It’s now been confirmed that the Athena lunar lander’s altimeter failed around the time the spacecraft reached the Moon. This instrument is key in the […]
The Athena Lunar Lander Couldn’t Measure Its Distance From The Surface
It's now been confirmed that the Athena lunar lander's altimeter failed around the time the spacecraft reached the Moon. This instrument is key in the process of determining the lander's distance from the surface, which it then uses during the final landing maneuver. Without it, the Athena spacecraft didn't know its distance from the ground, which no doubt had an impact on the lander tipping over and sliding into its final resting place in a crater. Altimeter Failure Athena’s laser altimeters use a 1.2-megawatt laser that fires for a few nanoseconds and has a range of 80km. The laser enables…
The Athena Lunar Lander Couldn’t Measure Its Distance From The Surface
It's now been confirmed that the Athena lunar lander's altimeter…
A Closer Look At The Loss of Starship’s Upper Stage
It's been a few days since the eighth Starship launch…
Why Exactly Did SpaceX Scrub Starship’s Eighth Flight Test?
This afternoon we were less than a minute away from…
Blue Ghost Just Successfully Touched Down On The Moon
Early this morning on March 2nd, Firefly Aerospace's privately built…
A Private Lunar Lander Is About To Touchdown
Firefly Aerospace's privately built Blue Ghost lunar lander is set…
How Will SpaceX’s Starship Return To Earth From Mars?
How Will SpaceX's Starship Return To Earth From Mars? With…
What Is The Progress On Orbital Reef?
(Credit: Blue Origin) What Is The Progress On Orbital Reef?…
How Blue Origin Plans To Land New Glenn’s Booster On A Moving Ship
(Credit: Blue Origin) How Blue Origin Plans To Land New…
How ULA Plans To Recover & Reuse Vulcan’s BE-4 Engines
(Credit: ULA) How ULA Plans To Recover & Reuse Vulcan's…
Terran R Is Getting Closer To Its First Test Flight
Terran R Is Getting Closer To Its First Test Flight…
A Closer Look At The Loss of Starship’s Upper Stage
It’s been a few days since the eighth Starship launch and in that time more information has surfaced related to the loss of the ship. […]
Why Exactly Did SpaceX Scrub Starship’s Eighth Flight Test?
This afternoon we were less than a minute away from Starship’s Eighth Flight Test when a few complications caused a scrub. Despite the fact that […]
Blue Ghost Just Successfully Touched Down On The Moon
Early this morning on March 2nd, Firefly Aerospace’s privately built lunar lander successfully touched down on the Moon’s surface. This marks Firefly as the first […]
A Private Lunar Lander Is About To Touchdown
Firefly Aerospace’s privately built Blue Ghost lunar lander is set to touchdown in less than 12 hours, early in the morning on March 2nd. Over […]
Rocket Lab Just Revealed A New Neutron Landing Vessel
Yesterday, apart of the company’s quarterly earnings report, Rocket Lab revealed a bunch of new Neutron updates with both physical progress along with plans for […]
Why Did Blue Origin Scrub New Glenn’s First Launch?
Very early this morning Blue Origin made the decision to scrub the first launch of its New Glenn rocket. This came after the company had […]
Sea State Conditions Continue To Delay New Glenn’s Maiden Flight
Earlier today only about 8 hours before the beginning of New Glenn’s launch window, the company reported that they would be delaying the launch by […]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Now Has A Set Launch Date
Thanks to a new document from the FAA, we now know Blue Origin is targeting the maiden flight of New Glenn late on January 5th. […]
NASA Wants Falcon Heavy To Launch Its Nuclear-Powered Drone
Yesterday afternoon we got news that NASA has picked SpaceX and the Falcon Heavy in particular to launch a nuclear-powered drone to Saturn’s Moon Titan. […]