Several human spaceflights were announced during September, alongside other updates relating to astronaut activities. Women outnumber men in NASA astronaut class 2025: For the first time in its 67-year history, NASA’s astronaut class saw women outnumber men. The...
The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and the US Air Force (USAF) formally gave its blessing for SpaceX to ramp up the maximum number of Falcon 9 launches plus booster landings from Cape Canaveral, Florida, jumping from 70 to 120 flights per year. The company has...
Firefly Aerospace suffered a sharp fall in its share price after the first stage of its Alpha rocket was destroyed in a ground test. The impact of the explosion, and ensuing fire, on 29 September was felt beyond the company’s launch pad: It led to a dramatic 21% fall...
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Zoljanah (also known as Zuljanah) rocket was launched from the Semnan launch site in Iran at about 1500 GMT on 18 September, it is believed. The event, thought to be an orbital attempt, marked the third launch of the...
The UK Space sector has been receiving mixed signals from government, with two major announcements highlighting this see-sawing movement. UK Space Agency is folded into government The first is that the UK Space Agency (UKSA) has been absorbed by the UK...
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