11 December 2018
Voyager 2 joins its twin in interstellar space
... happy and relieved that the Voyager probes have both operated long enough to make it past this milestone,” said Suzanne Dodd, Voyager project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. “This is what...
24 April 2019
InSight detects first marsquake
... cause. Still, that doesn’t detract from the Sol 128 signal, which marks an important and exciting milestone for the team. “We've been waiting months for a signal like this," said Philippe Lognonné, SEIS team...
05 June 2019
A first for China as it demonstrates new sea-launch capabilities
... in the last five years – the last was Russian-backed firm Sea Launch in 2014 – and is another milestone in China’s ambitious space programme. Launching a rocket from the sea is said to provide a number of advantages from lowering...
10 July 2019
Virgin Galactic to become the first publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company
... approximately $80 million in total collected deposits and $120 million of potential revenue. Having reached a number of significant milestones, Virgin Galactic board members believe that the additional capital provided by the merger – the company...
24 July 2019
LightSail 2 unfurls its sails and soars through space
... flight controllers successfully commanded the spacecraft into solar sailing mode. "We're very excited to be past this huge milestone," Jennifer Vaughn, Chief Operating Officer at The Planetary Society said during a livestream of the deployment from...
20 September 2019
Russia and China to cooperate on future Moon missions
... built since the Saturn V that sent Apollo astronauts to the Moon. “NASA has achieved a historic first milestone by completing the final join of the core stage structure for NASA’s Space Launch System, the world...
