Month: December 2022

Upcoming launch for Kleos Space represents Spaceflight’s 55th to date Bellevue, WASH – December 13, 2022 – Spaceflight Inc., the leading global launch services provider, today announced it’s preparing its 10th and final launch of 2022. Spaceflight provided the launch and integration services for Kleos Space’s fourth satellite cluster, Observer, through ISISPACE Group on SpaceX’s Transporter 6 rideshare mission. The four Kleos…

Pittsburgh, PA – December 8, 2022 – Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander has successfully passed its first two acceptance tests, a critical milestone on its path to flight. Acceptance testing was conducted at the Dayton T. Brown, Inc. commercial test facility in Bohemia, NY. The campaign included sine vibration, and acoustics testing and proved that Peregrine can…

The First All-Civilian Mission to Fly Around the Moon Lunar Mission aboard Starship developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Yusaku Maezawa (CEO, Start Today, Inc.) announced that 8 crew members and 2 backup crew members have been selected for “dearMoon,” the first all-civilian project to fly around the Moon aboard Starship, a rocket being developed by…

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Now Scheduled to launch on December 11, 2022 TOKYO—December 7, 2022— ispace, inc., a global lunar exploration company, released an updated launch schedule for its Mission 1 (M1) lunar lander, now scheduled to liftoff from SLC-40 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station no earlier than Dec. 11, 2022. The M1 lander, part of the HAKUTO-R lunar…

The International Astronomical Union Center for the Protection of the Dark and Quiet Sky from Satellite Constellation Interference expresses concern about the recently launched prototype BlueWalker 3 satellite’s impact on astronomy. New measurements reveal that this low Earth orbiting satellite is now one of the brightest objects in the night sky, outshining all but the…

To all those interested in space station technology, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is looking input on the development of a National Strategy for Microgravity Research and Development (R&D). The original Request for Information (RFI) was December 2, but has since been moved to December 31, despite the lack of update…

By David Bullock When marketing to potential clients who would be interested in space products and services, is it as easy as making a logo in PowerPoint and showing it off to the entire world? Not at all, says President of The Space Communications Alliance (SCA), Lukasz Wilczynski. Marketing to the US is different from…

Watch their live rocket engine test tomorrow! Join the live stream Friday 12/2 at 2pm EST to watch the full-scale MAREVL™ rocket engine fire for 20 seconds and our most efficient burn yet. This is the last test we’ll perform in 2022, so you won’t want to miss it!Please like, share, subscribe, and click the bell to…