The dearMoon mission of Yusaku Maezawa and a crew full of artists won't happen. When announced, Starship was just an idea on a drawing board. Today, it still aims for the Moon, but without Maezawa.
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We have quite a few missions coming up This Week in Rocket Launches. Notably, to start the week, there will be back-to-back Falcon 9 launches carrying Starlink internet satellites to space.
We have a lot of missions coming up This Week in Rocket Launches but the most notable will be when United Launch Alliance sends two astronauts to the ISS in a test flight of the CST-100 Starliner.
The fourth integrated test flight of Starship is planned for around June 5. SpaceX details the fixes addressing the issues that caused the rocket to surrender to the heat of plasma hell in March.
We have lots of rocket launches coming up this week but the most notable event will be when Blue Origin flies the US' first black astronaut candidate to the edge of space. Ed Dwight is now 90.
SpaceX's Starlink service is estimated to generate billions in revenues and achieve profitability for the first time in 2024, just five years after launching the first batch of satellites.
This week, SpaceX will be using a Falcon 9 to launch Starlink satellites to a low Earth orbit and landing the first stage of the rocket for reuse. Strangely, it's the only mission due this week.
We have plenty of missions this week but the most interesting will see United Launch Alliance send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station as part of NASA's commercial crew program.
We have several launches coming up this week, but the most notable will be the Chang'e mission taking off to collect lunar samples and return them to Earth. Read on to learn more about the mission.
We have several launches coming up this week but the most notable is the Long March rocket carrying Shenzhou 18 which has three Chinese astronauts aboard who are heading to the Chinese Space Station.
We have several launches this week, but be sure to head to the recap section to see the final launch of United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy, a rocket that has been going strong for 20 years.
SpaceX hopes to fly the Starship rocket for a fourth time next month, cutting the turnaround time by half. The main milestones are testing the heatshield and ensuring the rocket survives the reentry.
We have several launches coming up this week. The most interesting will be the first SpaceX Bandwagon rideshare mission and Russia's fourth Angara A5 test flight with an Orion upper stage.
We have three rocket launches coming up over the next week. United Launch Alliance will go first with its reattempt to launch a classified mission for the National Reconnaissance Office.
We have plenty of rockets to watch This Week in Rocket Launches but notably, both the US and China will be launching secretive satellites of a classified nature. China will be the first to launch.
We have several launches coming up this week, the most interesting will be two to the International Space Station. One is a crewed mission by Roscosmos and the other is a cargo mission by SpaceX.
SpaceX commented on Starship milestones in its post-flight debrief. The third test flight of Starship seemed like an overall success, though once again, there are important questions left unanswered.
Starship flew for a third time this morning. Launching from Texas, the initial phase of the test flight looked nominal. However, both the Ship and the Booster didn't reach their final destination.
We have lots of missions from SpaceX this week but the most interesting will come on Thursday when it launches Starship on its next test mission. Read on to learn more about the mission's objectives.
We have plenty of rocket launches coming up this week but the most interesting one will be Space One's KAIROS rocket launch. It'll be the it's first launch, taking off from a private space port.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has finally revealed all the details we wanted to know about Starship's November test flight explosion. Additionally, the company agreed with the FAA on proposed corrective actions.
We have several rocket launches this week, but the most interesting one will be a crewed mission to the space station. SpaceX will be ferrying the NASA and Rocosmos astronauts in a Crew Dragon.
We have several rocket launches coming up this week. The most notable is Rocket Lab's Electron rocket which will be carrying a satellite for Astroscale which will assist in clearing space debris.
Elon Musk's space company decided to kill roughly 100 Starlink satellites to prevent the unnecessary creation of space junk. SpaceX claims it is part of its commitment to space sustainability.
Ukrainian intelligence confirmed that Russians are using Starlink at the front line in Ukraine. SpaceX denies a possibility that the Russian military obtained its terminals legally.
This Week in Rocket Launches we have a fair few missions coming up. Japan will be doing the second test flight of its H3 rocket while SpaceX will be launching another company's lunar lander.
We have a quiet week coming up for rocket launches. The only two we are expecting are Falcon 9 missions from SpaceX. One is a Starlink mission while the other will carry NASA's PACE satellite.
SpaceX has been tapped to launch the Starlab space station. According to the current timeline, Starlab should get into a low Earth orbit in 2028, as long as there are no delays, that is.
We have quite a lot of missions coming up this week. Possibly the most interesting is a Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station which will help sustain astronauts in space.
SpaceX is not the only company trying to enable regular phones to connect directly via satellites. Major U.S. tech and telecom companies now invest in Starlink competitor with the same technology.
We don't have much happening This Week in Rocket Launches, but among those that are happening, some interesting satellites are going to space that will track troublesome space debris.
We have several missions coming up this week by SpaceX. The most interesting one will be when Axiom Space sends some of its astronauts up to the space station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
The November test flight of SpaceX's Starship rocket, although successful, ended in flames. Much was speculated on social media about the cause, but only now we finally know what actually happened.
Just six days after being launched into orbit, SpaceX has managed to execute the first text communication over its new Starlink satellites with direct-to-cell capability bypassing the user terminal.
We have a lot of rocket launches coming up this week, a notable one is the Einstein Probe being sent to space. It was developed by the European Space Agency and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
SpaceX and T-Mobile have collaborated to launch Starlink satellites with direct to cell capabilities which will allow T-Mobile to offer cell service in remote locations and reduce the dead zones.
Although NASA is often blamed for being too slow and cautious, it has been developing cutting-edge space tech for decades. However, its approach sometimes turns out to be simply outdated.
As it's the new year, we don't have too many launches coming up next week, however, we do have a lot of videos this time in the recap section for you to check out including a Falcon Heavy launch.
In a rather unfortunate turn of events, SpaceX has lost the F9 booster B1058 during the ride back home from its record-breaking 19th mission. Only remnants of the workhorse arrived in Florida.
This Week in Rocket Launches SpaceX will launch its first direct-to-cell Starlink satellites which will mean customers can connect their devices directly to the Starlink internet satellites.