Dragon crew capsule delivers four new residents to International Space Station

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SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft on final approach to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s four-person Dragon Endurance crew capsule arrived at the International Space Station Thursday, delivering U.S., Japanese, and Russian crew members to the complex and replacing four astronauts scheduled to conclude their long-duration science mission next week. The …

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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket ready to launch two Intelsat telecom satellites

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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch Intelsat’s Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 geostationary communications satellites. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live A pair of TV broadcasting satellites for Intelsat are buttoned …

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Dual satellite launch for Intelsat next on SpaceX’s launch schedule

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The Galaxy 33 and Galaxy 34 (top and bottom) satellites stacked in launch configuration at SpaceX’s payload processing facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Credit: Intelsat For the third time in 31 hours, SpaceX is poised to fire a Falcon 9 rocket into space Thursday, this time on a mission from Cape Canaveral with …

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Starlink mission marks SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 launch in one day

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A Falcon 9 rocket climbs above a fog layer over Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, to begin the Starlink 4-29 mission. Credit: SpaceX Seven hours after a Falcon 9 launcher carried a four-person crew into orbit from Florida, SpaceX sent aloft another Falcon 9 from a foggy California spaceport Wednesday evening with 52 more Starlink …

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After a three-year wait, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy could launch again later this month

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SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A on April 11, 2019, with the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now More than three years after SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket last blazed a path into orbit, the 28-engine launcher is finally set to fly again as soon as Oct. …

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U.S.-Russian-Japanese crew lifts off from Florida heading for International Space Station

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Endurance spacecraft, carrying a crew of four, depart NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday heading for the International Space Station. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography Two NASA astronauts, a veteran Japanese space flier, and the first Russian cosmonaut to launch on a U.S. spacecraft since …

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Atlas 5 rocket completes high-altitude tandem satellite delivery for SES

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United Launch Alliance’s Atlas 5 rocket climbs off pad 41 Tuesday at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station with the SES 20 and SES 21 television broadcasting satellites. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography Running a few days late after a delay caused by Hurricane Ian, an Atlas 5 rocket built by United …

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Russian cosmonaut set to ride U.S. crew capsule to International Space Station

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Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina during training at SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX Cosmonaut Anna Kikina will become the first Russian crew member to launch on a U.S. spacecraft since 2002 when she straps into a seat aboard SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance capsule Wednesday for a flight to the International Space Station, opening a new …

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Live coverage: Atlas 5 to deploy two SES comsats near geosynchronous orbit

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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch the commercial SES 20 and SES 21 communications satellites toward geosynchronous orbit. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live A United …

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SpaceX crew mission ‘top priority’ amid busy week of Falcon 9 launches

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SpaceX’s Dragon Endurance spacecraft stands on pad 39A atop a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of liftoff on NASA’s Crew-5 mission. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next astronaut launch for NASA, set for Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center, is one of three missions on the company’s schedule this week from launch pads in Florida and California. The crew …

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