Live coverage: SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 60 Starlink broadband...
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Vega rocket’s return-to-flight launch set for Wednesday night
The payload shroud containing six satellites set for launch on a European Vega rocket Wednesday night. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – G. Barbaste Six satellites are set to...
View ArticleLive coverage: Arianespace launches Vega rocket from French Guiana
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket with Airbus’s Pléiades Neo 3 commercial Earth observation satellite and five secondary payloads. Text updates will appear automatically below....
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“Big relief” as Europe’s Vega rocket returns to service with successful launch
A four-stage Vega launcher blasts off from French Guiana on Wednesday night. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – JM Guillon A European Vega rocket deployed six commercial...
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Assembly of Chinese space station begins with successful core module launch
A Chinese Long March 5B rocket lifts off with the Tianhe space station core module. Credit: Xinhua Chinese officials confirmed the successful launch of the first element of the country’s space station...
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SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink spacecraft; FCC clears SpaceX to fly...
SpaceX deployed 60 more Starlink internet-beaming spacecraft into orbit after a fiery late-night blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday night from Cape Canaveral, surpassing the 1,500-satellite mark...
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Core of NASA’s first Artemis moon rocket towed into Vehicle Assembly Building
The 212-foot-long core stage for the Artemis 1 mission rolls into the Vehicle Assembly Building Thursday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now A decade in...
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Crew Dragon return postponed again by poor weather
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 4 p.m. EDT (2000 GMT) with new undocking and splashdown times. NASA astronaut Shannon Walker, pilot Victor Glover, Crew-1 commander Mike Hopkins, and Japanese astronaut Soichi...
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Chinese Long March 6 rocket delivers nine small satellites to space
A Long March 6 rocket lifts with April 27 with nine satellites. Credit: CASC Nine small Chinese satellites, including a technology experiment to test out ways to capture space debris, rode a Long March...
View ArticleAstronauts describe thrilling ride to orbit on Falcon 9 rocket
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION When the countdown hit zero last Friday and the engines powering a previously flown Falcon 9 first stage roared to life for takeoff, the four...
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