# LATEST
Weekly Dose of Space (17/3-23/3)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
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 nextMar 24, 2024 7 mins
SpaceX launches its 30th cargo resupply mission
By Jack C.
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 isMar 21, 2024 7 mins
China launches new lunar communications satellite!
By Jack C.
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 vehicleMar 20, 2024 4 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (10/3-16/3)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
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. SpaceXMar 17, 2024 8 mins
Starship-Super Heavy flies its third test!
By Jack C.
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
Japan's first private rocket debuts... for five seconds
By Jack C.
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 reachedMar 13, 2024 3 mins
Electron flies 'Owl Night Long'
By Jack C.
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 andMar 12, 2024 2 mins
First steps into the Universe: Vostok 1 & 6
By Jack C.
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 knowMar 11, 2024 3 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (3/3-9/3)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
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
Astra to be taken private in bid to stay afloat
By Jack C.
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 announcedMar 8, 2024 2 mins
Starship's third flight to happen as early as Thursday!
By Jack C.
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 ShipMar 7, 2024 5 mins
NASA's newest astronaut class graduates
By Jack C.
This week NASA's newest astronauts graduated from their training on the 5th of March. The group of astronauts consists of twelve people, with two from the United Arab Emirates. The twelve were chosen from a group of over twelve thousand applicants and were selected for training in 2021,Mar 6, 2024 7 mins
SpaceX breaks its launch record!
By Jack C.
SpaceX has been keeping up its groundbreaking cadence so far this year after a record-breaking year of launches in 2023. Between the Early hours of the 4th and 5th of March, SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket three times from three different launch pads on two sides of North America.Mar 5, 2024 4 mins