Hacker News with Generative AI: Commercial Spaceflight

German company set for first commercial rocket launch from Europe (msn.com)
Preparations are under way for a rocket test flight in Norway that could make history and give Europe greater independence from the market leader in orbital launches, the United States.

Space Exploration, Europe, Germany, Commercial Spaceflight

98 points by mpweiher 12 days ago | 29 comments

Ariane 6 performs first commercial flight with launch of CSO-3 satellite (arianespace.com)
The first commercial flight of Ariane 6, operated by Arianespace, placed the CSO-3 Earth observation satellite in orbit for the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) and the French space agency (CNES) for the French Air and Space Force’s Space Command (CDE).

Space Exploration, Satellites, Commercial Spaceflight, France

55 points by mraniki 27 days ago | 42 comments

Rocket Lab signs first Neutron launch customer – SpaceNews (spacenews.com)
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab says it has signed the first customer for its Neutron launch vehicle as the company pushes towards a mid-2025 first launch of the vehicle.

Space Exploration, Rocketry, Commercial Spaceflight

4 points by rbanffy 139 days ago | 0 comments

Watch live as SpaceX crew carry out first-ever commercial spacewalk (news.sky.com)
A group of astronauts led by a billionaire commander has completed the first ever privately funded spacewalk - in a highly risky mission. Watch and follow live updates of the SpaceX mission below.

Space Exploration, SpaceX, Commercial Spaceflight, Live Streaming

52 points by Brajeshwar 203 days ago | 29 comments

FAA grounds SpaceX ahead of historic Polaris Dawn commercial spacewalk (text.npr.org)

Space Exploration, SpaceX, FAA, Commercial Spaceflight

36 points by dmoy 217 days ago | 33 comments

NASA likely to significantly delay the launch of Crew 9 due to Starliner issues (arstechnica.com)

Spaceflight, NASA, Delays, Commercial Spaceflight

14 points by TMWNN 240 days ago | 5 comments

SpaceX has grown to 87% of the tonnage to orbit (twitter.com)

SpaceX, Space Travel, Space Exploration, Commercial Spaceflight

61 points by delichon 317 days ago | 146 comments

The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all (arstechnica.com)

Space Exploration, Boeing, Commercial Spaceflight

18 points by Jtsummers 331 days ago | 3 comments

The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all (arstechnica.com)

Space Exploration, Boeing, Commercial Spaceflight

13 points by rntn 332 days ago | 4 comments