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
The mission is scheduled to launch in May 2022, however, there is speculation this could slip into June or July 2022. Artemis 2 The second mission, Artemis 2, will follow a similar configuration to that of Artemis 1. This time, however, the Orion capsule will carry several astronauts into...
NASA’s huge moon rocket is heading off launchpad next week In total, the testing will check the three flight computers and more than 50 other control systems which are responsible for guiding the rocket from launch, as well as the two propellant tanks which hold more than 700,000 gallons ...
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- NASA and SpaceX are now targeting Thursday, March 2, for next available Crew-6 launch attempt after the original launch attempt was scrubbed early Monday. The launch of the Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station was originally scheduled at 1:45 ...
Artemis I was scheduled to launch last month, but a relatively minor hydrogen leak and afalse temperature reading from a faulty sensordelayed proceedings enough that the team had to stand down. Then, at the second attempt on Sept. 3, engineers repeatedly could not resolve a more serious hydrog...
In another development, Zhao said the Smart Dragon 3, a new model of the solid-propellant carrier rocket, is scheduled to make its maiden flight in the coming weeks. The first flight will be based on a mobile launch platform at sea, which means Smart Dragon 3 will become the second Chine...
SpaceX said it was “stuck in a reality where it takes longer to do the government paperwork to license a rocket launch than it does to design and build the actual hardware,” adding that this “should never happen” and “directly threatens America’s position as the leader in space.” ...
The Mars 2020 rover is scheduled to launch next year, with a Martian arrival in early 2021. The car-size probe will spend the equivalent of one Martian year — 687 Earth days — on the planet's surface to search for signs of past microbial life. Plus, Mars 2020 will st...
Construction of the launch site began in July 2022, and regular launches are planned for 2024. So far, the equipment installation at the No. 1 launch pad has been almost completed, while the No. 2 launch pad is scheduled to complete its civil construction in February 2024 with on-site ins...
China's next manned mission, the Shenzhou XVIII, is scheduled to be launched in coming days to transport three astronauts to the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The Shenzhou XVIII crew spacecraft and its carrier, a Long March 2F rocket, were moved to the...