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.
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 mins2023 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 minsIndia 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 minsWelcome 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 minsWelcome 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 minsOn 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 minsDisclaimer: 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 minsDisclaimer: 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 minsWelcome 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 minsUnited 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 minsOn 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 minsDisclaimer: 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 minsOn 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
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