Hello and welcome back to Max Q! Last week was a week of milestones and landmarks. This week I was going to add Rocket Lab’s first Virginia launch to the list, but (sigh) they scrubbed the Sunday attempt because of high winds… we’ll see if they can nail it today.
In this issue:
- A first for NASA’s Artemis program…
- …and Japanese firm ispace
- News from Quantum Space, and more
NASA’s Orion capsule returns to Earth as ispace’s lunar lander takes flight
It was a landmark day for both commercial and public space ventures, with NASA’s Orion capsule returning to Earth just hours after the launch of a privately funded and built lunar lander by Japanese company ispace.
The two missions — the conclusio...
