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December 8, 2022

Breaking News

[ December 8, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to sunset launch with 40 OneWeb satellites Falcon 9
[ December 7, 2022 ] OneWeb readies for 15th launch, and first with SpaceX Falcon 9
[ December 5, 2022 ] Artemis 1 capsule beams back spectacular farewell views of the moon Artemis
[ December 5, 2022 ] Live coverage: Orion spacecraft completes return powered flyby of the moon Artemis
[ December 4, 2022 ] Chinese crew back on Earth after six months on Tiangong space station 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.