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Fram2 crew discuss first human mission to orbit Earth’s poles
The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with NSF, the crew of Fram2 provided insight into their groundbreaking mission...
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RFA and SaxaVord target UK’s first vertical orbital launch
Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) is determined to debut its RFA One rocket by the end of this year. Applying industrialization techniques to building low-cost, high-performance rockets, the flight could...
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SpaceX starts 2025 with Falcon records and Starship problems
SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also setting new firsts with its Dragon program. The company continued the deployment of its Starlink satellite...
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Launch Roundup: Alpha ready for launch, Falcon 9 to launch cargo to ISS
This week will see the worldwide launch cadence slow, with only four launches scheduled. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is expected to launch just twice, with a mission for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office...
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Cape launch sites bustling with activity, New Glenn and Starship preparations...
While several Cape Canaveral launch sites remain busy with launches from SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin, other facilities at the United States’ premier space launch facility are undergoing important work...
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Curiosity discovers carbonate mineral, provides insight into disappearance of...
NASA’s Curiosity rover, which has been driving around the surface of Mars for over 12 years, recently discovered a mineral called siderite on the slopes of Mount Sharp in Gale Crater. Interestingly,...
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Firefly Alpha set to launch FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission
Firefly Aerospace is preparing its Alpha small satellite launcher for a flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The Alpha FLTA006 mission, named “Message In A Booster,” is scheduled to...
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ESA’s Biomass mission to launch aboard Vega-C
The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, will launch Tuesday aboard an Arianespace Vega-C rocket. Biomass, which will study Earth’s forests and their impact on the planet’s...
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Juno reveals Io’s inner structure and volcanic activity; investigates north...
New data from NASA’s Juno mission, which has been orbiting Jupiter since 2016, has provided scientists with insight into the extreme winds and cyclones present within the gas giant’s atmosphere. The...
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SPHEREx starts science observations while PUNCH commissioning continues
NASA’s latest space telescope has taken the first science observations of its two-year mission to study the universe in dozens of colors. The Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch...
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Butch and Suni weren’t the only ones: the stories of astronauts “stranded” in...
After a planned eight day mission to the ISS that launched in June 2024, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down near Florida over nine months later on March 18, 2025. The two astronauts missed...
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Launch Roundup: Orbital launches from five countries planned
On the heels of a busy April, activity is ramping up for May with launches from five countries and six launch sites on three continents this week. A new orbital launch site in Australia is scheduled to...
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Webb, Keck observe Titan; find clouds and carbon molecule in northern hemisphere
By combining data from the Keck II telescope and the joint NASA/European Space Agency/Canadian Space Agency James Webb Space Telescope, a group of scientists observed cloud convection in the northern...
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Starfish Space announces plans for first commercial satellite docking
A new mission will aim to complete the first commercial satellite docking in low Earth orbit (LEO). However, the satellite it aims to dock with isn’t equipped with a docking adapter. Starfish Space is...
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Chinese launch cadence accelerates, Tianwen-2 prepares for launch
This month has seen the launches of three different commercial Chinese rockets, and the return-to-flight of a rocket that last flew in mid-2021. China has also begun deploying the world’s first...
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Magellan data provides new insight into tectonic processes on Venus
Over 30 years after its demise in the Venusian atmosphere, NASA’s Magellan mission recently provided new insight into tectonic processes on Venus. Scientists studied large, rounded geologic features...
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How Dragonfly will support the search for life on an uninhabitable world
In July 2028, NASA’s next New Frontiers program mission, Dragonfly, will launch to Saturn atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Six years later, it will descend through the thick clouds and atmospheric layers of...
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HAKUTO-R Mission 2 lost during landing attempt
Just over two years after the Japanese company ispace attempted but failed to land its HAKUTO-R Mission 1, the HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Resilience lander attempted a lunar landing this week but was not...
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Axiom-4 mission aboard new Dragon capsule to ISS postponed
SpaceX, along with Axiom Space, had been preparing to launch the fourth private Dragon mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission has since been postponed, however, following leaks...
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Starship point-to-point: a potential future application or a capability flex?
Officially announced by SpaceX as a future goal of Starship, Point-to-Point proposes utilizing its rapidly reusable Starship launch vehicle as an Earth-focused fast transportation system, allowing...
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