SpaceX has now landed Falcon 9 rocket first stages a whopping 300 times. The company hit that big round number on Friday night (June 7), during a launch of 22 Starlink broadband satellites from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff occurred at 9:56 p.m. EDT (0156 GMT on June 8). About 8.5 minutes …
The excitement is building for the liftoff of Virgin Galactic’s seventh commercial spaceflight. The launch window for the mission, known as Galactic 07, opens at 8:30am MT (10:30 a.m. EDT or 1430 GMT) on Saturday (June 8) and will depart from Spaceport America in southwestern New Mexico. The Galactic 07 crew will include Axiom Space …
Virgin Galactic Eyes June 8 For Final Commercial Spaceflight On VSS Unity Spaceplane. Read More »
The United States Air Force and U.S. Space Force conducted two routine test launches of unarmed intercontinental ballistic missiles this week. The first of the two missiles took off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 12:56 a.m. Pacific Time (0756 GMT) on June 4. The second launched at June 6 at 1:46 a.m. …
US Military Test Launches 2 Unarmed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles In 2 Days. Read More »
South Korea is aiming to expand its presence in space. The nation is targeting landing on Mars by 2045, the country’s president announced at the launch of its national space agency. President Yoon Suk Yeol inaugurated the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA) on Thursday, May 30, Reuters reported. The agency will oversee space policy and seek …
South Korea Creates New KASA Space Agency, Sets Sights On The Moon and Mars. Read More »
The fourth test flight of the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built is in the books, and what a dramatic and nail-biting trip for SpaceX it was. SpaceX launched its Starship megarocket for the fourth time ever today (June 6) at 8:50 a.m. EDT (1250 GMT), sending the 400-foot-tall (122 meters) vehicle aloft from …
SpaceX Starship Launches On Nail-Biting 4th Test Flight Of World’s Most Powerful Rocket. Read More »
Boeing’s Starliner capsule has arrived at its orbital destination. Starliner reached the International Space Station (ISS) today (June 6), making contact with the orbiting lab at 1:34 p.m. EDT (1734 GMT) as the duo flew over the southern Indian Ocean. That was a bit later than originally planned. Starliner missed its first docking chance, at …
Boeing’s 1st Starliner To Carry Astronauts Arrives At ISS Despite Thruster Malfunction. Read More »
The new moon of June 2024 occurs tonight, making this a great night to get and enjoy a sky free from the glare of the moon. New moons occur about every 28.5 days, as the moon passes between the sun and Earth on its journey around its orbit. More formally, a new moon is when …
New Moon of June 2024 Tonight Lets Saturn, Mars and Jupiter Shine. Read More »
A mysterious pit on the flank of an ancient volcano on Mars has generated excitement recently because of what it could reveal beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Here’s what that means. First things first, the pit, which is only a few meters across, was actually imaged on Aug. 15, 2022 by NASA’s Mars …
The ‘Hole’ on Mars Making Headlines Could Be Crucial to Red Planet Exploration. Read More »
China’s Chang’e 6 mission continues to make history, having collected the first samples ever retrieved from the far side of the moon and now transferring those samples between spacecraft in orbit. That transfer was necessary for the next step in the samples’ journey — returning to Earth. The successful rendezvous and docking of the Chang’e …
SpaceX bigwigs celebrated the arrival of a new American capsule on the human-spaceflight scene today (June 5). That spacecraft is Boeing’s Starliner, which is carrying NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams toward the International Space Station (ISS) after launching this morning atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. “Congratulations on a successful …
SpaceX Congratulates Boeing, ULA on 1st Crewed Starliner Launch. Read More »
