Day: November 15, 2024

The Director General of the Nigeria Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) flagged off a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) project at the Center for Geodesy and Geodynamics (CGG) in Toro, Bauchi State. This project, the first of its kind in the country, is a collaboration between …

Nigeria Begins Construction Of Its First-Ever Geodetic VLBI Project. Read More »

Both pieces of SpaceX’s Starship megarocket have made it to the launch pad ahead of their expected test flight on Monday (Nov. 18). SpaceX rolled Starship‘s huge first-stage booster, known as Super Heavy, out to the pad at its Starbase site in South Texas today (Nov. 14). The company documented the move via X, in …

SpaceX Rolls Starship Flight 6 Super Heavy Rocket To Pad Ahead of Nov. 18 Launch. Read More »

U.S. launch regulations could soon get an overhaul. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced today (Nov. 14) that it’s creating a new committee to review and update its “Part 450” launch and reentry licensing rule. “The FAA is seeking to update the licensing rule to foster more clarity, flexibility, efficiency and innovation,” Kelvin Coleman, …

FAA Creating New Committee To Update Launch Regulations. Read More »

China is set to send fresh fuel and supplies to its space station. A Long March 7 rocket topped with the Tianzhou 8 cargo spacecraft was rolled out to its pad at Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island early Wednesday (Nov. 13) local time. An official time for launch has yet to be announced, …

China Launching Tianzhou 8 Cargo Mission to Tiangong Space Station On Nov. 15. Read More »