SLIM – Spaceflight Now

May 23, 2025

Breaking News

[ May 20, 2025 ] New Falcon 9 booster makes its debut on Starlink delivery mission Falcon 9
[ May 19, 2025 ] SpaceX scrubs Monday night Falcon 9 launch minutes before liftoff Falcon 9
[ May 19, 2025 ] Department of the Air Force issues draft documents for new SpaceX launch site at Vandenberg Space Force Base Mission Reports
[ May 16, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 1,000th Starlink satellite of the year during Friday morning mission Falcon 9
[ May 14, 2025 ] Axiom Mission 4 delayed due to Dragon capsule readiness Mission Reports

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.