It was December 13, 1972, when Gene Cernan, commander of Apollo 17, climbed back aboard the Lunar Module, becoming the last man to have walked on the Moon. Today, 54 years later, three Americans and one Canadian have departed aboard an Orion capsule toward our natural satellite. Although the astronauts of Art...

The launch of the first crewed mission of the Artemis program may finally be approaching. In recent days, the SLS rocket has been rolled back to the launch pad following a series of technical interventions to address issues that previously forced NASA to scrub the March 6 launch attempt. The current launch date is set for April 1st,...

It was scheduled for March 19, 2026, but, unexpectedly and without any announcement, a Soyuz-2 rocket lifted off at 17:24 UTC time on March 23, 2026, from the military Plesetsk Cosmodrome, placing 16 satellites of the Rassvet constellation—developed by the Russian private com...

On March 19, 2026, at 12:00 CET, a Soyuz-2 rocket lifted off from the military cosmodrome of Plesetsk Cosmodrome, placing 16 satellites of the Rassvet constellation into orbit. The spacecraft were developed by the Russian private company Bjuro 1440.

The launch marks a crucial milestone for the project: for the first time, the conste...