New Space News Network (2024)

20/01/2024

The Japanese Space Agency, JAXA, successfully soft landed on the surface of the Moon. The uncrewed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed at 10:20 a.m. EST, January 19. Though the agency was able to establish communications with the lander, the team noticed that spacecraft's solar cells don't seem to be generating power. Due to the solar cells not generating power, the spacecraft is operating on battery power, which is limited....

The Japanese Space Agency, JAXA, successfully soft landed on the surface of the Moon. The uncrewed Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed at 10:20 a.m. EST, January 19. Though the agency…

19/01/2024

Astrobotic's Peregrine Mission 1, which launched January 8 and ran into a mission ending anomaly shortly after separation from its launch vehicle, is believed to have broken up over the Pacific Ocean. The vehicle was supposed to be the first lunar lander from the U.S. to land on the Moon since 1972, but ended with a controlled re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere after 10 days in space....

Astrobotic’s Peregrine Mission 1, which launched January 8 and ran into a mission ending anomaly shortly after separation from its launch vehicle, is believed to have broken up over the Pacif…

19/01/2024

The first all European commercial spaceflight launched on January 18, at 4:49 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission, Axiom Mission 3(Ax-3), is the third mission by Axiom Space. The launch was provided by a SpaceX Falcon-9 with the crew riding aboard Crew Dragon Freedom. The crew consists of Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, who is a duel citizen of the U.S....

The first all European commercial spaceflight launched on January 18, at 4:49 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The mission, Axiom Mission 3(Ax-3), is the third mis…

09/01/2024

January 8 saw some firsts for two companies in the space industry. Veteran company ULA saw the inaugural flight of their new Vulcan Centaur heavy-lift launch vehicle. The passenger was the Peregrine lunar lander built by Astrobotic, a company looking to make their mark on the developing commercial lunar transportation business. The Vulcan had a successful lift off at 2:18 a.m....

January 8 saw some firsts for two companies in the space industry. Veteran company ULA saw the inaugural flight of their new Vulcan Centaur heavy-lift launch vehicle. The passenger was the Peregrin…

22/12/2023

Astrobotic, a lunar logistics company, announced that there Peregrine lunar lander is ready for its scheduled January 8, 2024 launch to the Moon. The company said that the lander has achieved all integration milestones and was successfully mated to the United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket payload adapter on November 16, 2023. This was then followed by three weeks of final checkouts and fueling of the Peregrine....

Astrobotic, a lunar logistics company, announced that there Peregrine lunar lander is ready for its scheduled January 8, 2024 launch to the Moon. The company said that the lander has achieved all i…

14/10/2023

NASA's Psyche mission successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:19 a.m. ET on October 13. The launch had been scheduled for launch on October 12, but that launch was postponed due to poor weather at the launch site. The mission, called Psyche, is sending a spacecraft, also called Psyche, to the metal-rich asteroid 16 Psyche, or simply, Psyche....

NASA’s Psyche mission successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:19 a.m. ET on October 13. The launch had been schedul…

13/10/2023

Lonestar Data Holdings Inc., a data storage and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), is looking to set up data storage center beyond Earth. The company has a payload on the upcoming Intuitive Machine Mission 1, which is set to launch in November. The payload will demonstrate the ability to transmit, store, and retrieve data from the surface of the Moon....

Lonestar Data Holdings Inc., a data storage and Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), is looking to set up data storage center beyond Earth. The company has a payload on the upcoming Intuitive Ma…

13/10/2023

Earlier this month, Firefly Aerospace announced that they had completed the development and assembly of their Blue Ghost lunar lander's structure and fluid systems. This is an important step for the company in moving towards a 2024 launch date of their Blue Ghost Mission 1, which will carry commercial and government payloads to the Moon, including 10 payloads for NASA as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program....

Earlier this month, Firefly Aerospace announced that they had completed the development and assembly of their Blue Ghost lunar lander’s structure and fluid systems. This is an important step …

12/10/2023

On October 9, NASA mission control observed flakes emanating from one of two radiators on the Roscosmos Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module with the use of cameras located on the exterior of the space station. The leak was visually confirmed by NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli from the cupola windows. The crew was then ordered to shutter all windows on the U.S. segment of the station as a precaution against contamination....

On October 9, NASA mission control observed flakes emanating from one of two radiators on the Roscosmos Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module with the use of cameras located on the exterior of the s…

12/10/2023

NASA revealed images and findings from their asteroid return mission OSIRIS-REX during a livestream hosted at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The livestream included a panel of experts on the mission as well as NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. The group gave details about the mission and the sample, as well as answered questions from both media and students invited to participate in the event....

NASA revealed images and findings from their asteroid return mission OSIRIS-REX during a livestream hosted at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. The livestream included a panel of experts …

11/10/2023

Intuitive Machines, a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, announced the opening of its new Lunar Production and Operations Center on September 29, 2023. Construction on the new facility at the Houston Spaceport in Houston, Texas began in June 2021. With the completion of the facility, Intuitive Machines is prepared to carry out multiple missions to the Moon for NASA....

Intuitive Machines, a space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, announced the opening of its new Lunar Production and Operations Center on September 29, 2023. Construction on the new…

10/10/2023

Arianespace completed a successful launch of a Vega rocket over the weekend, carrying two satellites and ten CubeSats into orbit. Flight VV23 had achieved liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 10:36 p.m. local time on October 8. The flight was originally set for October 6, but was delayed due to a technical delay. ”Congratulations to Arianespace teams and their partners, amongst them Avio, ESA and CNES, for this successful Vega launch, commented Stéphane Israël, CEO of Arianespace, after the separation of the last satellite. ...

Arianespace completed a successful launch of a Vega rocket over the weekend, carrying two satellites and ten CubeSats into orbit. Flight VV23 had achieved liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in F…

07/10/2023

Voyager Space announced October 4 that they have plans to enter into a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft and to provide cargo resupply services for the in development commercial space station Starlab. Northrup Grumman will enhance their Cygnus cargo spacecraft in order to be able to dock with Starlab autonomously....

Voyager Space announced October 4 that they have plans to enter into a teaming agreement with Northrop Grumman to develop fully autonomous rendezvous and docking technology for Northrop Grumman& #82…

05/10/2023

Rocket Lab, a launch and space service provider, announced the opening of a new Engine Development Center in Long Beach, California. The facility is 144,000 sq. ft. and will be used to manufacture the company's 3D printed Rutherford engine, as well as support the development and production of the company's larger Archimedes engines, which will be used on the upcoming medium-lift Neutron rockets....

Rocket Lab, a launch and space service provider, announced the opening of a new Engine Development Center in Long Beach, California. The facility is 144,000 sq. ft. and will be used to manufacture …

04/10/2023

Leidos, a company with diversified interests that include space, announced that they have received a contract extension from NASA for their Laser Air Monitoring System (LAMS) for the Artemis IV and V missions. The extension is worth $14.1 million, was awarded in August, and brings the total contract value $37.8 million covering Artemis III, IV, and V. “This extension reaffirms the importance of LAMS to the ORION Program and our commitment to NASA’s mission,” said Leidos Space Division Manager for the Dynetics Group Robert Wright....

Leidos, a company with diversified interests that include space, announced that they have received a contract extension from NASA for their Laser Air Monitoring System (LAMS) for the Artemis IV and…

03/10/2023

On October 2, Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., announced that they have been selected by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology for its Small and Business Innovation Research program to develop a demonstration mission that will inspect a large, defunct satellite in orbit. The project will be completed in three phases, with Astroscale receiving JPY 2.69 billion (about U.S....

On October 2, Astroscale Japan, a subsidiary of Astroscale Holdings Inc., announced that they have been selected by the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology for its…

03/10/2023

ABL Space Systems, a company currently developing the RS1 rocket, announced that they had been selected by U.S. Space Force's Space System Command's Assured Access to Space office to perform a tactically responsive launch demonstration. The contract is for $15 million and is part of ABL's pre-existing $60 million STRATFI contract the company received back in March. “The U.S. Tactically Responsive Space team has pursued the ability to integrate spacecraft within days and launch within hours....

ABL Space Systems, a company currently developing the RS1 rocket, announced that they had been selected by U.S. Space Force’s Space System Command’s Assured Access to Space office to pe…

27/09/2023

At a ceremony at the German Ambassador's Residence in Washington on September 14, Germany became the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson signed for the agency and Director General of the German Space Agency Dr. Walther Pelzer signed for Germany. Other prominent guests at the ceremony included Jennifer Littlejohn, acting assistant secretary, U.S. Department of State, Chirag Parikh, executive secretary of the U.S....

At a ceremony at the German Ambassador’s Residence in Washington on September 14, Germany became the 29th country to sign the Artemis Accords. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson signed for the ag…

26/09/2023

NASA's mission to return a sample collected from an asteroid culminated with a successful landing in the desert of Utah on September 24. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in October 2020 and is the first sample from an asteroid collected by the U.S. After landing, the sample was quickly transported by helicopter to a temporary clean room and hooked up to a continuous flow of nitrogen....

NASA’s mission to return a sample collected from an asteroid culminated with a successful landing in the desert of Utah on September 24. The sample was collected from the asteroid Bennu in Oc…

20/09/2023

Rocket Lab announced that they experienced an anomaly during an Electron rocket launch on September 19. The mission, "We Will Never Desert You," which was carrying a Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Acadia satellite for customer Capella Space. Liftoff occurred a 2:55 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand, following a 20 minute launch delay due to space weather conditions....

Rocket Lab announced that they experienced an anomaly during an Electron rocket launch on September 19. The mission, “We Will Never Desert You,” which was carrying a Synthetic Aperture …

16/09/2023

Firefly Aerospace has successfully deployed the VICTUS NOX payload for the U.S Space Force Space Systems Command's Space Safari Program Office. The spacecraft was carried into space by Firefly's Alpha rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Liftoff occurred at 7:28 p.m. PDT on September 14. “Today was an incredible success for the Space Force, the Firefly team, and our nation after nailing this complex responsive space mission,” said Bill Weber, CEO of Firefly Aerospace....

Firefly Aerospace has successfully deployed the VICTUS NOX payload for the U.S Space Force Space Systems Command’s Space Safari Program Office. The spacecraft was carried into space by Firefl…

16/09/2023

Three more people have arrived at the International Space Station after launching aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:44 a.m. EDT on Friday, 15. The flight to the station was short, with docking to the Rassvet module taking place at 2:53 p.m. EDT. Soyuz launch from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Credits: NASA The new arrivals are NASA's Loral O'Hara and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub....

Three more people have arrived at the International Space Station after launching aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:44 a.m. EDT on Friday, 15. The flight to the station was short…

12/09/2023

United Launch Alliance completed their 157th successful launch over the weekend with the lift off of an Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on September 10 at 8:47 a.m. EDT. The rocket carried the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office and the United States Space Force's Space Systems Command. Photo Credit: ULA “We’re grateful for the opportunity to continue to build on a legacy of outstanding teamwork and collaboration with our national security partners,” said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Government and Commercial Programs....

United Launch Alliance completed their 157th successful launch over the weekend with the lift off of an Atlas V rocket from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on September 10 a…

08/09/2023

Voyager Space announced the successful instillation of the Gambit payload onto the Bishop Airlock of the International Space Station on September 6. The Bishop Airlock is the first permanent commercial addition to the ISS and, along with Gambit, was constructed by Voyager subsidiary Nanoracks. “Gambit’s successful installation is not only cause for celebration within the Voyager Space team, but also across the broader space industry,” said Matt Kuta, President, Voyager Space....

Voyager Space announced the successful instillation of the Gambit payload onto the Bishop Airlock of the International Space Station on September 6. The Bishop Airlock is the first permanent commer…

05/09/2023

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev have returned to Earth after 186 days in orbit. The Crew-6 members successfully made splashdown off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida, on September 4 at 12:17 a.m. EDT. The last time the crew were on Earth was when they lifted off for the International Space Station on March 2, 2023....

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev have returned to Earth after 186 days in orbit. The Crew-6 members successfully m…

26/08/2023

SpaceX has once again successfully launched a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. Lift-off occurred at 3:27 a.m. EDT, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew were launched inside Crew Dragon Endurance atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX has once again successfully launched a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. Lift-off occurred at 3:27 a.m. EDT, from Launch …

24/08/2023

Rocket Lab continues its march toward rocket reusability with their latest launch. The latest Electron rocket launch included the first refurbished, previously flown Rutherford engine. The launch also included the successful ocean recovery of the rocket's first stage and was the 40th successful Electron launch since Rocket Lab began flight operations in 2017. The mission, called 'We Love The Nightlife,' lifted off from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula on August 24 at 11:45 a.m....

Rocket Lab continues its march toward rocket reusability with their latest launch. The latest Electron rocket launch included the first refurbished, previously flown Rutherford engine. The launch a…

24/08/2023

India became the first nation to land a spacecraft in the lunar south pole region and the fourth nation to achieve a landing on the Moon, following the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. This magnificent feat was accomplished by India's Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander, named Vikram at 6:03 p.m. India Standard Time (8:33 a.m. EDT) on August 23. The landing is a culmination of over a month in space for the spacecraft after over a month in space following its launch on July 14 aboard a LVM3 M4 rocket....

India became the first nation to land a spacecraft in the lunar south pole region and the fourth nation to achieve a landing on the Moon, following the United States, the Soviet Union, and China. T…

19/08/2023

Astroscale, a in-orbit satellite servicing company, announced that they had entered into a partnership with Astro Digital, a provider of complete space-based systems and mission support. The agreement will see Astroscale providing their Generation 2 Docking Plate to be used in Astro Digital's modular satellite bus for end-of-life servicing. “We want to empower and accelerate innovative companies and their space-based initiatives,” said Chris Biddy, Co-Founder and CEO, Astro Digital US Inc....

Astroscale, a in-orbit satellite servicing company, announced that they had entered into a partnership with Astro Digital, a provider of complete space-based systems and mission support. The agreem…

18/08/2023

Sierra Space, a space transportation and habitation company, announced that they were awarded a U.S. Government contract. The firm-fixed-price contract, amounting to $22,605,083, is to see Sierra Space continue the maturation of their Advanced Upper Stage Engine (VR35K-A). This contract comes on the heels of successful hot fire testing of their VORTEX engine during the spring of this year. The contract specifically comes from the Air Force Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base....

Sierra Space, a space transportation and habitation company, announced that they were awarded a U.S. Government contract. The firm-fixed-price contract, amounting to $22,605,083, is to see Sierra S…

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