SpaceX to launch commercial lunar missions in mid- January for Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost, and Japan’s ispace HAKUTO-R Venture Moon Mission 2. Firefly Aerospace has been awarded nearly $179.6 million by NASA to deliver and operate six NASA instruments in the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. Vast has contracted SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to launch up to two Dragon missions to the International Space Station in support of Vast’s future bid for NASA’s private astronaut missions (PAM), and more. 

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Our guests today are Felix Hattwig  and  Simi Wespi from ETH Zurich's Rocket Team talking about the NICOLLIER rocket and testing the PERSEUS Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).  

You can find out more about the Aris Program on the team’s website.

Selected Reading

ispace Announces SMBC x HAKUTO-R Mission 2 Venture Moon Mission Milestones & Ventures

Firefly Awarded $179 Million NASA Contract for Moon Delivery to Gruithuisen Domes

New Commercial Artemis Moon Rovers Undergo Testing at NASA

Vast Announces Deal with SpaceX to Launch Two Human Spaceflight Missions to the International Space Station

Shenzhou-19 crew completes China's longest spacewalk - CGTN

Maxar Awarded $35M in New Tasking Contracts by Two Government Customers in Asia-Pacific Region- Business Wire

ESA Report on the Space Economy 2024

Contracts For Dec. 18, 2024 

Ursa Major and RTX’s Raytheon Conduct Successful Flight Test

Exolaunch Completes Successful Integration of 35 Customer Satellites, Set for Transporter-12 Mission with SpaceX

Viasat Completes Sale of Energy Services Systems Integration Business

ASTRA 1P Starts Delivering Content Across Europe- Business Wire

ESA - Cosmic jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of M78 

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