Rocket Lab’s first attempt at launching the second of two cubesats for NASA’s PREFIRE climate change mission ended in a scrub on Friday (May 31). An Electron rocket topped with the tiny satellite had been poised to lift off from Rocket Lab‘s New Zealand site at 10:46 p.m. EDT (0246 GMT or 2:46 p.m. local …
Sensor Issue Scrubs Rocket Lab Launch Of Shoebox-sized NASA Climate Satellite. Read More »
Another day, another Starlink launch. SpaceX is set to launch yet another batch of its Starlink satellites to orbit this evening (May 31). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 of the broadband craft is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, during a 26-minute window that opens at 10:11 p.m. EDT …
SpaceX to Launch 23 Starlink Satellites From Florida Tonight. Read More »
Eye-patches on! Practice your best “grrr.” Plop down pieces of eight, doubloons and cue “Captain” Jack Sparrow! Get ready for the First Annual Space Piracy Conference, set for early next year. Held by the Center for the Study of Space Crime, Policy, and Governance (CSCPG), the conference is a “two-day, invite only symposium that brings together …
1st Annual Space Piracy Conference Will Examine Threats Of Orbital Crime And Smuggling. Read More »
It’s the final countdown (I know you’re singing along with me, don’t deny it!) But why not, as the countdown clock now reads less than a month until NOAA’s GOES-U satellite is slated to soar into space on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket. At the beginning of the year, the fourth satellite in NOAA’s GOES-R …
Powerful New NOAA Weather Satellite Set For June Launch Atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Read More »
Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission failed to respond to signals sent over the last few days — but all hope is not lost for the tenacious lunar lander. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) attempted to send signals to SLIM on Friday and Saturday (May 24 and May 25), but was met …
The Cold Lunar Night May Have Finally Swallowed Japan’s SLIM Moon Lander. Read More »
China’s Chang’e 6 moon mission is studying landing sites on the lunar far side for accessibility ahead of a planned touchdown attempt this weekend. The robotic Chang’e 6 launched on May 3 and entered lunar orbit about five days later. James Head, of the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science at Brown University in …
