# LATEST
Lunar Crater Radio Telescope: The Future of Ground Based Radio Astronomy?
By Cosmic Tylxr
Radio Astronomy has helped humanity better understand the cosmos for nearly 100 years. But radio astronomy from the ground, here on Earth, is proving to be far more tricky as the years go by. As satellite numbers in LEO grow, more and more man made radio waves are interfering withDec 18, 2023 5 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (10/12-16/12)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw a handful of launches with some exciting news this week, including hop tests and a return to flight! We'll also look ahead to next week's launch schedule too. SpaceX SpaceX has had a busy week as alwaysDec 17, 2023 5 mins
Rocket Lab returns to flight with 'The Moon God Awakens'
By Jack C.
On the 15th of December 2023 at 04:05 am (UTC), Electron lifted off from Launch Complex 1 on the Mahia peninsula in New Zealand. The return-to-flight launch carried a satellite from iQPS, called TSUKUYOMI-I, to low Earth orbit for the forty-second launch attempt of Electron. The TSUKUYOMI-I satellite isDec 16, 2023 2 mins
Bezos provides insights into Blue Origin
By Jack C.
Recently, owner and founder of Blue Origin Jeff Bezos was a guest on the Lex Fridman Podcast, hosted by Lex Fridman. During the over two-hour podcast, Bezos made some new insights into the largely secretive Blue Origin. This article will be broken down into three sections; Blue Ring, New Glenn,Dec 15, 2023 3 mins
UK launch company awarded £3.3 Million from UK Space Agency and ESA
By Jack C.
On the 13th of December, the UK-based space launch service company Orbex announced it had received 3.3 million Pound sterling, which is roughly equivalent to 4.165 million United States Dollars as of writing, from the UK Space Agency under the European Space Agency's 'Boost!'Dec 14, 2023 3 mins
What is the Zhuque-3 rocket?
By Jack C.
After the third launch of LandSpace's Zhuque-2 rocket, the company revealed more information regarding its Zhuque-3 launch vehicle. Zhuque-3 is LandSpace's in-development partially re-usable medium to heavy lift launch vehicle. LandSpace plans for Zhuque-3 to burn liquid methane and liquid oxygen fuels in its engines, theDec 13, 2023 3 mins
China completes its 500th Long March rocket launch!
By Jack C.
On the 10th of December, a Long March 2D lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southern China. The payload for the launch was a Yaogan reconnaissance satellite heading to low Earth orbit. While a regular launch at first glance, this was the 500th launch of a LongDec 12, 2023 3 mins
Zhuque-2 delivers its first payloads to space!
By Jack C.
On the 8th of December, Greenwich Mean Time, or the 9th of December, China Standard Time, LandSpace launched its Zhuque-2 rocket for the third time. This launch was the first time the rocket delivered a payload to orbit, and the first time a rocket burning liquid methane successfully placed payloadsDec 11, 2023 3 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (3/12-9/12)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! This week saw plenty of launches with some big news this week. We'll also look ahead to the busy launch schedule next week too! SpaceX SpaceX started its week at Starbase, on the 3rd, by installing a sign at the launch siteDec 10, 2023 7 mins
Why SpaceX's Super Heavy booster works where the N1 failed
By Jack C.
Disclaimer: This article may contain the opinion of the writer and not Cosmic Nxws as a whole in some parts of the article. With the recent success of Super Heavy booster 9 during Starship-Super Heavy's second integrated flight test, the conversation around the Soviet N1 rocket has begunDec 9, 2023 6 mins
Dragonfly - NASA's most ambitious robot explorer?
By Jack C.
Since the end of the Apollo program, NASA has been no stranger to sending robotic explorers to planets and moons to perform science instead of crews. Today, the agency is looking into potentially its most ambitious robot explorer to date. The Dragonfly spacecraft is NASA's planned robotic explorerDec 7, 2023 3 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (26/11-2/12)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome to Weekly Dose of Space! In this week's newsletter, we'll cover the three launches of the week and the news of the past week. We'll also look ahead into what to expect next week too! SpaceX SpaceX has continued to move hardware aroundDec 3, 2023 6 mins
Monthly Dose of Space - November 2023
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome to our second Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you all of the major news from the past month! November has had some pretty interesting moments, so let's jump into it! SpaceX SpaceX has had a monumental month this November with the secondDec 1, 2023 16 mins