🚀 Yesterday, Roscosmos successfully launched the Soyuz MS-27 mission aboard a Soyuz 2.1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. 🧑‍🚀 The capsule carried to the ISS the cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04/0…

🚀 Last night, SpaceX successfully launched the #Bandwagon3 rideshare mission with several payloads. The mission also carried ATMOS Space Cargo's PHOENIX 1 capsule that will test its innovative inflatable atmospheric re-entry technology Find out more: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04/2…

🌍 Recently, the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) have come together to inaugurate the African Space Agency African Space Agency in Egypt. 🤝 A newly signed Memorandum of Understanding with European Space Agency is among the first steps toward joint space initiatives. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04/2…

🛰 ULA successfully launched a first batch of 27 satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper constellation. 🚀 The Atlas V 551 rocket lifted off from SLC-41 at Cape Canaveral, carrying the satellites to low Earth orbit. Find out more: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04/2…

🚀 Today, Arianespace successfully launched the #VV26 mission from French Guiana. 🌍 Vega-C carried ESA’s Earth Explorer #Biomass satellite which will provide unprecedented insights into world’s forests and their role in Earth’s carbon cycle. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04/2…

🚀 A Firefly's Alpha rocket launch from Vandenberg suffered a mishap during stage separation. The #FLTA006 mission was carrying Lockheed Martin's LM 400 tech demo satellite. As of now, it is unclear whether the payload has reached orbit. Find out more: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/04/2…

🛰️ A 50-year-old soviet spacecraft is soon falling back to Earth. The uncontrolled re-entry is expected on May 9. #Kosmos482 (Venera 9) was launched in 1972 to study Venus and land on its surface like its predecessor, Venera 8. Find out more: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/0…

🌕 Interlune signed a historic agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Isotope Program to supply helium-3 harvested from the Moon, starting in 2029. The company recently unveiled a full-scale prototype of its lunar excavator. Find out more: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/1…

🚀 The USAF Research Laboratory has selected Rocket Lab to conduct a Neutron demonstration mission to test reentry and rapid cargo delivery capabilities. Neutron is undergoing hardware qualification testing in preparation for its maiden flight. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/1…

🚀 This morning, Rocket Lab successfully launched the third dedicated Electron mission for iQPS / QPS研究所/人工衛星開発, delivering a SAR imaging satellite. 🛰️ The Japanese Earth imaging company aims to deploy a constellation of 36 satellites by 2027. Find out more: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/1…

☀️ Reflect Orbital is raising funds to deploy a constellation of mirrors in orbit to illuminate specific areas on Earth. According to the company, it will be possible to request sunlight, initially at the intensity of a full moon, on demand. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/1…

🚀 Following FAA's approval, SpaceX is preparing for the ninth #Starship flight test, the first to feature a flight-proven Super Heavy booster. Here’s a deep dive into what went wrong during Flight 8 and what to expect for the next launch from Starbase: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/2…

ULA says that the launch of Kuiper 2 Mission for Project Kuiper, the second batch of production satellites for Amazon, on an Atlas V 551 rocket is planned for June 13, 2025, pending range approval. Liftoff scheduled for 2:29 p.m. EDT with a 30-min window, from SLC-41, Florida

🌕 Sierra Space has been awarded a contract by NASA to explore how its LIFE inflatable habitat could be repurposed for staging, transport, and storage on the Moon. The study contract falls under NASA’s NextSTEP-2 Appendix R initiative. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/05/3…

🌕 ispace's second Hakuto-R mission failed to safely land on the surface of the Moon. Initial analyses indicate that an instrumentation error prevented a nominal descent, resulting in a hard impact and the loss of communications with the lander. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/06/0…

☀️ On Monday, European Space Agency released the first image from a groundbreaking mission: the creation of an artificial total solar eclipse in space. 🛰️ The experiment was accomplished by Proba-3, a pair of satellites flying in precise formation around Earth. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/06/1…

🚀 SpaceX launched Transporter-14 from Vandenberg, carrying 70 payloads, including Varda Space Industries's W-4 and Mission Possible for The Exploration Company. 🛰️ The mission also delivered seven Argotec satellites for the IRIDE constellation. Article: spacevoyaging.com/news/2025/06/2…