Bigelow Aerospace Reveals Ambitious Lunar Habitat Concept
Bigelow Aerospace has revealed a concept for an ambitious lunar habitat called First Base. The company claims the habitat could accommodate a crew of…
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NASA Select Three Lunar Lander Commercial Partners
NASA has selected three commercial partners that will supply lunar landers to carrying agency payloads to the Moon. The three company’s awarded Commercial Lunar…
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…
The Failure of the Soviet N1 Moon Rocket
The N1 rocket was developed by the Soviets to compete with the US Saturn rocket in the cold war race to the moon. Ultimately,…
Japan Plans to Double Orbital Launch Capacity by 2020
Japan hopes to double their capacity to launch orbital missions by 2020 in time for the maiden flight of their next-generation H3 rocket. The…