26 May 2020
Virgin Orbit's first orbital test flight fails due to anomaly
... a clean release. After being released from the carrier aircraft, the LauncherOne rocket successfully lighted its booster engine on cue — the first time the company had attempted an in-air ignition. An anomaly then occurred early...
15 June 2020
Space Shuttle A Photographic Journey
... on the pad to its delta-wing silhouette gliding to a landing; from the raw power of the solid rocket booster flames to the stark clarity of the silent Orbiter engines in space. It’s always difficult to choose favourites, but the...
25 November 2020
Chang'e 5 is on its way to the Moon
.... After the Long March 5 carrier rocket was launched into space, it carried out four separations, including booster separation, fairing separation, primary and secondary separation, and rocket separation. Once at the Moon, the Chang...
19 March 2021
NASA conducts successful test of its massive SLS Moon rocket
... to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There, the core stage will be assembled with the solid rocket boosters and other parts of the rocket and NASA’s Orion spacecraft on the mobile launcher inside the Vehicle...
16 September 2021
SpaceX launches Inspiration4 all-civilian crew into orbit
... stage made its way back to Earth for a vertical landing on a sea barge, marking the company's 92nd booster recovery. "A few have gone before and many are about to follow," said Jared Isaacman, the 38-year...
20 May 2022
Outer Space V2
... because the more critical reader might ask ‘what makes this worthy of inclusion?’ An Ariane 5 launch, a Soyuz booster with its red engine nozzles highlighted, ESTEC’s large space simulator… surely anyone with a decent camera...
