January 24, 2023 Quick space links
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Arnhem spaceport in Australia hopes to have its first orbital rocket customer launch before the end of 2023
It appears no deal as yet been signed, but it is pushing hard to get customers. In ’22 NASA did three suborbital launches from this site.
- Boeing’s Starliner capsule mated to its service module
Boeing and NASA are still targeting April for that first manned demo mission to ISS.
- NASA and DARPA form partnership to fly and test a nuclear thermal engine in space by 2027
Whether this promised demo mission will happen is certainly uncertain, as NASA has promised such nuclear engine projects now for decades, none of which ever got past the planning stages. If it happens, however, the technology has the potential to cut travel times to the planets significantly.
- Video describing new Japanese startup rocket company
Mostly in Japanese, as is the company’s website. However, the images and some text suggests the company wants to create a range of rockets comparable to the rockets offered by SpaceX and Rocket Lab.
Courtesy of BtB’s stringer Jay.
- Arnhem spaceport in Australia hopes to have its first orbital rocket customer launch before the end of 2023
It appears no deal as yet been signed, but it is pushing hard to get customers. In ’22 NASA did three suborbital launches from this site.
- Boeing’s Starliner capsule mated to its service module
Boeing and NASA are still targeting April for that first manned demo mission to ISS.
- NASA and DARPA form partnership to fly and test a nuclear thermal engine in space by 2027
Whether this promised demo mission will happen is certainly uncertain, as NASA has promised such nuclear engine projects now for decades, none of which ever got past the planning stages. If it happens, however, the technology has the potential to cut travel times to the planets significantly.
- Video describing new Japanese startup rocket company
Mostly in Japanese, as is the company’s website. However, the images and some text suggests the company wants to create a range of rockets comparable to the rockets offered by SpaceX and Rocket Lab.