A Long March 7 (CZ-7) rocket has successfully launched the Tianzhou-6 freighter spacecraft at 1322 GMT on 10 May 2023 on its way to the Chinese Space Station (CSS/Tiangong). The launch took place frorm Wenchang Satellite Launch Centre, Hainan Island, in Far Eastern...
NASAs TROPICS 5 and TROPICS 6, having originally been planned to be launched on a completely different rocket (the launch was moved from an Astra Rocket 3 after a launch failure destroyed an earlier TROPICS pair), and then launched from a new location (New Zealand...
A SpaceX operated Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket lifted off from pad SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA at 0731 GMT on 4 May 2023. Aboard the launch were 56 Starlink communications satellites as part of the constellations Group 5-6 heading for their initial drop...
NASA astronaut Steve Bowen was joined by UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi for an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS). After depressurisation of the Quest airlock, the airlock hatch was opened at...
While its launches are not very common, a Falcon Heavy launch can be spectacular as happened during a night launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, at 0026 GMT on 1 May 2023. The Falcon Heavy v1.2FT Block 5 rocket was flown with a set of reusable boosters, the...
A Falcon 9v1.2FT Block 5 rocket successfully launched a pair of O3B m-POWER satellites on behalf of SES. After the launch was delayed for an hour due to bad weather, the two satellites, SES O3B m-POWER-3 and SES O3B m-POWER-4, were launched from Cape Canaveral Air...
