A look back from today when the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket went aloft to space with live passengers onboard. The apogee was about 350,000 ft.
Yesterday, Airbus announced that its Sparkwing solar panels were selected by USA-based Masten Space Systems for their XL-1 lunar lander. In 2023, the XL-1 spacecraft will land at the lunar South Pole as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services program. XL-1 will be equipped with six body-mounted Sparkwing solar panels, to be delivered next year, to charge the vehicle’s power system during transition to the Moon as well as during operations on the Moon’s surface.
Inspiration4 crew members Jared Isaacman, Dr. Sian Proctor, Christopher Sembroski and Hayley Arceneaux launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience on Sept. 15, 2021.