A detailed shot of Electron’s engines as it launches the NROL-123 mission from Virginia (Credit Rocket Lab/Brady Kenniston) This was the 5th mission that Rocket Lab has launched for the NRO, with the first 4 occurring from the company’s launch pad on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand....
2024 is a busy year for spaceflight and exploration enthusiasts with countless launches, mission milestones and skywatching events to look forward to. With so much going on, it's hard to keep track of everything. Never fear — keep up with the latest events in our 2024 space calendar. You...
SpaceX Super Heavy-Starship rocket launches on a test flight Thursday, March 14, 2024.SpaceX Two minutes and 42 seconds after liftoff, the Raptors began shutting down as planned, followed seconds later by ignition of the Starship upper stage's six engines while the booster was still attached,...
"Starting next year, we will launch the ZQ 2's initial commercial operation. We plan to perform three to four launches in 2024, and hope to launch another eight of these rockets in 2025," he said, adding that Lan...
Subscribe to CNBC'sInvesting in Space The full Starship system has flown four spaceflight tests previously, with launches inAprilandNovemberof last year, as well as thisMarchandJune. Each of the test flights have achieved more milestones than the last. ...
"Starting next year, we will launch the ZQ 2's initial commercial operation. We plan to perform three to four launches in 2024, and hope to launch another eight of these rockets in 2025," he said, adding that LandSpace engineers will continue to improve the model's carrying capacity. 他...
The commercial space industry in China is experiencing a period of rapid growth. According to a recent blue book on the country's aerospace science and technology environment, China managed to complete 26 commercial space launches in 2023 -- achieving a success rate of 96 percent. Additionally, ...
Most space launches result in uncontrolled rocket body reentries, creating casualty risks for people on the ground, at sea and in aeroplanes. These risks have long been treated as negligible, but the number of rocket bodies abandoned in orbit is growing,
China launches five experiment satellites Video 21:06, 12-Dec-2024 China launches two new satellites Video 12:30, 25-Nov-2024 China launches four PIESAT-2 satellites aboard 544th Long March rocket Video 17:41, 09-Nov-2024 MORE FROM CGTN Beijing-based British conservationis...
Over the past 51 years, since the first flight of the Long March-1 in 1970, Long March carrier rockets have been used in 92.1 percent of China's space launches, according to Xinhua.RELATED STORIES China launches four PIESAT-2 satellites aboard 544th Long March rocket Vide...