Delta IV Heavy launch in slow motion. This is the penultimate launch of the D4H.

Virgin Galactic can be currently tracked live on PlaneFinder search for VGX2.

NASA Selects Blue Origin as Second Artemis Lunar Lander Provider

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-second-artemis-lunar-lander-provider

NASA to Select Second Lunar Lander Partner for Artemis Moon Mission

During an event at 10 a.m. EDT Friday, May 19, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, the agency will announce the company selected to develop a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V Moon mission.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-select-second-lunar-lander-partner-for-artemis-moon-mission

NASA’s Juno Mission Getting Closer to Jupiter’s Moon Io

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-juno-mission-getting-closer-to-jupiters-moon-io

Eric Berger: So what was that? Was Starship’s launch a failure or a success?
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/so-what-was-that-was-starships-launch-a-failure-or-a-success/

Parking your camera van too close to a rocket launch .. RIP. (source: nasaspaceflight) during Starship launch.

Starship "Integrated Test Flight" rocket breaks up at around 39km altitude.

Starship "Integrated Test Flight" launch. Unfortunately the vehicle failed at around 40km altitude.

ESA's JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) mission to Jupiter will launch 13:45 on 14 April.

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/How_to_follow_the_Juice_launch_live

SpaceX’s Starship vehicle is ready to fly, just waiting for a launch license

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/spacexs-starship-vehicle-is-ready-to-fly-just-waiting-for-a-launch-license/

Massive asteroid to pass close to earth this weekend.



https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65061818.amp

Spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III Moon Surface Mission Debuts

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/spacesuit-for-nasa-s-artemis-iii-moon-surface-mission-debuts

DART's epic asteroid crash: What NASA has learned 5 months later

https://www.space.com/nasa-dart-asteroid-crash-what-nasa-learned

SpaceX launches Crew-6 astronaut mission to space station for NASA

https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-6-mission-launches-to-space-station

SpaceX, NASA target Thursday morning for Crew-6 launch

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/03/crew-6-launch/

Hubble Captures Movie of DART Asteroid Impact Debris

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/hubble-captures-movie-of-dart-asteroid-impact-debris

Venus grade: NASA seeks a lander battery tough enough to survive Earth's evil twin

https://www.space.com/nasa-venus-lander-mission-battery-technology

Hubble, still going: Hubble Space Telescope captures chaotic globular cluster near Milky Way's core

https://www.space.com/hubble-space-telescope-globular-cluster-galactic-core

SpaceX completes Starship wet dress rehearsal

https://spacenews.com/spacex-completes-starship-wet-dress-rehearsal/

NASA’s commercial lunar program ready to start flying in 2023

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/01/clps/

NASA’s TESS Discovers Planetary System’s Second Earth-Size World

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-tess-discovers-planetary-systems-second-earth-size-world

"Virgin Orbit says it is ready to make history in the United Kingdom tonight"

Note: This is an airlaunch, not a rocket launch from the ground.


https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/the-first-orbital-launch-from-western-europe-could-happen-tonight/

More than 5000 exoplanets have been discovered over the last 30 years. A visualisation by NASA.

Space reporter Eric Berger on the retirement of senator Richard Shelby, who had a huge impact on the American space program.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/so-long-richard-shelby-and-thanks-for-all-the-pork/

Happy holidays from the International Space Station

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover just dropped its first sample on the Martian surface for later retrieval. Image Source: NASA

(And yes, Star Wars fans, I had the same thoughts)

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft currently attached to the Internation Space Station appears to "vent" something. Not supposed to happen. Source: NASA

Artemis I, Orion spacecraft splashdown.

Artemis 1, Orion Spacecraft moon fly-by. Source: Lockheed Martin

Artemis 1 launch, view from the top of the rocket. Source: NASA

Earth rising behind the moon, as seen by the Orion Spacecraft, Artemis 1.

NASA has (with some delay) published a video of the Artemis 1 Solid Booster separation. And here it is.

Orion soars around the Moon with a lonely Earth in the distance

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/orion-soars-around-the-moon-with-a-lonely-earth-in-the-distance/

The Orion spacecraft, Artemis I (Source: Lockheed)

Orion capsule closes in for lunar flyby

https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/11/20/orion-capsule-closes-in-for-lunar-flyby/

The Artemis Orion Spacecraft on the way to the moon, looking back towards earth.

"NASA gets its mojo back with a stunning nighttime launch of the SLS rocket (Eric Berger)"

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/nasa-gets-its-mojo-back-with-a-stunning-nighttime-launch-of-the-sls-rocket/

Artemis 1 lift-off

Official NASA Livestream for 16th November Artemis 1 launch. The launch is scheduled for 1:04am Eastern Time, 6:04 am GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMLD0Lp0JBg

Artemis I on the launch pad

Managers Give “Go” to Proceed Toward Launch of Artemis 1, Countdown Progressing for Launch on Wednesday, Nov 16. 1:04 a.m. EST

https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/14/managers-give-go-to-proceed-toward-launch-countdown-progressing/

NASA Pushes First Operational Boeing Starliner Mission to 2024

https://gizmodo.com/nasa-pushes-first-operational-boeing-starliner-mission-1849752030

NASA's SLS returns to LC-39B for next the Artemis I launch opportunity, currently scheduled for 14th November.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2022/11/sls-return-to-lc-39b/

Falcon Heavy side boosters returning to Kennedy Space Center today.

SpaceX Falcon Heavy going vertical at Kennedy Space Center. Launch is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov 1, 2022 13:41 GMT

NASA announced Friday the agency decided its Psyche mission will go forward, targeting a launch period opening on Oct. 10, 2023.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-continues-psyche-asteroid-mission

Russia threatens a retaliatory strike against US commercial satellites

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/10/russia-threatens-a-retaliatory-strike-against-us-commercial-satellites/

SpaceX has scheduled a Falcon Heavy launch, the first in 3 years, for Helloween, Mon Oct 31, 2022.

How to stack a 120m heigh two stage Mars rocket. Source: Spacex