SpaceX resolve Crew Dragon Resilience fault in orbit
SpaceX engineers were called upon to resolve an issue with the Crew Dragon Resilience discovered following the spacecraft's separation from the Falcon 9 upper...
SpaceX Identify Rocket Engine Issue That Caused Last-Second Abort
SpaceX has identified the Falcon 9 Merlin rocket engine issue that forced a last-second abort of the Space Force GPS IIIA-04 mission earlier this...
NASA Announce November 14 SpaceX Crew-1 Launch Date
NASA has announced that it is now targeting November 14 at 23:49 UTC for the launch of the first operational SpaceX Crew Dragon mission...
Russia Launch First Glonass-K Navigation Satellite Since Since 2014
Russia launched a third Glonass-K1 navigation satellite on October 26 aboard a Soyuz-2 equipped with a Fregat upper stage. The launch was the first...
SpaceX Launch 100th Successful Falcon Mission
With the launch of its thirteenth Starlink mission of 2020, SpaceX successfully completed its 100th mission aboard a Falcon rocket since the first took...
Falcon 9 Camera Issues Prompt SpaceX to Postpone Starlink Launch
SpaceX has postponed its latest Starlink mission after an issue with an upper stage camera was discovered. The launch, which has not yet been...
SpaceX to Use Sentinel-6 Launch to Validate Falcon 9 for Crew-1 Mission
NASA officials have announced that SpaceX will utilise data from the launch of the joint NASA-ESA Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich climate satellite on November 10...
SpaceX Reuse Fairing Halves on a Third Flight for the First Time
SpaceX has successfully launched an additional 60 Starlink satellites aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9. In addition to it being only the second time a...
Astronauts Catch Fast-Track Trip to Space Station
Three new residents arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS) on October 14 after launching from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan just three hours...
Concerns Over Non-NASA Launch Attempt Delays SpaceX Crew-1 Launch
NASA has pushed the launch of the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to no sooner than early-to-mid November citing off-nominal behaviour of a Falcon 9 first...
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Chinese lunar lander begins collecting sample after touchdown
The Chinese Chang'e 5 lunar lander has begun collecting samples from the surface of the Moon after a successful touchdown.
The Chang'e 5 mission was...
Chang’e 5 lander prepares for touchdown after entering lunar orbit
The Chang'e 5 lander and ascent assembly separated from the orbiter and return-vehicle assembly on November 29 in preparation for a soft landing on...
SpaceX hit new reusability milestone with 100th Falcon 9 flight
A flight-proven Falcon 9 booster became the first to be launched and recovered for a seventh time on November 24.
The Falcon 9 launched from...
China launches Chang’e 5 lunar sample return mission
China launched a mission to the Moon on November 23 that promises to collect samples from the lunar surface and return them to Earth...
Rocket Lab CEO calls first Electron recovery attempt a complete success
The head of California-based launch provider Rocket Lab said November 23 that its first attempt to recover an Electron rocket stage had been a...