Z-01 – Spaceflight Now

February 28, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 26, 2020 ] Photos: Servicing spacecraft approaches Intelsat satellite high above Earth Mission Reports
[ February 26, 2020 ] Two commercial satellites link up in space for first time Mission Reports
[ February 26, 2020 ] SpaceX swaps upper stage for next Falcon 9 launch Falcon 9
[ February 26, 2020 ] NASA’s InSight mission shows Mars is a seismically active world Mission Reports
[ February 24, 2020 ] Fresh out of stealth mode, Astra gearing up for orbital launch from Alaska Mission Reports

NASA terminates lunar lander contract with OrbitBeyond

July 30, 2019

NASA has terminated a $97 million contract with OrbitBeyond, a New Jersey-based company with plans to build robotic moon landers in Florida, just two months after announcing an agreement to send science instruments to the lunar surface as soon as next year.

NASA picks three companies to send commercial landers to the moon

June 4, 2019

NASA has announced that Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines and OrbitBeyond won contracts to deliver science instruments and technology demonstration payloads to the moon’s surface in the first of a series of robotic missions preceding a human return to the moon.