The US Space Force first demonstrated this tactically responsive capability with a launch on Firefly's Alpha rocket in 2023. As part of this "Victus Nox" test flight, a satellite was encapsulated into ...

Technically, Falcon is a heavy-lift rocket, but as we recently learned, most SpaceX missions actually take off with less than 3.4 tons of payload ... the Hungry Hippo fairing is performing ...

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 ...

Hanwha Aerospace has embarked on an upgrade project to enlarge the payload fairing of domestically produced space launch vehicles to enable commercial launches. Initially, it was intended to be ...

Jack Miller battled a loose fairing to finish as the top M1 rider on his Pramac Yamaha debut in Sunday’s Thai MotoGP. Frustrated after crashing out of sixth in the Sprint, the Australian settled ...

The Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) payload has captured the image kernel in the lower solar atmosphere, namely the photosphere and the chromosphere. ISRO said that this observation and ...

Insulation tiles fell from the rocket’s upper stage and payload fairing, as planned, as it climbed into a clear blue sky above the spaceport. The China Aerospace Science and Technology ...

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 ...

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