JAXA tells Aerospace DAILY that despite the two-year delay, it is only considering some minor efforts to add “more sophistication” to some of the MMX experiments.
The flight of a Russian Angara A5 heavy-lift rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome was automatically aborted 2 min. before the planned 5:00 a.m. EDT April 9 liftoff.
As part of a demonstration, Astrobotic will use an AI-enabled software program to control and monitor its CubeRover lunar rover on its upcoming Moon mission.
A Falcon 9 rocket has delivered 11 satellites into mid-inclination, low Earth orbit, marking the inaugural run of a new rideshare service called Bandwagon.
Sierra Space has begun initial drop tests of Ghost, a deployable decelerator designed to protect a pre-staged payload during re-entry within 90 min. of call-up.
Touchdown of the descent module on the steppes of Kazakhstan occurred at 3:17 a.m. EDT, or 12:17 p.m. local time, about 90 mi. southeast of Dzhezkazgan.
Startups Isar Aerospace, PLD Space and Rocket Factory Augsburg already have agreed to use the refurbished ELM-Diamant launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana.
Guy Norris talks with CEO Tom Vice about the spinoff-turned-prime’s growth plans as its space defense business surges and its spaceplane prepares for flight.
A U.S. government pressure campaign has yet to produce visible results for Russia to drop alleged plans to eventually launch a co-orbital space weapon.
The Space Development Agency is considering a change to its requirements for optical communications terminal for its data transport satellite constellation.
