SLIM – Spaceflight Now

December 9, 2023

Breaking News

[ December 8, 2023 ] Falcon 9 flies from California with 22 Starlink satellites, SpaceX’s 100th launch in 365 days Falcon 9
[ December 6, 2023 ] SpaceX sends 23 Starlink satellites to orbit on 90th Falcon launch of 2023 Falcon 9
[ December 6, 2023 ] Three robotic missions target Moon landings over one week in January Falcon 9
[ December 3, 2023 ] SpaceX conducts static fire test ahead of fifth Falcon Heavy launch of 2023 Falcon Heavy
[ December 2, 2023 ] SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Starlink 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.