25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
At 4:30 on November 24th, China used the Long March 5 carrier rocket to successfully launch the lunar exploration Chang’e-5 probe at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in China. After the rocket flew for about 2,200 seconds, the probe was successfully...
15 April 2019
Stratolaunch completes maiden flight successfully
... was established in 2011 by Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen to get game-changing ideas off the ground by making space launch more reliable. Sadly, the entrepreneur died last year so he did not get to see his monumental vision...
05 June 2019
A first for China as it demonstrates new sea-launch capabilities
...said state media. The mission is the first global seaborne space launch to have taken place in the last five years – the... 11. This will be a move away from normal Chinese space launch sites which are typically located inland for defence purposes. The...
22 July 2021
Factory of the future for Orion capsules
... Assembly Facility, Orion will be placed atop NASA’s first Space Launch System rocket. Bill Nelson, a former US senator and ...administrator under President Joe Biden, has said Artemis 1 will launch on the first SLS later this year. Meanwhile, parts of...
