Colorado – Spaceflight Now

September 16, 2021

Breaking News

[ September 16, 2021 ] Four private citizens ride SpaceX rocket into orbit on historic mission Falcon 9
[ September 15, 2021 ] Photos: Inspiration4’s rocket ready for launch on pad 39A Falcon 9
[ September 15, 2021 ] Live coverage: Inspiration4 streaks into orbit from Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ September 14, 2021 ] With tenth launch, OneWeb nears halfway mark in deploying satellite fleet Mission Reports
[ September 14, 2021 ] For the first time, NASA is a spectator for a U.S. crew mission to low Earth orbit Mission Reports

Dream Chaser structure arrives at factory for outfitting

October 17, 2019

The composite structure of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s first space-rated Dream Chaser space plane has arrived at the company’s Colorado factory for integration with computers, a heat shield and mechanical systems before launch to the International Space Station in late 2021.

NASA to fly CubeSat pathfinder for Gateway in unique lunar orbit

September 26, 2019

As soon as next year, NASA plans to launch a CubeSat the size of a microwave oven into a unique elliptical orbit around the moon as a scout for the future lunar Gateway, a mini-space station NASA intends to use as a staging point for crewed lunar landings beginning as soon as 2024.