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NASA announces new launch date for Crew-10, swap of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft following construction delays

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 members stand in front of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster at SpaceX’s HangarX facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left are Mission Specialist Takuya Onishi of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Commander Anne McClain of NASA, Pilot Nichole Ayers of NASA, and Mission Specialist Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos. Image: …

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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from California

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX Update 9:38 p.m. EST (0238 UTC): The Falcon 9 first stage landed on the droneship. SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket its latest batch of Starlink V2 Mini satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base …

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Rocket Lab to launch first Electron rocket of 2025 from New Zealand

The five satellites for the Kinéis’ ‘IoT 4 You and Me’ mission are integrated onto a payload adaptor prior to their launch onboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. Image: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab is preparing to carry out its first orbital launch of 2025 on Sunday morning local time. It will launch an Electron rocket …

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ULA begins de-stacking Vulcan rocket, pivots to Atlas 5 launch of Amazon’s Kuiper satellites for first 2025 mission

United Launch Alliance (ULA) hoists its Centaur V upper stage atop the Vulcan first stage booster into the Government Vertical Integration Facility (VIF-G) at Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida on Nov. 1, 2024. Image: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance is shifting its launch plans to begin 2025. On Friday, …

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NASA leaders, Artemis contractors argue importance of architecture continuity for returning to the Moon

The Artemis 2 crew, standing in from of their Artemis spacecraft, discusses their planned around-the-moon flight with reporters at the Kennedy Space Center. Left to right: commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. While assembly of the Space Launch System rocket continues at the Kennedy Space …

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 2 WorldView Legion satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands at Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) ahead of the launch of the Maxar 3 mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to launch the latest pair of WorldView Legion satellites on behalf of Maxar Intelligence, a division of Maxar Technologies. The two satellites will launch into a mid-inclination Earth orbit (MEO) …

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SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites on foggy Tuesday morning

Blanketed by early morning fog, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket takes off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on the Starlink 12-3 mission on Feb. 4, 2025. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 5:42 a.m. EST (1042 UTC): SpaceX landed the first stage booster on its droneship. Against a densely foggy backdrop, SpaceX completed its second …

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Saturday Starlink launch marks 200th orbital flight from Vandenberg’s pad 4E

File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Starlink 7-14 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Image: SpaceX SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base Saturday afternoon. The mission was the 111th orbital launch for SpaceX from its pad at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) …

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Former head of Boeing’s Starliner program returns to role

Officials from NASA, Boeing, United Launch Alliance and the U.S. Air Force 45th Weather Squadron participate in a prelaunch briefing for Boeing’s Orbital Flight Test at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Dec. 17, 2019. From left are Kathy Lueders, NASA Commercial Crew Program; John Mulholland, vice president and program manager, Boeing Commercial Crew …

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Live coverage: SpaceX to launch SpainSat New Generation 1 satellite on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center

A artist’s rendering of the SpainSat New Generation 1 satellite. Graphic: Airbus Defense and Space SpaceX is preparing to launch a secure communications satellite on behalf of Hisdesat, a Spanish communications company. The SpainSat New Generation 1 (SNG 1) satellite is supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and manufactured by Airbus Defense and Space. …

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