NASA is preparing to launch a cutting-edge, laser-armed satellite that will spend three years studyingEarth's changing ice sheetsfrom above. Called the Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2), the mission is currently scheduled to launch in mid-September. The satellite wi...
The NASA New Glenn Escapade Mars launch, previously scheduled for Oct. 13, 2024, will now take place in spring of 2025 at the earliest. The NASA escapade spacecraft are small, so they can be launched outside of the optimal Earth-Mars window with a more powerful rocket. Blue Origin’s ...
An array of tests confirmed Orion's ability to withstand launch, abort, re-entry and spaceflight overall. At sea and at NASA's Hydro Impact Basin, the agency tested how the module will fare when it splashes down in the ocean at the end of its mission. Orion also underwent a series of ...
LOS ANGELES, March 24 (Xinhua) -- NASA's upcoming SPHEREx mission will be able to scan the entire sky every six months and create a map of the cosmos unlike any before, according to a plan the agency unveiled on Thursday. Scheduled to launch no later than April 2025, the SPHEREx missio...
In addition to the plate carrying nearly 11 million names, NASA is also sending a tribute to those fighting against COVID-19 to Mars on the Perseverance rover. Scheduled to launch July 20, the space agency said that it would put a small aluminum plate dedicated to those in the medical com...
The article informs that the launch of the Delta II rocket is scheduled for December 11, 2009 from the Space Launch Complex-2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB), California. As stated, the rocket will...
SpaceX launched the mighty Starship for the first time in April last year, but it took a full seven months before it became airborne again. Following the second test flight in November, SpaceX managed to get the Starship off the launchpad again just four months later in a spectacular flight...
Now that Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have safely splashed down after the Crew Dragon test mission, NASA and SpaceX are pivoting to the next mission: Crew-1.
SpaceX will shortly be launching another resupply mission to the International Space Station. The launch is scheduled for 4:21 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 30. This will mark SpaceX's 17th mission as part of the NASA Commercial Resupply Services contract.
Long Beach, California. August 07, 2024 – Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has scheduled the launch for its 52nd Electron mission which will