Rocket Report: Russia reopens gateway to ISS; Cape Canaveral hosts missile test

Russia reopened a gateway to the International Space Station, a Russian Soyuz rocket launched Progress MS-33 to the ISS from Baikonur on March 22.

NASA announced a nuclear-electric propulsion demonstration mission, the mission is named Space Reactor-1 (SR-1 Freedom) and is planned before the end of 2028.

Paused Gateway lunar outpost work and shifted focus to a lunar surface base, nASA said it will repurpose Gateway hardware and prioritize a surface base instead of the Gateway outpost.

Isar Aerospace aborted a Spectrum rocket launch attempt, countdown held due to an unauthorized boat in the danger area, causing the window to be missed.

Spectrum rocket designed a two-stage vehicle to carry up to 1 metric ton to low Earth orbit, isar’s Spectrum rocket is intended to haul payloads of up to 1 metric ton (2,200 pounds).