Blue Origin's New Shepard to return to flight - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Report outlines lessons learned from first U.K. launch (spacenews.com)
Jeff Bezos says what we’re all thinking: “Blue Origin needs to be much faster” (arstechnica.com)
Rocket Lab successfully completes return-to-flight Electron launch – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
China launches large classified optical satellite towards geostationary orbit (spacenews.com)
Rocket Report: Signs of life from Blue Origin; SpaceX preps next Starship (arstechnica.com)
Space Force chief: Timing of Chinese spaceplane launch “no coincidence” (arstechnica.com)
Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket set for return to flight mission – Spaceflight Now (spaceflightnow.com)
Launch Roundup: Rocket Lab to return to flight; SpaceX set to launch Falcon 9 three times - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
On Thursday at 14:10 UTC, a Chang Zheng 2F/T rocket is expected to launch China’s reusable spaceplane into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China. Very little is publicly known about this spaceplane, even less than the X-37B, which this vehicle is believed to be based on....
After 15 months Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft will finally fly again (arstechnica.com)
On Tuesday the company announced, via the social media site X, that its New Shepard spacecraft would launch no earlier than next Monday....
Blue Origin sure seems confident it will launch New Glenn in 2024 (arstechnica.com)
China’s reusable rocket race heats up with new hop test (spacenews.com)
ULA chief says Vulcan rocket will slip to 2024 after ground system issues (arstechnica.com)
Bruno made the announcement after the company attempted to complete a fueling test of the entire rocket, known as a wet dress rehearsal....
Northrop Grumman tests new solid rocket motor technologies (spacenews.com)
ZhuQue-2 launches on third flight - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Rocket Report: The final space shuttle stack; SpaceX may extend booster lifetimes (arstechnica.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....
Egypt joins China's ILRS moon base initiative (spacenews.com)
Seems like countries are rapidly choosing sides between China’s ILRS and the USA’s Artemis Accords. I hope the 2030s are as exciting a space race as the Apollo era!
China launches internet technology test satellite from sea barge (spacenews.com)
HELSINKI — China launched a new internet technology experiment satellite from a sea platform Tuesday, apparently continuing tests for a low Earth orbit megaconstellation....
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....
Launch Roundup: SpaceX continues toward 100 launch goal - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
A nice overview of upcoming launches:...
Capella to use SpaceX for two Acadia satellite launches (spacenews.com)
India reveals that it has returned lunar spacecraft to Earth orbit (arstechnica.com)
A little more than three months ago the Indian space agency, ISRO, achieved a major success by putting its Vikram lander safely down on the surface of the Moon. In doing so India became the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, and this further ignited the country’s interest in space exploration....
30 years after its first repair mission, Hubble continues to observe the cosmos - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
Nice overview of the history of Hubble, the recent gyroscope issues, and the possibility of a repair and reboost mission (Polaris 2) to extend the life and utility of the telescope.
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....
