The brand new rocket, United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur, will lift off from Space Launch Complex 41d at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 8, 2024, for its maiden voyage, carrying the Peregrine Lunar Lander from Astrobotic. The mission, called Cert-1, will also carry the cremated remains of several … Read more
A brand new rocket lifted off early Monday morning from Cape Canaveral, Florida, sending a robotic spacecraft to the moon’s surface. No American spacecraft has soft-landed on the moon since 1972. For United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin, the successful launch of the Vulcan Centaur rocket was crucial. Vulcan is … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A towering new rocket has lifted off, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to land on the moon — and the first lunar landing mission launched from the United States since 1972. The … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. A towering new rocket has lifted off, carrying what could be the first commercial lander to land on the moon — and the first lunar landing mission launched from the United States since 1972. The … Read more
For better or worse, the moon is officially open for business. On Monday (Jan. 8), United Launch Alliance’s shiny new Vulcan Centaur rocket will launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander and the Celestis and Elysium commemorative payloads of human remains and DNA. Two memorial companies, Elysium Space and … Read more
The upcoming launch of a lunar lander – Peregrine Mission One – is a nail-biter for many reasons. As a privately built spacecraft, it represents an undertaking developed by NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative. The Peregrine falcon lunar lander was manufactured by Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based company, and has a variety of NASA and … Read more
Next year will undoubtedly be packed with exciting spaceflight missions, from highly anticipated rocket launches to incredible moon missions – including some involving lunar landers and crewed flights – a new Jupiter probe heading into the far-flung and even a demonstration flight of a new International Space Station supply spacecraft. With that in mind, here … Read more