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SpaceX Dragon Freedom splashes down off coast of Florida, ending Crew-9 mission
Support teams work around a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Nick Hague, Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard in the water off the coast of Tallahassee, Florida, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Hague, Gorbunov, Williams, and Wilmore are returning from a long-duration science expedition aboard the International…
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Here’s the secret to how Firefly was able to nail its first lunar landing
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost science station accomplished a lot on the Moon in the last two weeks. Among other things, its instruments drilled into the Moon’s surface, tested an extraterrestrial vacuum cleaner, and showed that future missions could use GPS navigation signals to navigate on the lunar surface. These are all important achievements, gathering data…
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Synspective Establishes US Subsidiaries to Expand North American Presence
Synspective Inc. announced on Tuesday it is opening two subsidiaries in the United States: Synspective USA HD, Inc., a holding company, and Synspective USA, Inc., an operating company in Colorado. The subsidiaries will expand operations from the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. This strategic expansion marks a milestone in the company’s growth. Synspective plans to…
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Rocket Lab’s Spacecraft for Varda Successfully Deployed to Orbit
Rocket Lab USA, a global leader in launch services and space systems, announced its third Pioneer spacecraft for Varda Space Industries is successfully operating on orbit. The W-3 mission launched March 14, from Vandenberg Space Force Base at 11:43 p.m. PDT (06:43 a.m. UTC). The new mission is underway on orbit just 15 days after…
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Exolaunch Reaches 500th Satellite Deployed During Transporter-13 with SpaceX
Exolaunch, the global leader in launch mission management, satellite integration, and deployment services, has successfully deployed 27 customer satellites on SpaceX‘s Transporter-13 rideshare mission, delivering nearly 1,500 kilograms of payloads into orbit for customers from fourteen countries. The mission also marked the first flight of Exolaunch’s Quadro four-point separation system, which performed flawlessly, ensuring a…
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites Tuesday afternoon Falcon 9 flight
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) to begin the Starlink 12-25 mission on March 18, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched a batch of 23 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit as it and NASA are in the process of returning four people from the…
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Blue Origin rocket engine gives a boost to Museum of Flight’s Simonyi Space Gallery
Timothy Hinerman, a program manager at Blue Origin, polishes up the nozzle of a BE-3U rocket engine during installation at Seattle’s Museum of Flight. (Museum of Flight Photo / Ted Huetter) Seattle’s Museum of Flight has brought its collection of space artifacts up to the present day, thanks to a rocket engine that’s been donated…
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Pixxel’s Firefly Satellites Capture High-Resolution Hyperspectral Images
Pixxel’s three Firefly hyperspectral satellites have successfully captured and downlinked their ‘first light’ images, the company announced on March 18. Launched in January 2025 on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission, the three Firefly satellites produced images with 5-meter resolution across more than 150 spectral bands. The images show three regions: the River Ganga in India, the Saloum…
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Pixxel’s Firefly Satellites Capture High-Resolution Hyperspectral Images
Pixxel’s three Firefly hyperspectral satellites have successfully captured and downlinked their ‘first light’ images, the company announced on March 18. Launched in January 2025 on SpaceX’s Transporter-12 mission, the three Firefly satellites produced images with 5-meter resolution across more than 150 spectral bands. The images show three regions: the River Ganga in India, the Saloum…
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Rocket Lab Fully Completes Kinéis IoT Constellation Deployment
Rocket Lab launched its Electron rocket, deploying five satellites for Kinéis, a French IoT constellation operator. The “High Five” mission lifted off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand at 9:30 p.m. EST on March 17, deploying five satellites to Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). The mission completed a five-launch deal, deploying Kinéis’ 25-satellite…