Axiom Space has purchased three further private, human spaceflight missions to the ISS. This order, made on 2 June, follows on from one signed in March 2020 for its first AX-1 mission – planned for January 2022. With this new order Axiom has returned to SpaceX...
At 1526 GMT on 22 May Virgin Galactic achieved its first successful suborbital crewed mission from Spaceport America, New Mexico. Following its release from the WhiteKnightTwo – VMS Eve – carrier aircraft the SpaceShipTwo vehicle – VSS Unity –...
It looks as if the floodgates might be about to open in the space tourism market following years of frustratingly slow progress. On 13 May, space tourism company Space Adventures announced that two civilians will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on the...
NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, who were launched to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour for a near 64 day say have successfully returned to Earth via a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, just south of Pensacola,...
NASA has formally announced, as expected, that a crew of two astronauts, Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, will fly on a SpaceX operated Crew Dragon spacecraft launched by a Falcon 9 rocket on 27 May. In effect, this means that the USA is back in the human orbital launch...
The much proclaimed Monday keynote at SATELLITE 2020, featured SpaceX founder Elon Musk. He spoke about the future of his projects at SpaceX, namely the Starlink constellation, and the in-development Starship, super-heavy, manned, launch vehicle. When speaking about...
