The Chinese space sector has been very busy this year, averaging approximately one orbital launch attempt per week. This week was no exception, with two successful launches taking place from different parts of China. The Kuaizhou-1A (KZ-1A) and Chang Zheng 2D rockets carried out one mission each, with KZ-1A lofting the Chuangzin-16 payload to orbit […]
Continue ReadingAs NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket stands ready for its first test flight next week, the Artemis program prepares to follow in the footsteps of Apollo, which first carried humans to the Moon in the 1960s. SLS will fly uncrewed just once before carrying astronauts around the Moon on Artemis II, while the Orion […]
Continue ReadingWith the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion currently at Launch Complex-39B and ready for the Artemis I launch to the moon from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), additional work is progressing at the Agency’s Michoud Assembly Facility for other Orion spacecraft. NASASpaceflight’s Philip Sloss recently visited the facility and interviewed Tim Livingston, an Integrated […]
Continue ReadingSLS is nearing its debut flight, with the Artemis I launch window opening this Monday at 16:33 UTC. But this launch is impactful beyond NASA and the United States. The European Service Module (ESM) will provide a wide range of services for Orion on its way to the moon, including propulsion and power. It is […]
Continue ReadingThe launch countdown for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Artemis I mission is underway at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of a planned liftoff within a two-hour launch window that opens at 8:33 AM EDT (12:33 UTC) on Monday, August 29. The launch count comes after more than a decade […]
Continue ReadingFeatured Image Credit: 9ifly Lift Off Time August 23, 2022 – 02:36 UTC | 10:36 BJT Mission Name Chuangxin-16 Launch Provider(What rocket company launched it?) ExPace (part of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation CASIC) Customer(Who paid for this?) China Academy of Sciences Rocket Kuaizhou-1A Launch Location Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China Payload mass Unknown, […]
Continue ReadingFeatured image credit: Xinhua Lift Off Time August 24, 2022 – 03:01 UTC | 11:01 BJT Mission Name Beijing-3B Launch Provider(What rocket company launched it?) China Aerospace Science Corporation (CASC) Customer(Who paid for this?) Twenty-First Century Aerospace Technology Company Ltd. Rocket Long March 2D Launch Location LC-9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China Payload mass Unknown, […]
Continue ReadingFor the first time since 1972, a moon rocket was ready to launch on the first of three sequenced missions to return humanity to the lunar surface. This time to stay. However, that milestone will have to wait until at least September 2, following a scrub during the initial launch attempt due to an issue […]
Continue ReadingSpaceX has launched its 56th Starlink mission, Group 4-23, taking flight aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. After a weather delay, liftoff occurred at 11:41 PM EDT on Saturday (03:41 UTC on Sunday). With SpaceX maintaining an average rate of one launch every […]
Continue ReadingFeatured Image Credit: Blue Origin Lift Off Time(Subject to change) August 31, 2022 – 13:30 UTC | 08:30 CDT Mission Name NS-23 Launch Provider(What rocket company is launching it?) Blue Origin Customer(Who’s paying for this?) NASA, several universities and schools, Blue Origin Rocket New Shepard 4 Launch Location Launch Site One, Corn Ranch, Texas, USA Payload […]
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