By Park Si-soo, Published by SpaceNews, 12 October 2022 SEOUL, South Korea — A Japanese Epsilon small launch vehicle failed to reach orbit during an Oct. 11 launch, resulting in the loss of all eight smallsats on board. The rocket lifted off on schedule at 8:50 p.m. Eastern from Japan’s
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 18 July 2022 The United States has no closer ally than the United Kingdom. The two nations have collaborated on space-related security efforts for decades. U.S. and U.K. space officials are now discussing the next steps to strengthen the partnership, a conversation that has
By Thomas Burghardt, Published by NASA Spaceflight, 30 June 2022 Virgin Orbit has scrubbed the launch the fifth flight of the LauncherOne rocket, after propellant temperature was deemed to be “slightly out of bounds”. The decision was made prior to the take off of Cosmic Girl, the carrier aircraft. The
By Leonard David, Published by Space.com, 28 June 2022 The X-37B is just a week away from setting a new mission-duration mark. The U.S. military's X-37B robotic space plane is closing in on a mission-duration record. The X-37B launched to Earth orbit on May 17, 2020 on the sixth mission
By Thomas Moore, Published by Sky News, 21 June 2022 The Spaceport will be a significant boost to the economy of Cornwall, one of the UK's most deprived regions. A prototype space factory that can produce materials impossible to make on Earth will be on the first rocket to launch
By Theresa Hitchens, Published by Breaking Defense, 7 June 2022 The two shoebox-sized CubeSats will each carry five miniature sensors, two provided by the Naval Research Lab and three by the UK Defence Science and Technology Lab. WASHINGTON: The historic first space launch from British territory slated for this summer
By Alan Macleod, Published by MintpressNews, 31 May 2022 AUSTIN, TEXAS – Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has ruffled many feathers among professional commentators. “Musk is the wrong leader for Twitter’s vital mission,” read one Bloomberg headline. The network also insisted, “Nothing in the Tesla CEO’s track record suggests
By Sandra Erwin, Published by SpaceNews, 12 May 2022 The Space Systems Command plans to award a contract in August for the Tactically Responsive Space (TacRS-3) mission. WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force plans to select a small satellite launcher to fly a payload to low Earth orbit on short
