Biggest ever rocket is assembled briefly in Texas
The American SpaceX company has stacked the biggest rocket ever constructed. The vehicle’s two segments – an upper-stage called Starship and a booster called Super…
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NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Begins Launch Preparations
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has officially arrived at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to begin preparations ahead of its launch this fall. “This spacecraft is so much…
NASA Updates Coverage, Invites Public to Virtually Join Starliner Launch
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch, launch, and docking activities for the agency’s Boeing Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2) mission to the International Space…
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample
NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to…
Sparkwing solar panels from Airbus to power lunar mission of Masten
Today, Airbus announced that its Sparkwing solar panels were selected by USA-based Masten Space Systems for their XL-1 lunar lander. In 2023, the XL-1 spacecraft…
‘Road to space’: billionaire Bezos has successful suborbital jaunt
10-minute trip was first crewed Blue Origin space flightWorld’s oldest and youngest space voyagers were aboardBezos says company nears $100 million in private sales (Reuters)…
Richard Branson makes historic first full flight to space with VirginGalactic’s Unity22
Today a new step into spaceflight has been taken by VirginGalactic from their Spacebase in New Mexico ‘Spaceport America’ when ‘Unity22’ took to space with…
Airbus-built European Robotic Arm ready for Space
Airbus space engineers have installed ESA’s European Robotic Arm (ERA) onto the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module (MLM) and it is now ready for its flight…
Airbus strengthens its military satellite communications position
Airbus will place a dedicated UHF (Ultra High Frequency) military communications hosted payload on board the EUTELSAT 36D telecommunications satellite. As the leading provider of…
Branson’s Virgin Galactic cleared for takeoff as space tourism race heats up
FAA approval follows successful flight test in MayBranson faces off against Bezos’ Blue Origin and Musk’s SpaceXVirgin Galactic’s shares surge 40% June 25 (Reuters) –…
U.S. government prepares to issue landmark report on UFOs
WASHINGTON, June 24 – The U.S. government, once openly dismissive of UFO sightings that for decades sparked the popular imagination, is poised to issue an…
China launches first crewed mission for space station construction
— Three Chinese astronauts aboard the Shenzhou-12 spaceship have entered the country’s space station core module Tianhe, dedicating to four major tasks in the in-orbit…
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