In 2023, NASA retrieved its first asteroid sample, SpaceX launched the world’s first “space factory,” and the biggest rocket ever made flew for the first time. This year is expected to be just as groundbreaking, so let’s take a look at the most exciting space missions...
Aerospace
SpaceX to launch first commercial space station in 2025
Long Beach-based space startup Vast Space has signed a contract with SpaceX to launch the world’s first commercial space station as soon as 2025 — and crew it almost immediately. For the full article, click here.
First Starship launch ends with a massive explosion
In SpaceX’s first Starship launch attempt, the massive spacecraft made it off the pad — but exploded before it could complete the journey to space. For the full article, click here.
The most anticipated space missions of 2022
2021 was a huge year for the space industry: NASA flew a helicopter on Mars for the first time, China launched a new space station, and Star Trek’s own Captain Kirk (actor William Shatner) boldly went where no 90-year-old had gone before. But the next 12 months will...