Tag: commercial-space
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SpaceX set to fly Falcon 9 booster for fifth time on Starlink launch Sunday
The Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX’s next mission was test-fired Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now The launch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will mark SpaceX’s first mission to fly a Falcon first stage for a…
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Italian maker of Vega rocket says launch remains on track for later this month
The Italian-built Zefiro 23 second stage for the next flight of the European Vega rocket is raised into the mobile gantry on a launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in South America. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron The head of Italian rocket-maker Avio said Thursday that preparations are…
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Astronauts capture SpaceX cargo capsule with robot arm for final time
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule is seen berthed to the International Space Station’s Harmony module Monday. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now For the final time, a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule approached the International Space Station Monday for capture with the research lab’s robotic arm, delivering more than 4,300 pounds of food, experiments and spare parts. Future Dragon…
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Photos: Falcon 9 launches and lands at Cape Canaveral
A Falcon 9 rocket fired into a late-night sky Friday night over Cape Canaveral with a Dragon supply ship bound for the International Space Station. Eight minutes later, the booster returned to Florida’s Space Coast for SpaceX’s 50th landing of a Falcon first stage. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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Coronavirus concerns force closure of NASA center, some space industry events canceled
File photo from the Satellite 2019 conference in Washington. Credit: Satellite 2019 An annual meeting of planetary scientists near Houston has been canceled due to concerns about the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, and NASA has instructed its 1,200 employees at a field center in California to work from home until further notice after a worker there…
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No decision yet on additional test flight for Boeing Starliner spacecraft
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Boeing’s Starliner rolls out of the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility in November 2019 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, during preparations for its first Orbital Flight Test. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A review team studying software glitches and other miscues that cropped up during an…
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Late-night launch of SpaceX cargo ship marks end of an era
A Falcon 9 rocket streaks into space in this long exposure photo taken Friday night. Credit: SpaceX Taking aim on the International Space Station, nine kerosene-burning rocket engines powered a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher into a clear sky over Florida’s Space Coast on Friday night to begin the final flight of the first version of…
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 20th space station resupply mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Friday night with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 4,300 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 11:50 p.m. EST Friday (0450 GMT Saturday) from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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Review of Starliner space taxi’s flawed test mission turns up 61 corrective actions for Boeing to take
Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi sits on its airbags after landing in New Mexico at the end of its uncrewed test flight in December. (NASA Photo) NASA and Boeing officials say an independent review of December’s uncrewed test flight of Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner space taxi has identified 61 corrective actions that will need to be…
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Space station to receive new outdoor deck for science experiments
Ground teams inspect the Bartolomeo science platform at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before loading into the drunk of a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule. Credit: NASA An Airbus-owned, German-built outdoor science deck is set for launch Friday night from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule, heading for the International Space Station to…