Japan’s Hayabusa2 Shoots 2.5kg Copper Bullet at Asteroid 95,000kms from Earth
Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft has successfully deployed its Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) to the surface of the near-Earth asteroid, Ryugu. The deployment of the SCI...
US Vice President Outlines Ambitious Return to the Moon
Vice President Mike Pence has called on NASA to accelerate its human spaceflight efforts with the aim of returning to the Moon by 2024....
Spacesuit Availability Issues See NASA Abandon First All-Female Spacewalk Attempt
NASA officials have confirmed that plans for the first all-female spacewalk have been abandoned. Despite the disappointing circumstances, the March 29 spacewalk will proceed...
Canada Make 24-year Commitment to NASA Gateway Lunar Outpost
NASA has secured its first international partner for an ambitious lunar-orbit space station. Canada has made a 24-year commitment to the agency’s Gateway Lunar...
NASA Aims to Return to the Moon This Year
NASA has revealed an ambitious plan to return to the moon this year with help from commercial partners.
The announcement came during a briefing at...
NASA Plans to Explore Millions of Galaxies with SPHEREx Spacecraft
NASA has announced a new mission that will attempt to map the sky in order to survey millions of galaxies. The agency hopes data...
NASA Officially Say Goodbye to Mars Opportunity Rover
During a briefing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, agency officials announced that the Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity has officially gone silent. The...
Israel’s First Mission to the Moon to be Launched Aboard a Falcon 9
Israel’s Beresheet lunar lander is set to be launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket later this month. If successful, the mission will be...
ESA Name Mars Rover After British Chemist Rosalind Franklin
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that its ExoMars rover will be named in honour of British chemist Rosalind Franklin. Once on the...
China Deploy Chang’e 4 Yutu 2 Rover to Lunar Surface
After a successful soft landing on the far side of the moon, China has deployed the Chang’e 4 rover to the lunar surface.
The 1.5-meter-long...
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SpaceX Lead the Market with $2 Billion in Revenue Last Year
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LandSpace Completes Hot Fire Test of Groundbreaking TQ-12 Methalox Engine
Private Chinese launch provider, LandSpace has completed a hot fire test of an 80-ton liquid methane-liquid oxygen (methalox) rocket engine. The Tianque-12 (TQ-12) rocket...
SpaceX has Filed Another Lawsuit Against the Federal Government
Court documents have revealed that SpaceX has filed a lawsuit against the United States federal government relating to a launch services bid.
The court filing...
China Launch BeiDou 2 G8 Navigation Satellite Aboard Long March 3C
China has successfully launched the BeiDou 2 G8 navigation satellite aboard a Long March 3C rocket.
The three-stage Long March 3C was launched from the...