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Problem during fueling preps forces Atlas 5 launch delay
Read more →: Problem during fueling preps forces Atlas 5 launch delayEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated with details about temperature sensor. The payload shroud of ULA’s Atlas 5 rocket, containing the SBIRS…
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Probe makes historic landing on Mars
Read more →: Probe makes historic landing on MarsA Chinese spacecraft successfully landed on the surface of Mars on Saturday morning, marking a historic accomplishment in…
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SpaceX ramps up launch rate with fifth Falcon 9 mission in three weeks
Read more →: SpaceX ramps up launch rate with fifth Falcon 9 mission in three weeksA Falcon 9 rocket climbs away from pad 39A Saturday. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s fifth Falcon 9…
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Photos: Atlas 5 ready for liftoff with SBIRS GEO 5
Read more →: Photos: Atlas 5 ready for liftoff with SBIRS GEO 5These photos show a 194-foot-tall (59-meter) United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket standing on pad 41 at Cape…
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Billion-dollar missile defense satellite ready for launch Monday in Florida
Read more →: Billion-dollar missile defense satellite ready for launch Monday in FloridaOne of the two solar array wings on the SBIRS GEO 5 spacecraft is deployed during ground testing.…
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Two BlackSky satellites lost on Rocket Lab launch failure
Read more →: Two BlackSky satellites lost on Rocket Lab launch failureAn Electron rocket lifts off at 7:11 a.m. EDT (1111 GMT) Saturday from Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand.…
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China lands its first probe on Mars
Read more →: China lands its first probe on MarsEDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) with more details. Artist’s illustration of the Tianwen 1 orbiter…
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Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready for weekend launch
Read more →: Photos: Falcon 9 stands ready for weekend launchCredit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stood atop historic launch pad 39A Saturday afternoon as…
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Live coverage: Rocket Lab’s upper stage runs into trouble soon after launch
Read more →: Live coverage: Rocket Lab’s upper stage runs into trouble soon after launchLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1 on…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center
Read more →: Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space CenterLive coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s…
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Watch our interview with two International Space Station astronauts
Read more →: Watch our interview with two International Space Station astronautsSpaceflight Now editor Stephen Clark spoke live to International Space Station astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur about…
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Two hitchhiker smallsats to accompany SpaceX’s next Starlink mission into orbit
Read more →: Two hitchhiker smallsats to accompany SpaceX’s next Starlink mission into orbitArtist’s concept of a Capella synthetic aperture radar satellite. Credit: Capella Space An innovative commercial Capella radar observation…