Luna 24 landing site, Mare Crisium, Moon
Mare Crisium is a lunar mare located in the Moon’s Crisium basin, just northeast of Mare Tranquillitatis. Mare Crisium is a basin of Nectarian age….
Rocket Launch Pads
Malligyong-1 Pad, Sohae Satellite Launching Station, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Sohae Satellite Launching Station is a rocket launching site in Tongch’ang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea. The base is located among hills close to the northern border with Ch…
Mayak-2, Kapustin Yar, Russian Federation
Kapustin Yar is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginnin…
Médano del Loro, El Arenosillo Test Centre
El Arenosillo Test Centre is the name of a rocket launch site managed by INTA, located in Moguer, Spain. It is located in the province of Huelva, Andalucía, on the southwest coast of Spain….
Mobile Launcher Pad, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China
The Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is a People’s Republic of China space and defense launch facility. It is situated in Kelan County, Xinzhou, Shanxi Province and is the second of four launch sites h…
Mobile Launcher Pad, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People’s Republic of China
The Xichang Satellite Launch Center is a spaceport in China. It is located in Zeyuan Town, northwest of Xichang, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan….
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
The Uchinoura Space Center is a space launch facility in the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture. All of Japan’s scientific satellites were launched from Uchinoura prior to the M-V launch…
Omelek Island, Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands
The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site is a missile test range in Marshall Islands. It covers about 750,000 square miles (1,900,000 km2) and includes rocket launch sites at the Kwajalei…
Orbital Launch Pad 1, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets and the headquarters of the American aerospace manufacturer company SpaceX. Located near Brownsville, Texas, United States, it has been under con…
Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets and the headquarters of the American aerospace manufacturer company SpaceX. Located near Brownsville, Texas, United States, it has been under con…
Orbital Launch Pad, Andøya Spaceport
Andøya Space, also named Andøya Space Center and formerly Andøya Rocket Range, is a rocket launch site, rocket range, and spaceport on Andøya island (the northernmost in the Vesterålen archipelago) in…