Commercial Space
Stratolaunch Buys Virgin Orbit's Rocket-Launching 747
With Virgin Orbit going through bankruptcy, other launch providers are purchasing various parts of the business. This week we learned…
NASA May Have Found Hakuto-R’s Crash Site
New images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) appear to show the crash site where the Japanese Hakuto-R Mission 1…
Four Private Astronauts Are Now on the International Space Station
On Sunday, May 21, the 4-person crew of Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) blasted off to the International Space Station (ISS)…
The Private Axiom-2 Mission is Almost Ready to Fly to the International Space Station
SpaceX’s second private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS), Axiom-2 aka Ax-2, which is sponsored Axiom Space, received…
Chasing SpaceX: The Commercial Space Race Gets a Reality Check
Can anyone keep up with SpaceX in the commercial space race? It might be one of the four companies profiled…
Airbus Designs a Space Station With Artificial Gravity
Airbus just shard its design for the Airbus LOOP, a Multi-Purpose Orbital Module that could be used in future space…
Success and Failure: Relativity Space Launches its Terran 1, but the Rocket Fails to Reach Orbit. However, the Launch Photos are Incredible
This past week was a mixed bag for Relativity Space and their 3D-printed methane-fueled rocket engine. While the company’s Terran…
SpaceX Sets New Record with Successful Test-Firing of 31 Raptor Engines!
SpaceX set a new record for thrust with the B7 booster's static fire test, which saw 31 of its 33…
Sierra Space Tests Another Inflatable Space Station Module … to Destruction
Oops! They’ve done it again. Sierra Space blew up their space habitat for the third time – intentionally -- all…
Sierra Space Inflated a Habitat to Destruction, Testing its Limits Before Going to Orbit
Normally, it would be a very bad day if your space station habitat module blew up. But it was all…