Tag: International Space Station
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Expedition 74 sees vehicle departures and a spacewalk during March
March was another busy month onboard the International Space Station, with the Expedition 74 crew overseeing three vehicle departures and one arrival. The crew also conducted the first spacewalk of the year, U.S. Spacewalk 94, and talked with the Artemis II crew on April 7 during their return trip from the Moon. Departures, arrivals, and…
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Falcon 9 launches CRS NG-24 cargo ship to ISS
Weeks after Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus S.S. William McCool ended its CRS NG-23 mission with a destructive reentry, another Cygnus is now flying. A Falcon 9 successfully launched the Cygnus XL S.S. Steven R. Nagel to the International Space Station, the fourth time SpaceX has launched a Cygnus spacecraft. The launch took place on Saturday, April…
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Launch Preview: Falcon 9 to loft Cygnus to ISS, Minotaur IV to launch from California
As NASA’s Artemis II mission reaches its halfway point, the launch manifest on Earth continues to stay busy, with eight launches scheduled for the week of April 6th. SpaceX is expected to launch four Falcon 9s this week, including three Starlink missions and the NG-24 mission to the International Space Station. A Northrop Grumman Minotaur…
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Progress MS-33 launches to ISS from repaired pad
Just under four months after Soyuz MS-28 launched from Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, an eventful flight that resulted in severe damage to critical launch pad structure, the next Russian mission to the International Space Station is now underway. Progress MS-33, an uncrewed cargo ship loaded with over 2,500 kg of food, fuel,…
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Launch Preview: Falcon 9, Spectrum, Electron to launch during busy week of launches
Another busy launch manifest is scheduled for this week, with nine launches expected from various providers and launch sites around the world. As usual, SpaceX is expected to dominate the week with five missions, all of which are Starlink missions. Internationally, Rocket Lab is set to launch an Earth observation satellite on Electron from New…
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Voyager Technologies Invests in Max Space to Develop Expandable Lunar Habitats
U.S. space and defense company Voyager Technologies has made a multi-million-dollar strategic investment in Max Space to advance the development of expandable lunar habitats, the companies said. Voyager said the funding will support internal research and development focused on space habitats for long-duration lunar and deep-space missions, as well as accelerated engineering, manufacturing scale-up and…
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Voyager Technologies Invests in Max Space to Develop Expandable Lunar Habitats
U.S. space and defense company Voyager Technologies has made a multi-million-dollar strategic investment in Max Space to advance the development of expandable lunar habitats, the companies said. Voyager said the funding will support internal research and development focused on space habitats for long-duration lunar and deep-space missions, as well as accelerated engineering, manufacturing scale-up and…
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ESA Seeks Proposals for Studies on European-Led Modular Space Station in Low Earth Orbit
The European Space Agency (ESA) has issued a call for tenders to conduct studies exploring the feasibility of a European-led, modular space station in low Earth orbit as the International Space Station approaches retirement. NASA announced in January 2022 that the ISS is expected to be decommissioned and deorbited in the first quarter of 2031…
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Vast Raises $300 Million Series A and Secures $200 Million Debt for Haven Space Station
U.S. space company Vast said it has raised $300 million in a Series A funding round and secured an additional $200 million in debt financing to support development of its Haven commercial space station. The financing brings the company’s total new funding to $500 million and is intended to support production of the Haven station,…
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Vast and Axiom awarded new private missions to ISS, continue work on commercial space stations
With NASA awarding back-to-back Private Astronaut Missions to aerospace companies Vast Space and Axiom Space in early 2026, NASA continues to foster and accelerate growth in commercial low-Earth orbit. The new missions are expected to launch in 2027, with NASA and SpaceX partnering with the companies to train, launch, and return four-person crews to and…