SLIM – Spaceflight Now

December 3, 2025

Breaking News

[ December 2, 2025 ] Sunset SpaceX launch adds 29 more Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit Falcon 9
[ December 2, 2025 ] Arianespace launches South Korean Earth observation satellite on Vega-C flight Mission Reports
[ December 1, 2025 ] SpaceX launches evening Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9
[ November 30, 2025 ] SpaceX kicks off December with predawn Falcon 9 rocket launch Falcon 9
[ November 28, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 140 spacecraft on Transporter-15 rideshare mission Falcon 9

Three robotic missions target Moon landings over one week in January

December 6, 2023 Will Robinson-Smith

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.

Japanese space science missions facing delays after H3 rocket failure

April 11, 2023 Stephen Clark

The launch of a Japanese X-ray telescope and robotic lunar lander has been delayed to no earlier than August, and the launch schedule for another Japanese mission to return samples from a moon of Mars is in doubt as engineers investigate the failure of Japan’s first H3 rocket last month.