Jack C.

Jack C.

Jack C. is Cosmic Nxws' Chief of Content as well as a student of International Relations & Economics. Jack aims to focus on China's state and private space sector and efforts.

The H3 rocket during first stage flight. ©JAXA Japan's H3 rocket successfully returns to flight!

On the 17th of February, Japan's H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center, in the south of Japan. The rocket was flying in its H3-22S configuration to a sun-synchronous orbit. A few hours after the launch the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency announced that the launch, payload

Feb 17, 2024 3 mins

Falcon 9 for IM-1 on the launch pad with a Falcon 9 for USSF-124 taking off. ©SpaceX Intuitive Machines takes aim on the Moon!

After a delay on the 14th of February, a Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A bound for the Moon, the first since Apollo 17! The Falcon 9 was carrying Intuitive Machine's Nova-C lander for the IM-1 mission. The launch took place at 06:05 am

Feb 15, 2024 9 mins

A render of New Glenn during first-stage flight. ©Blue Origin New Glenn: Just a bigger Falcon 9?

Disclaimer: This article contains the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole. SpaceX has continually proven to be an immovable industry leader with its Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, which has been landing for over seven years. However, Blue Origin, which is backed by

Feb 12, 2024 8 mins

Weekly Dose of Space (4/2-10/2) Weekly Dose of Space (4/2-10/2)

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space and happy Lunar New Year! This week saw three launches to orbit and an abundance of human spaceflight events, SpaceX also hasn't slowed down for its next Starship-Super Heavy flight. We'll also look ahead to the busy launch schedule worldwide

Feb 11, 2024 6 mins

The Crew Dragon capsule for the Axiom-3 mission floating in the ocean. ©SpaceX Axiom-3 crew returns to Earth!

Axiom Space's third commercial mission to the International Space Station has returned to Earth on the 9th of February. The mission launched back on the 18th of January from Launch Complex 39A, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon

Feb 9, 2024 3 mins

SpaceX sends PACE to Space
NASA SpaceX
SpaceX sends PACE to Space

Early on the morning of the 8th of February, a SpaceX Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, located in Florida. The rocket was carrying NASA's PACE spacecraft to a sun-synchronous orbit where it will perform its study of the Earth's

Feb 8, 2024 3 mins

Weekly Dose of Space (28/1-3/2) Weekly Dose of Space (28/1-3/2)

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw seven launches worldwide, preparations for another lunar mission, and the continuation of a 'secretive' mission in low Earth orbit. We'll also look ahead to the next week of launches worldwide. SpaceX SpaceX has continued to make progress

Feb 4, 2024 7 mins

Monthly Dose of Space - January 2024 Monthly Dose of Space - January 2024

Welcome to our fourth Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you all of the major news from the past month that we haven't covered in our weekly newsletters. January has been incredibly busy, so let's jump into it! But just before we

Feb 3, 2024 13 mins

Electron in the ocean after launch. ©Rocket Lab Rocket Lab recovers booster after successful launch

Rocket Lab recently performed their forty-third orbital launch attempt with the company's Electron rocket early on the 31st of January. The launch took place from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia peninsula, in New Zealand, carrying four satellites. The mission was called 'Four Of A Kind'

Feb 2, 2024 3 mins

Weekly Dose of Space (21/1-27/1) Weekly Dose of Space (21/1-27/1)

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw four launches worldwide, the passing of a major milestone, and the end of a beloved mission. We'll also look ahead to the next week of launches worldwide. SpaceX SpaceX has continued to work towards the third integrated flight test

Jan 28, 2024 5 mins

The Tiangong Space Station, with Earth in the background. ©China Manned Space Agency China's Tiangong Space Station passes 1000 days in space!

Disclaimer: This article may take a while to load as where possible a relevant image is used. As of the 24th of January 2024, China's Tiangong Space Station has surpassed one-thousand days in space! The space station was constructed in three launches, starting in late April of 2021.

Jan 27, 2024 12 mins

Ingenuity seen on August 2nd 2023. ©NASA/JPL/Caltech-ASU/MSSS Mars helicopter Ingenuity to fly no more

NASA announced late on the 25th of January that its Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, would no longer fly. This comes after Ingenuity made an emergency landing during its seventy-second flight. Ingenuity made its first flight back on the 19th of April 2021 after arriving on Mars with the Perseverance rover on

Jan 25, 2024 1 min

Kinetica-1 lifting off from its launchpad. ©CAS Space Kinetica-1 succeeds for the third time in a row

Early on the 23rd of January, CAS Space launched its first mission of the year carrying five satellites atop of its Kinetica-1 rocket. The Kinetica-1 rocket lifted off from Launch Area 130 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and flew to a sun-synchronous orbit of the Earth. The five satellites

Jan 23, 2024 4 mins