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SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink mission
Read more →: SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink missionEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10:30 p.m. EST on Jan. 18 (0330 GMT on Jan. 19) with additional launch delay.…
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Virgin’s satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time
Read more →: Virgin’s satellite launcher reaches orbit for first timeVirgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket fires its NewtonThree main engine moments after release from the Boeing 747 carrier jet,…
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Boeing making progress on Starliner software for test flight in March
Read more →: Boeing making progress on Starliner software for test flight in MarchThe crew module Boeing’s second Starliner spacecraft is lifted Jan. 13 inside the Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing…
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Virgin Orbit successfully launches rocket to space from wing of a 747 plane in milestone mission
Read more →: Virgin Orbit successfully launches rocket to space from wing of a 747 plane in milestone missionVirgin Orbit attempted its second demonstration launch on Sunday after their first attempt failed shortly after the first…
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Virgin Orbit sends 10 satellites to orbit, building on Paul Allen’s air-launch legacy
Read more →: Virgin Orbit sends 10 satellites to orbit, building on Paul Allen’s air-launch legacyLauncherOne lights up its rocket engine after its release from a carrier airplane. (Virgin Orbit Photo) Eight months…
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LauncherOne reaches orbit on second attempt with NASA CubeSats
Read more →: LauncherOne reaches orbit on second attempt with NASA CubeSatsAfter an eight month stand down to resolve issues revealed during the first mission of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne…
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NASA studying cause of early end to moon rocket test-firing
Read more →: NASA studying cause of early end to moon rocket test-firingThe Space Launch System’s four RS-25 engines fire during an abbreviated Green Run test Saturday. Credit: NASA A…
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Live coverage: SLS core stage engines shut down early during critical hotfire test
Read more →: Live coverage: SLS core stage engines shut down early during critical hotfire testLive coverage of the Green Run Hot Fire test of NASA’s Space Launch System core stage at the…
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NASA SLS Core Stage aborts high-stakes Green Run static fire
Read more →: NASA SLS Core Stage aborts high-stakes Green Run static fireNASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) program and Core Stage prime contractor Boeing were ready for the big moment…
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What is the Artemis program and how will it take us back to the Moon and beyond?
Read more →: What is the Artemis program and how will it take us back to the Moon and beyond?Signed on the 45th anniversary of the final crewed mission to the Moon, Space Policy Directive 1 directed…
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Video: SLS core stage test-firing ends early
Read more →: Video: SLS core stage test-firing ends earlyThe four RS-25 engines at the bottom of NASA’s first Space Launch System core stage shut down about…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches from New Zealand on its first mission of 2021
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches from New Zealand on its first mission of 2021Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…