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Test stand explosion disrupts SpaceX Starship timeline
A test stand at SpaceX’s Starbase facility was severely damaged in an explosion, marking a potentially major setback to the SpaceX Starship programme. A refuelled Starship upper stage (Ship 36) was awaiting the start of an engine test at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas...
NASA’s doubts about ISS leak fix delays Axiom 4 flight
NASA’s doubts about a fix to an air leak on the International Space Station (ISS) led to the delay of a crewed mission to the ISS. A long-standing air leak in the PrK transfer tunnel of Russia’s Zvezda module had been causing a gradual depressurisation. Cosmonauts...
Launches in May 2025
Satellite and Launch Orders – May 2025
The following construction and launch orders for the space industry were announced in May 2025: Construction Orders: Chinese satellite developer MinoSpace won a major contract, valued at CNY804 million (around US$111 million), to build a remote sensing satellite...
Seradata’s recommended space stories – May 2025
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of May (space orders can also be found in another...
Hakuto-R M2 ‘Resilience’ crashes on Moon after laser rangefinder fault
A Japanese lunar lander crashed on the Moon after it failed to sufficiently slow its descent. Hakuto-R M2’s collision, at 1915 GMT on 5 June, created a 16-metre-wide crater in the Mare Frigoris region of the Moon. The collateral of the crash included a mini rover,...
Eris blows its cap off before a launch has even taken place
Australia’s Eris Block 1 rocket, made by Gilmour Space Technologies, had a rough start to its career with a pre-launch failure delaying the vehicle’s maiden flight. The nose cone/fairing, triggered by an electrical fault, “pinged” off the rocket prematurely while it...
SpaceX IFT-9 test flight ends with loss of Starship and reused Super Heavy booster
SpaceX has suffered another Integrated Flight Test failure and lost both Starship and its Super Heavy booster. The IFT-9 test flight of the Super Heavy/Starship combination took place from the Boca Chica base in West Texas at 2336 GMT on 27 May. All seemed to go well...
US$218 million insurance loss avoided as SARah Passiv radar sats manage to shake out their antennas
Two military Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites have been rescued in orbit after being out of action for nearly 18 months. A series of complex manoeuvres has freed the antennas, which were jammed on SARah-Passiv 1 and SARah-Passiv 2. Non-deployment of the passive...
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