The majestic Falcon Heavy is now expected to take flight on Sunday, January 14 at 5:56 p.m. ET.
Launched on December 11, the water-hunting probe is on a four-month trek to the Moon, but the mission is encountering some obstacles along the way.
The problem was likely caused by a radiation spike produced by Jupiter's tumultuous magnetosphere, according to the space agency.
The powerful rocket, packed with a classified military payload, is set to launch from Kennedy Space Center on Saturday evening.
CEO Elon Musk claims that a March orbital launch test of the gigantic Starship is "highly likely."
The company says the rocket was destroyed after all nine of its E2 engines shut down at the same time, in a setback that also caused damage to the launch pad.
The space agencies refuse to call it a “rescue mission,” in an obvious attempt to downplay the current risk posed to three stranded ISS crew members.
The LauncherOne rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the destruction of all seven satellites on board.
NASA’s advanced concepts program, which seeks to “make the impossible possible,” has selected 14 projects worthy of further study.
The proposed Space Bureau would oversee satellite licensing, orbital communications, and space debris.
The LauncherOne rocket suffered an anomaly about 30 minutes into the mission, spoiling the first attempt at an orbital launch from British soil.
The planned lunar Gateway space station will be just one-sixth the size of the ISS and feature an upsettingly tiny habitation module.
Engineers have begun the painstaking process of inspecting the Artemis 1 capsule to see how it fared during its lunar journey and atmospheric reentry.
China's inaugural Mars mission was scheduled to resume after a precautionary winter pause, but controllers can't seem to make contact with the rover or orbiter.
The defunct Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) reentered the atmosphere after spending nearly four decades in low Earth orbit.
Using a modified Boeing 747 and a tiny rocket, Virgin Orbit will attempt to deliver payloads for government and commercial customers to Earth orbit.
The Danuri mission recently entered lunar orbit where it will spend the next year scanning the surface of the Moon.
The LunaH-Map mission missed its initial shot at lunar orbit but the team hasn't given up on it yet.
The tractor company is finalizing an agreement with a satellite partner to create geospatial maps that farmers can use to monitor and track crops.
A new solar sail belonging to French aerospace startup Gama reached space on Tuesday and is expected to deploy its wings in the coming weeks.
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