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China launched what was thought to be a Long March 6C in the Western world but later turned out to be a Long March 6A. The launch occurred from Launch Complex 9A at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, in northern China. Liftoff was at 10:51 pm Universal Coordinated Time

Mar 27, 2024 • 4 mins

Over the weekend, two vehicles from two different sides of the world arrived at the International Space Station. The first to arrive was a SpaceX Cargo Dragon V2 with the second, following by a few days, being Soyuz MS-25 carrying three astronauts. After spending almost two days catching up to

Mar 25, 2024 • 4 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw seven launches worldwide, like the week before. This week saw news of yet another Starliner delay and plans of an increased launch cadence from China. As always, we'll also look ahead to the launch schedule worldwide for next

Mar 24, 2024 • 7 mins

Late on the 21st of March, Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40, in Florida, carrying a Cargo Dragon V2 spacecraft into orbit where it has since begun to chase down the International Space Station. The mission is SpaceX's thirtieth overall commercial resupply mission it is

Mar 21, 2024 • 7 mins

In the early hours of the 20th of March, a Long March 8 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 2 at the Wenchang Space Launch Site. Onboard the rocket were three satellites bound for the Moon. The three satellites are Queqiao-2, Tiandu-1, and Tiandu-2. The Long March 8 launch vehicle

Mar 20, 2024 • 4 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw seven launches worldwide, and a long-awaited flight test. This week also saw news related to both human and robotic exploration of space. As always, we'll also look ahead to the launch schedule worldwide for next week too. SpaceX

Mar 17, 2024 • 8 mins

SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle today for its third flight test! The two vehicles used in the flight were Ship 28 and Booster 10, with both making more progress than the previous two vehicles. Liftoff occurred at 13:25 pm Univerversal Coordinated Time with all thirty-three Raptors engines firing.

Mar 14, 2024 • 7 mins

Early on the morning of the 13th of March, a new rocket lifted off from Japan's newest spaceport before appearing to disintegrate a few seconds into flight. The rocket was aiming to deliver a satellite on behalf of the Japanese government into a sun-synchronous orbit but only reached

Mar 13, 2024 • 3 mins

Early in the morning in New Zealand on the 13th of March, the 12th in Universal Coordinated Time, an Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1B on the Māhia Peninsula, located on New Zealand's northern island. The launch is Rocket Labs' third for the year and

Mar 12, 2024 • 2 mins

For almost the past sixty-three years people have been traveling to and from space with almost seven hundred people traveling past the Kármán line and looking back down on the Earth below. Few people are aware of the almost a dozen humans in space permanently now and even fewer know

Mar 11, 2024 • 3 mins

Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw three launches, all from SpaceX in under a day. This week also saw a variety of hardware development and planetary exploration news. SpaceX is also believed to be closing in on its third flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle.

Mar 10, 2024 • 7 mins

Disclaimer: All currency is in United States Dollars unless stated otherwise. Astra was the first publically traded launch provider in the United States debuting with a valuation of over two billion dollars. Today Astra has fallen to a valuation of twenty-three million dollars. Yesterday, the 7th of March, Astra announced

Mar 8, 2024 • 2 mins

In an update on X, formerly Twitter, SpaceX announced it was targeting no earlier than the 14th of March for the third flight of its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle. This comes almost four months after the second flight test. The vehicles that SpaceX intends to use for this flight are Ship

Mar 7, 2024 • 5 mins