Jack C.

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space, your all-inclusive one-stop place, for all things space! This week has been busy for the two Earth-orbiting space stations and has had no shortage of news for exploration. We'll also look ahead to the next week of launches worldwide. SpaceX SpaceX has

Jan 21, 2024 • 6 mins

Axiom Space has begun its Axiom-3 mission bound for the International Space Station on the 18th of January at 21:49 pm Coordinated Universal Time. The mission was launched from Launch Complex 39A, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, with SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Crew Dragon spacecraft.

Jan 19, 2024 • 6 mins

A Long March 7 lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Wednesday the 17th of January at 22:27 pm Beijing Time. The rocket was carrying the Tianzhou 7 cargo spacecraft to low Earth orbit where it chased down the Tiangong Space Station. The Tianzhou 7 docked to

Jan 17, 2024 • 4 mins

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! This week hasn't slowed down and saw two debut flights from two different countries! This week also had interesting news from NASA, JAXA, and Lockheed Martin. We'll also look ahead to the next week of launches. SpaceX SpaceX's

Jan 14, 2024 • 6 mins

In a SpaceX 'all-hands' meeting posted to X, formerly Twitter, Elon Musk, the company's CEO and founder, announced the goals for Starship-Super Heavy's next flight! Flight three of Starship-Super Heavy is likely going to be performed with Ship 28 and Super Heavy Booster 10

Jan 13, 2024 • 4 mins

Disclaimer: Translations from Chinese in this article may not be entirely accurate. China currently has plans to land a crew on the surface of the Moon by 2030 but how do they plan to achieve this goal? And what spacecraft and rockets will be used? The goal was announced to

Jan 12, 2024 • 11 mins

Aerospace startup OrienSpace conducted the maiden flight of its Gravity-1 launch vehicle today, the 11th of January. The launch vehicle lifted off from its sea launch platform at 13:30 pm, Beijing Time, off the coast of Haiyang, located in the Shandong province. The Gravity-1 rocket carried three Yunyao-1 weather

Jan 11, 2024 • 2 mins

Recently the China National Space Administration announced that the Chang'e 6 lunar spacecraft had arrived at the Wenchang Space Launch Site on Wednesday, the 10th of January. Parts of the spacecraft arrived in two military aircraft at Haikou, the capital of the Hainan province, before being transported to

Jan 10, 2024 • 4 mins

NASA has announced today, the 9th of January 2024, that the Artemis 2 and 3 missions have been delayed. This information was announced in a media teleconference hosted by NASA with Bill Nelson, the administrator of NASA, Jim Free, the Associate administrator of NASA, Catherine Koerner, Associate Administrator for Exploration

Jan 9, 2024 • 2 mins

On the 9th of January at 15:03 pm, Beijing Time, a Long March 2C lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center carrying the Einstein Probe to a 600-kilometer low Earth orbit. The Einstein Probe is believed to weigh 1,450 kilograms and be roughly the size of an

Jan 9, 2024 • 3 mins

At 07:18 am on the 8th of January, United Launch Alliance's Vulcan-Centaur rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41, at Cape Canaveral in Florida, for the first time ever! The rocket delivered Astrobotic's Peregrine lunar lander to its desired orbit for its trip to

Jan 8, 2024 • 7 mins

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! The first week of 2024 has not seen the launch cadence slow down. Interesting news has also come out in the past week too. We'll also look ahead to the first week of launches in 2024. SpaceX SpaceX kicked off the new

Jan 7, 2024 • 5 mins

United Launch Alliance recently, on the 5th of January, rolled its Vulcan-Centaur launch vehicle to its launch pad in Florida fully stacked for the first time. Vulcan-Centaur is currently expected to lift off from Space Launch Complex 41, in Cape Canaveral, on the 8th of January no earlier than 07:

Jan 6, 2024 • 6 mins