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Story of the week
The $ 843 million spacecraft SpaceX is design to convey down the International Space Station at the end of the X will be a super - powered version of its Dragon capsule that ’s used to transport astronauts and shipment to orbit today .
Meet the U.S. Deorbit Vehicle , which will have six multiplication as much usable propellant onboard and three to four time the power contemporaries and memory of a even Dragon capsule .
Leadership shakeup of the week
Bill Weber is out as chief administrator at Firefly Aerospace , following a most two - twelvemonth stretch in the use , the maker of launch vehicle , lunar landers and orbital vehicle foretell late Wednesday . He joined the company after it was acquired by private equity giant AE Industrial Partners in February 2022 . The news of his departure comesjust two days after Payloadpublished a story that the company was investigating allegation of an incompatible relationship between Weber and a female employee .
This week in space history
What other historical event could I opt than the 55th day of remembrance of the moon landing ? ! That ’s right : On July 20 , 1969 , NASA spaceman Neil Armstrong was the first mortal to take a step on the moon , uttering the ill-famed news : “ That ’s one minor step for a man , one jumbo saltation for humans . ”
