ZhuQue-2 launches on third flight - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Space Development Agency aims high for 2024 after strong 2023 start (spacenews.com)
The Space Development Agency has set its sights on an ambitious launch schedule for 2024 following two successful launches this year that marked steady progress for the fledgling U.S. Space Force agency....
Three robotic missions target Moon landings over one week in January – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
In a blend of interesting circumstances and happenstance, two private companies and Japan’s space agency are all poised to land on the Moon in the back half of January 2024....
ULA's new large solid rocket motor storage facility in Florida (nitter.net)
Source: Tory Bruno himself....
Hubble glitch renews talk about private servicing mission (spacenews.com)
NASA announced Nov. 29 that Hubble was in a safe mode because of a problem with one of its three operational gyroscopes. That gyro first triggered a safe mode Nov. 19 when it provided what NASA described as faulty readings. Spacecraft controllers restored operations of Hubble, only to see problems again Nov. 21 and 23....
Ursa Major closes $138 million Series D and D-1 financings (spacenews.com)
Firefly Aerospace Completes First Miranda Engine Hot Fire Test - Firefly Aerospace (fireflyspace.com)
Firefly to launch a Lockheed Martin satellite antenna demonstration (spacenews.com)
ESA Declares Ariane 6 Full Duration Hot Fire Test A Success (spacepolicyonline.com)
China conducts launch to test satellite internet capabilities (spacenews.com)
HELSINKI — China sent an undisclosed number of satellites into orbit Thursday to test satellite internet technologies....
China’s Landspace aims to build a stainless steel rocket (spacenews.com)
HELSINKI — Chinese launch startup Landspace has unveiled plans to develop a reusable stainless steel rocket....
SpaceX are targeting Friday November 17th at 7:00 CT for Starship’s second flight test (nitter.net)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/9260347...
ULA chief on the Vulcan rocket: “The path to flight one is clear” (arstechnica.com)
During a media roundtable on Wednesday afternoon, the chief executive of United Launch Alliance, Tory Bruno, said, “The path to flight one is clear" for Vulcan. The last major piece of hardware for the rocket, the Centaur V upper stage, arrived at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday. All of the qualification testing necessary...
ESA to start commercial cargo program (spacenews.com)
“I’m asking for a small but very impactful step, the first step that enables a much bigger ambition,” Josef Aschbacher, ESA director general, said in remarks at the opening of the ESA Council meeting there. “I propose a competition between innovative European companies to deliver a space cargo return service to transport...
LAUNCH: Virgin Galactic-05 - Dr. Stern and Kellie Gerardi fly on Spaceship Two - YouTube (www.youtube.com)
Boeing ramps up final assembly to complete Artemis II SLS Core Stage by year end - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
FAA anticipates extension of commercial spaceflight regulatory learning period (spacenews.com)
Jeff Bezos shows off new Moon lander design for NASA (arstechnica.com)
New agreement enables U.S. launches from Australian spaceports (spacenews.com)
Intuitive Machines delays first lander mission to January (spacenews.com)
Rocket Report: China launches 3-man crew; SpaceX adds to busy manifest (arstechnica.com)
(ArsTechnica) CEO of rocket-maker ULA makes a sales pitch—for the whole company (arstechnica.com)
Tory Bruno spoke....
(ArsTechnica) Boeing says it can’t make money with fixed-price contracts; "Rest assured we haven't signed any fixed-price development contracts, nor intend to." (arstechnica.com)
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India sets sights on a Moon landing in 2040, but is it realistic? (arstechnica.com)
🇮🇳 Gaganyaan TV-D1 In-flight Abort Test Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!
Welcome to the c/spaceflight Gaganyaan TV-D1 In-flight Abort Test Official Launch Discussion & Updates Thread!...