Cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) were alerted to a minor alarm on 9 October when they saw snowflakes outside the window of the station. The cause was a coolant leak on the external back-up radiator of the Nauka (MLM-U) module, according to Russian...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) performed a successful demonstration flight of the Crew Escape System (CES) via its Test Vehicle – a special single stage rocket – at 1630 GMT on 21 October from its Sriharikota launch site in the south of India. The...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0039 GMT on 18 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-23, a total of 22 (V2-mini) satellites for the second-generation Starlink constellation. The...
The Chinese successfully launched a Long March 2D/2 (CZ-2D/2) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre, Inner Mongolia, China at 0054 GMT on 15 October 2023. The launch vehicle was carrying Yunhai-1 04, a Chinese meteorological satellite. Yunhai (meaning Cloud-Sea) is a...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 2301 GMT on 13 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Starlink Group 6-22, a total of 22 (V2-mini) satellites for the second-generation Starlink constellation. The reusable...
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon Heavy from Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, USA at 1419 GMT on 13 October 2023. The vehicle was carrying Psyche. Psyche is a spacecraft that will be specifically study the metallic asteroid of the same name: 16 Psyche. The...
