IAC 2017 – Spaceflight Now

January 18, 2022

Breaking News

[ January 17, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX plans prime time launch of Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday night Falcon 9
[ January 15, 2022 ] Cape Canaveral’s busy January to continue with another Starlink launch Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2022 ] Virgin Orbit celebrates third successful launch in a row Mission Reports
[ January 13, 2022 ] SpaceX launches 105 customer satellites on third Transporter rideshare mission Falcon 9
[ January 13, 2022 ] Live coverage: Virgin Orbit’s air-launched rocket to deploy seven smallsats in orbit Mission Reports

China resumes launch campaigns after string of failures, delays lunar mission

October 4, 2017

The launch of three experimental remote sensing satellites last week signaled the resumption of Chinese space launches following multiple rocket failures since late last year, but a senior Chinese space official has confirmed the Chang’e 5 mission to return samples from the moon remains grounded.

Elon Musk revises Mars plan, hopes for boots on ground in 2024

September 29, 2017

SpaceX plans to begin construction of a new rocket and spacecraft next year that could lead to human landings on Mars as early as 2024, scaling up technologies currently being perfected with the company’s Falcon 9 family of boosters to ensure reliability, reusability and, as a result, realistically low costs, founder Elon Musk said Friday.