Astra's Rocket 3 Gets to Orbit on Fourth Orbital Attempt
Credit: NASASpaceflight/Astra On Friday, November 19 at 10:16 pm PT, Astra launched Rocket 3.3 for the second time. And this time, THEY...
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Nov 17, 20211 min read
Rocket Lab Recovers Electron booster Again
Credit: Rocket Lab For the third time, Rocket Lab recovered an orbital rocket booster from space, being the second company to do this....
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Nov 11, 20211 min read
SpaceX Launches Second Batch of 2nd version of Starlink Satellites
Credit: SpaceX SpaceX launched Starlink Group 4-1, with 53 satellites, on Saturday, November 13 at 7:19 am EST (12:19 UTC). Starlink is...
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Nov 9, 20211 min read
NASA and SpaceX launch Crew-3 after Monday's Crew-2 Return
Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky NASA and SpaceX launched the third crew rotation mission of Dragon on Wednesday,...
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Oct 22, 20211 min read
Progress is Done on two Super Heavy lift rockets!
SpaceX and NASA have done a lot of progress on Starship and the SLS. Both rockets will help NASA return to the moon, this time to stay....
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Oct 20, 20211 min read
SpaceX lifts the "Chopsticks" onto the orbital launch and integration tower!
After several weeks of assembly and preparation, SpaceX is finally lifting the catch and stack arms, usually called "chopsticks", onto...
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Oct 15, 20211 min read
China Launches Their First Long-Duration Space Mission
CNSA launched 3 taikonauts to their new space station on the Shenzou 13 mission aboard the Long March (Chang Zheng) 2F rocket from the...
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Oct 14, 20211 min read
NASA Successfully Launches Lucy on October 16 but Discovers Issue
Credit: NASA Credit: United Launch Alliance NASA launched the Lucy mission on October 16 at 5:34am EDT on the Atlas V 401 rocket from...
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Oct 10, 20212 min read
Blue Origin launches their Second Crewed Mission
Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin launched their second crewed New Shephard flight from West Texas. This follows NS-16, which launched...
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Oct 8, 20211 min read
NASA prepares for final SLS Stacking
Credits: NASA/Frank Michaux NASA's SLS rocket is almost fully stacked. The only two pieces remaining is the Orion Adapter and Orion....
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Oct 8, 20211 min read
Ship 20 Static Fire to Happen Soon
Ship 20 underwent a cryogenic proof test on September 29. It's next test is expected to be a static fire of at least one engine. It is...
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Sep 28, 20211 min read
NASA tests the SLS
NASA is testing their new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) in the Vehicle Assembly Building. In a recent test, NASA EGS connected...
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Sep 27, 20211 min read
SpaceX looks to the Future, while preparing for the Orbital Test Flight
Even though SpaceX is focusing on the Starship Orbital Test Flight, they are also preparing for future flights. While Booster 4 and Ship...
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Sep 24, 20211 min read
Starship 20 and Booster 4 Getting Closer to Testing
Now that Ship 20's heat shield is complete, SpaceX will be able to start testing. Testing will most likely start with an ambient test,...
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Sep 18, 20211 min read
Inspiration4: Splashdown
After three days in orbit, Jared Issacmaan, Hayley Arcenaux, Dr. Sian Proctor, and Chris Sembroski will splashdown at 7:06 pm EDT. This...
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Sep 14, 20211 min read
Past Launch: Inspiration4
The first all civilian mission to orbit launched on September 15 at 8:02 pm from LC-39A at KSC. The livestream started 4 hr before launch.
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Sep 13, 20211 min read
Past Launch: Starlink 2-1
SpaceX launched 52 Starlink satellites on September 13 at 8:35pm from SLC-4E at Vandenberg SFB in California. There was a number of first...
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Sep 11, 20211 min read
SpaceX to start testing Ship 20 and Booster 4 ahead of their orbital flight
Credit for mages: SpaceX is preparing Ship 20 and Booster 4 for tests. S20 will be tested on Suborbital Pad B and B4 on Orbital Pad A....
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Sep 5, 20211 min read
Firefly Alpha Launch
Watch Scott Manley's analysis of the first launch attempt by FireFly aerospace with their FireFly Alpha rocket. As always, he does a...
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Sep 5, 20211 min read
Starship Gets Closer to Orbital Attempt with QD Arm Installation
QD Arm is Installed Last weekend, SpaceX installed the QD (Quick Disconnect) Arm on the launch tower. This carries fuel from the launch...
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