Northrop Grumman’s next-generation Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft began its maiden voyage to the International Space Station (ISS) Sunday evening, following a flawless launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Russia’s latest resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is underway after a Soyuz rocket successfully launched the Progress 93 cargo freighter into orbit today.
NASA’s Perseverance rover has identified intriguing chemical and mineral patterns in Mars’ Jezero Crater that may point to the planet’s potential for past microbial life.
NASA is calling on American aerospace companies to help shape the next stage of its commercial space station program, aimed at ensuring a smooth transition from the International Space Station (ISS) to privately operated platforms in low Earth orbit (LEO).
SpaceX is gearing up to launch the Nusantara Lima telecommunications satellite aboard its Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40. The launch window opens Monday evening, Sept. 8, at 7:52 p.m. ET and extends until 10:08 p.m. ET, with liftoff currently scheduled for 8:02 p.m. ET.
NASA is set to embark on a landmark mission later this month with the launch of three groundbreaking spacecraft designed to deepen scientific understanding of the Sun, Earth’s outer atmosphere, and the impact of space weather on modern technology. The scheduled late-September liftoff will carry the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow-On (SWFO-L1).
SpaceX’s 10th test flight of its towering Starship rocket on Tuesday (Aug. 27) offered engineers valuable data — and sparked a burst of speculation. Observers noticed an unusual orange discoloration on the second stage of the vehicle as it made a soft splashdown in the Indian Ocean, raising questions about the integrity of its heat shield.
SpaceX finally notched a major win on Tuesday evening, pulling off what appeared to be the most successful Starship test flight to date after three consecutive failures. The company’s massive Super Heavy-Starship rocket system, the most powerful launch vehicle ever built, soared from Starbase in Texas at 6:30 p.m. Central Time (7:30 p.m. ET), and more than an hour later, both the booster and upper stage splashed down in their designated oceans as planned.
A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early Monday, bringing more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and hardware — plus one very popular menu item: 1,500 tortillas, the go-to bread substitute for astronauts dining in microgravity.
SpaceX fans will have to wait a bit longer to witness the highly anticipated 10th test flight of the company’s Starship megarocket.
Rocket Lab notched another milestone in its launch history on Saturday evening (Aug. 23 U.S. time), successfully deploying five satellites for a confidential customer in a mission shrouded in secrecy.
SpaceX successfully launched its latest Cargo Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS) early Sunday morning, delivering vital supplies, science experiments, and a new propulsion system designed to assist with orbital maintenance.
