# LATEST
Weekly Dose of Space (4/8-10/8)
By Cosmic Tylxr, Jack C.
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had four launches occur worldwide, with one launch starting work on a new mega-constellation. News this week had Rocket Lab fire up a new engine, and NASA weighing its options for Starliner's crew. As always, we'll alsoAug 11, 2024 7 mins
China begins mega-constellation construction!
By Jack C.
At 14:42 pm China Standard Time, or 06:42 am Universal Coordinated Time, on August 6th, the first batch of satellites for the Shanghai-backed Qianfan mega-constellation was sent skyward! This first batch of 18 satellites were sent to a polar orbit atop of a Long March 6A from theAug 6, 2024 3 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (28/7-3/8)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week had six launches occur, with half being performed by Falcon 9. News this week had two International Space Station-related crew announcements, and SpaceX unveil its newest iteration of the Raptor engine. As always, we'll also look ahead to whatAug 4, 2024 6 mins
Radiation on Our Interplanetary Journeys
By Jeppe Kastrup
Polaris Dawn is coming up and will take humans farther than we have been since 1972, when Apollo 17, the last crewed mission to the Moon, took place. Now the Polaris Dawn crew will travel to an apogee of ~1,400 km on a 5-day journey where they too willAug 3, 2024 5 mins
Get to know CAS Space!
By Jack C.
CAS Space is one of China's many commercial launch providers, and it currently operates one of the most capable launch vehicles available in the Chinese commercial launch market. However, outside of aerospace enthusiast circles, CAS Space remains somewhat unknown in the West. So who is CAS Space? andAug 2, 2024 7 mins
Cosmic Curiosities - August 2024
By Cosmic Tylxr
Hello and welcome to the very first "Cosmic Curiosities" newsletter! In this new monthly newsletter, we will go over the big astronomy events you should expect in the coming month. From meteor showers to planetary aligning and anything in between. We also will dive into all of theAug 1, 2024 8 mins
Monthly Dose of Space - July 2024
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome to our tenth Monthly Dose of Space! In this monthly newsletter, we bring you major news from the past month we haven't covered in our weekly newsletters. July has been less busy on the launch front, but the space industry has kept up speed anyway, so let&Aug 1, 2024 11 mins
Falcon 9 returns!
By Jack C.
Falcon 9 returned to flight on July 27th at 05:45 am, Universal Coordinated Time, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. The launch vehicle had been grounded for approximately fifteen days after a second-stage failure. This return-to-flight mission carried twenty-three Starlink satellites atop of the vehicle. SpaceX's decisionJul 29, 2024 2 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (21/7-27/7)
By Jack C., Cosmic Tylxr
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! This week once again had one orbital launch occur, this one however was a return to flight mission. News from this week had, Sierra Space burst a space station module, SpaceX win another launch contract, and a change in Dragon recovery operations. AsJul 28, 2024 5 mins
Chinese launch sites and China's launchsite bottleneck
By Brie Archambault
Learn about China's launch sector and how they plan to solve and grapple with growing challenges.Jul 22, 2024 10 mins
Weekly Dose of Space (14/7-20/7)
By Cosmic Tylxr, Jack C.
Welcome back to Weekly Dose of Space! Last week saw only one orbital launch worldwide. This week, Artemis II hardware was also on the move, Astra was returned to private ownership, and a leadership change occurred at Firefly. As always, we'll also look ahead to what the worldwideJul 21, 2024 8 mins
NASA cancels VIPER lunar rover
By Jack C.
NASA announced on July 17th that it was ending its work on the VIPER lunar rover. VIPER, or Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover, was a Lunar Discovery and Exploration Program mission that would search for the location of water ice and other potential resources on the surface of the Moon.Jul 18, 2024 2 mins
How SpaceX's New Dragon Will Deorbit the ISS
By Jeppe Kastrup
With the International Space Station being at the end of its lifetime, SpaceX has been selected as the provider for the United States Deorbit Vehicle (USDV) that will deorbit the 25-year-old station. Such an operation has never been done before, so how will SpaceX perform it? On July 17th, NASAJul 17, 2024 2 mins