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Boeing’s Starliner finally soars, but mission control reports more helium leaks
After years of delays, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft finally rocketed into orbit from Florida on Wednesday, sending two veteran NASA astronauts on a long-delayed shakedown cruise to the International Space Station. The Starliner capsule lifted off at 10:52 am EDT (14:52 UTC) on top of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket. Fifteen minutes later, after…
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Firefly Aerospace Signs Agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 Alpha Rocket Launches
Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, announced it signed a multi-launch agreement with Lockheed Martin for 25 launches on Firefly’s Alpha rocket through 2029. This agreement commits Lockheed Martin to 15 launch reservations and 10 optional launches. “Firefly is honored to continue this partnership with Lockheed Martin and appreciates their confidence in our rapid launch…
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XipLink Adds Enhanced LEO Features to XipOS SD-WAN
Montréal-based networking technology company XipLink is adding enhanced features and functionality to its XipOS SD-WAN solution. The company announced Thursday that while the new enhancements support multi-orbit satellite networks, the were developed more specifically for needs in the LEO segment. The XipOS solution is designed to provide consistent cellular data services, utilizing available bandwidth at…
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NASA Astronauts Launch to the Space Station on First Crewed Starliner Test Flight
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are safely in orbit on the first crewed flight test aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft bound for the International Space Station. As part of NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test, the astronauts lifted off at 10:52 a.m. EDT on June 5, 2024, on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket…
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Boeing’s Starliner craft docks with space station after dealing with balky thrusters
A view from the International Space Station shows Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft approaching for docking. (NASA via YouTube) Boeing’s Starliner capsule and its two-person NASA crew arrived at the International Space Station today after mission managers coped with some post-launch glitches involving the spacecraft’s propulsion system. “Today’s docking, I think, was challenging,” Steve Stich, program manager…
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Australia’s ELA Hires Ex-RAAF Officer Joshua Daish to Lead Arnhem Space Center
Equatorial Launch Australia (ELA), a spaceport operator and launch technology infrastructure company, has hired Joshua Daish, as its new Head of Arnhem Space Center site operations. Daish will also take up the Launch Operations Manager role in ELA’s launch operations team. Working closely with ELA’s CEO and within the leadership team, the role supports the…
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Ascender lifts off with lunar rock samples
3, 2, 1, snap a pic! Flag unfurled on far side of the moon! After the Chang’e-6 probe collected samples from the moon’s far side, a Chinese national flag carried by the lander was unfurled for the first time on the far side of the moon. This morning at 7:38 am, the ascender of Chang’e-6…
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China’s Chang’e-6 completes docking in lunar orbit with samples transferred to returner
The ascender of China’s Chang’e-6 probe successfully rendezvoused and docked with the probe’s orbiter-returner combination in lunar orbit, and the lunar samples were transferred safely from the ascender to the returner on Thursday, the China National Space Administration announced. The container carrying the world’s first samples from the far side of the moon had been…