Japan’s SLIM spacecraft lands on moon, a first for the country
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan on Saturday became the world’s fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, as the space agency said its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon…
Sun-observing spacecraft sheds light on the solar wind’s origin
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The solar wind is a ubiquitous feature of our solar system. This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space. On Earth,…
Lockheed gets US defense contract to develop nuclear-powered spacecraft
(Reuters) – Weapons maker Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by a U.S. Department of Defense agency to develop a nuclear-powered spacecraft for the purposes of exploration and national defense, the…
China may launch next-generation crewed spacecraft as early as 2027
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s next-generation crewed spacecraft, which can transport up to seven astronauts, may fly for the first time between 2027 and 2028, a veteran Chinese astronaut said. China’s manned space…
Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks at ISS to bring back stranded crew
(Reuters) – A Russian spacecraft on a mission to bring back to Earth a crew stranded on the International Space Station (ISS) has docked at the station, Russian space agency Roscosmos said…
Robotic arm to inspect leaky Soyuz spacecraft, Russia says
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A 17-metre-long Canadian-made robotic arm on the International Space Station will inspect a docked Soyuz spacecraft after a leak was noticed just before a spacewalk last week, Russia’s state…
Micrometeoroid strike could be cause of Russian spacecraft leak – official
By Joey Roulette (Reuters) – A coolant leak lasting for at least three hours Wednesday night aboard a Russian Soyuz space capsule docked to the International Space Station could have been caused…
NASA’s DART spacecraft hits target asteroid in test of planetary defense system
(Reuters) – Hurtling through the solar system at hypersonic speed on Monday, NASA’s DART spacecraft slammed itself into a distant asteroid in a test of the world’s first planetary defense system, designed…
Exclusive-Boeing clashes with key supplier ahead of Starliner spacecraft launch
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON – Boeing Co is feuding with Aerojet Rocketdyne, a key supplier for its Starliner spacecraft, as the U.S. aerospace giant races to test launch the uncrewed astronaut capsule…
US Astronaut To Fly Home On Russian Spacecraft Amid Rising Tension
US Astronaut To Fly Home On Russian Spacecraft Amid Rising Tension Laurel Duggan on March 14, 2022 American astronaut Mark Vande Hei will travel back to Earth with two Russians in late…
Terran Orbital will Invest $300 Million in Florida to Construct the World’s Largest, State-of-the-Art, Commercial Spacecraft Facility
EXPLORATION PARK, Fla. – Today, Governor DeSantis announced Terran Orbital’s decision to choose Merritt Island for the construction of its Commercial Spacecraft and Constellation Facility, bringing valuable spacecraft manufacturing opportunities and capabilities…
NASA to drop test 14,000 pound Orion Space Craft and you can watch it happen
Engineers will drop a 14,000-pound test version of the Orion spacecraft into the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA’s Langley Research Center’s Landing and Impact Research Facility in Hampton, Virginia, at 1:45 p.m. EDT Tuesday, April…
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