Hanwha Aerospace Hanwha Aerospace has begun upgrading the payload fairing of South Korea’s Nuri rocket to make it viable for commercial satellite launches. The Korea AeroSpace Administration (KAA) had ...

All going to plan, a Neutron launch will cost US$53m to US$70m for Space X’s Falcon 9 and carry a payload of up to 13 tonnes to low-Earth orbit (or about 30 times the Electron) to the Falcon 9 ...

IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, Athena, encapsulated within SpaceX's payload fairing in preparation for launch, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Intuitive Machines/LLC/AFP) Athena's ...

The mission is part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative and is related to NASA’s bigger-picture Artemis program. The aerospace company said of its IM-2 mission ...

This February 19, 2025, image courtesy of Intuitive Machines, LLC shows the company's IM-2 mission Nova-C class lunar lander, ...

His venture may seem far out, but asteroid mining CEO Matt Gialich has no illusions. The engineer cofounded the bold California startup AstroForge in 2022 with the aim of hunting for precious ...

The firm also recovers the two halves of the payload fairing, or nose cone, for reuse. But each mission employs a new second-stage engine with a goal of disposing of the used component over the ...

Intuitive Machines, based in Houston, Texas, has been a key player in this initiative, with the Athena lander designed to carry multiple payloads for various scientific experiments. Listen to Story IM ...

A massive chunk of a Blue Origin rocket’s nose cone washed up on the shore of a Bahamian island near a tourist destination. In Europe, flaming debris from a SpaceX launch vehicle streaked across ...

payload fairing. The rocket can carry about 7,000 kilograms (15,400 pounds) into Sun-synchronous orbit. China plans to use the expendable Long March 8 and 8A rockets for numerous launches.