Blue Origin Advances New Glenn Assembly at LC-36
As January 2024 drew to a close, Blue Origin’s work on its orbital-class New Glenn rocket reached visible milestones at…
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SpaceX Drives Historic Global Launch Record in 2024
Global orbital launch activity reached unprecedented levels in 2024, propelled largely by SpaceX’s aggressive cadence. According to analysis of open-source…
SpaceX Falcon Heavy Sends Final GOES-R Satellite to Orbit
The fourth and final spacecraft in NOAA’s GOES-R series began its journey to geostationary orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy,…
Starship Setbacks Strain NASA’s 2027 Moon Ambitions
NASA’s plan to return astronauts to the lunar surface in 2027 hinges on a spacecraft that remains stubbornly elusive in…
ISS National Lab Drives Breakthrough Technology in Orbit
Low Earth orbit, extending up to 2,000 kilometers above Earth’s surface, remains one of the most dynamic frontiers for applied…
USC Students Set Altitude and Speed Records in Amateur Rocketry
On 20 October 2024, in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, the University of Southern California’s Rocket Propulsion Lab (USCRPL) achieved a…
Ariane 6 Faces Mounting Delays and Rising Costs
In December 2014, after protracted negotiations among Germany, France, and Italy, the member governments of the European Space Agency approved…
India Advances Hybrid and Electric Rocket Propulsion
The Indian Space Research Organisation has initiated a major propulsion technology program in collaboration with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and the…
Geomagnetic Storm Forces Starlink Satellite Reentry
On February 3, 2022, at precisely 1:13 p.m. EST, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at…