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The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA launch vehicle continues its successful career with the launch of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) robotic lunar lander and the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) X-ray telescope. This marked the 47th flight of the H-IIA, with only three flights remaining before retirement. Originally scheduled for launch on […]

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 […]

After spending more than six months in space, the four crew members of the SpaceX Crew-6 mission are preparing to splashdown in the waters near Florida. The mission, which launched on March 2 and docked with the International Space Station (ISS) the following day, undocked on September 3 and is scheduled to return to Earth […]

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 […]

United Launch Alliance (ULA) has postponed the launch of the classified NROL-107 Silent Barker mission due to safety concerns and the approaching Tropical Storm Idalia. The mission is a joint project between the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the United States Space Force, aimed at providing the capability to search, detect, and track objects from […]