IAC 2017 – Spaceflight Now

September 12, 2024

Breaking News

[ September 12, 2024 ] Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 5 BlueBird satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ September 12, 2024 ] Polaris Dawn crew gears up for Thursday spacewalk Mission Reports
[ September 11, 2024 ] NASA astronaut Don Pettit makes fourth trip to the International Space Station Mission Reports
[ September 9, 2024 ] SpaceX surmounts challenging weather, launches Polaris Dawn astronaut mission Falcon 9
[ September 7, 2024 ] Starliner lands safely in New Mexico Mission Reports

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

October 4, 2017 Stephen Clark

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 William Harwood

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.