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 Chang'e 4 lander as seen by the Yutu-2 rover. ©CNSA/Thomas Appéré Celebrating five years since Chang'e 4's historic landing!

It has been over five years since the Chang'e 4 lunar lander landed on the far side of the Moon. The lunar landing occurred at 02:26 am Coordinated Universal Time on the 3rd of January 2019 touching down the Von Kármán crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin.

Jan 5, 2024 3 mins

2023 Space Wrapped: Another year for the books 2023 Space Wrapped: Another year for the books

2023 has been an amazing year for the aerospace industry, so lets go over the highs and lows of this year, and what to expect in the year to come! SpaceX It has been another insane and record breaking year for SpaceX! In 2023 they reached their all time launch

Jan 3, 2024 19 mins

PSLV-DL lifting off from Satish Dhawan Space Center with XPoSat ©ISRO India kicks off 2024 with the launch of XPoSat!

India kicked off the first launch of 2024 with the launch of a PSLV-DL rocket carrying the XPoSat spacecraft. The rocket lifted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Center at 09:10 am Indian Standard Time and successfully delivered the XPoSat spacecraft to low Earth orbit. XPoSat, also called X-ray

Jan 1, 2024 3 mins

Monthly Dose of Space - December 2023 Monthly Dose of Space - December 2023

Welcome to our third Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you all of the major news from the past month. December has been one of the busiest on record, so let's jump into it! SpaceX SpaceX has made progress toward Starship-Super Heavy's

Jan 1, 2024 14 mins

Weekly Dose of Space (24/12-30/12) Weekly Dose of Space (24/12-30/12)

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had nine launches worldwide for the end of 2023 as well as exciting news from in-space engine firings and the final flight of a workhorse rocket booster. We'll also look ahead to the first week of launches in 2024. SpaceX

Dec 31, 2023 7 mins

Falcon Heavy lifting off for USSF-52. ©SpaceX Falcon Heavy lofts US Space Force's X-37B to orbit for the first time

On the morning of the 29th of December 2023 at 01:07 am, in Greenwich Mean Time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This launch was for the United States Space Force carrying the X-37B spaceplane, the first time launching on

Dec 29, 2023 4 mins

A render of Pallas-1 during first-stage flight. ©Galactic Energy Pallas-1: Just a smaller Falcon 9?

Disclaimer: This article contains the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole. Additional Disclaimer: This article contains the header image within the article in order to host the image in its full resolution as intended by Galactic Energy. With SpaceX proving the ability to lower costs

Dec 28, 2023 7 mins

B1058 returning to port after its final flight. ©@johnkrausphotos Record-setting Falcon 9 booster stumbles into port

Disclaimer: This article is intended to celebrate the record-breaking flight history of B1058. Early in the morning of the 26th of December, in Greenwich Mean Time, SpaceX sadly announced that the record-setting booster B1058 had been lost. In an announcement from SpaceX, the reason for the loss was the following:

Dec 26, 2023 8 mins

Weekly Dose of Space (17/12-23/12) Weekly Dose of Space (17/12-23/12)

Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw almost half a dozen launches from four different aerospace companies and lots of exciting news this week, from deep space mission plans, to a spacewalk, and engine firings! We'll also look ahead to next week's launch schedule

Dec 24, 2023 9 mins

Vulcan during payload mate to the rocket. ©United Launch Alliance ULA gears up for Vulcan's maiden flight

United Launch Alliance is currently preparing to launch its Vulcan rocket on its maiden flight currently scheduled for the 8th of January 2024. This flight is also carrying the Astrobotic Peregrine lunar lander for Astrobotic's first lunar landing mission. As of the 20th of December 2023, the Vulcan

Dec 23, 2023 4 mins

New Shepard lifting off from its launch pad. ©Blue Origin New Shepard returns to flight with the NS-24 Mission

On the 19th of December, Blue Origin's New Shepard vehicle returned to flight after a fifteen-month hiatus from flight. This flight flew without a crew but did carry research payloads and science experiments. According the Blue Origin, the payloads from the failed NS-23 mission were reflown on this

Dec 21, 2023 4 mins

What are China's Long March rockets? What are China's Long March rockets?

Disclaimer: This article was written on the 20th of December so some information may be outdated. Additional disclaimer: This article may take a while to load as where possible a relevant image is used. This article is intended as a general explainer of China's state-owned and operated Long

Dec 20, 2023 20 mins

The Long March 5 lifting off for its sixth launch. ©CMG What were the two 'secret' launches from China?

On the 14th and 15th of December 2023, China launched a Long March 2F/G and a Long March 5 for two largely secretive missions. The Long March 2F/G launched from Launch Area 4 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, in northern China, on the 14th at 14:11

Dec 19, 2023 5 mins