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Starliner launch scrubbed by trouble with a valve in the Atlas 5’s Centaur upper stage
by William Harwood on May 7, 2024 at 1:38 am
An Atlas 5 rocket carrying astronauts for the first time was fueled for blastoff Monday night to boost Boeing's long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship into […]
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Live Coverage: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 23 Starlink satellites from Florida
by Spaceflight Now on May 6, 2024 at 11:42 am
SpaceX is gearing up for the first of two Starlink missions from Florida. The first launch is scheduled to liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral on Monday at […]
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Long-delayed Boeing Starliner ready for first piloted flight to space station
by William Harwood on May 6, 2024 at 10:54 am
Years behind schedule and more than a billion dollars over budget, Boeing's Starliner capsule is finally poised for its first piloted launch Monday, a critical […]
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News from the Press Site: Boeing approaches first astronaut mission with Starliner
by Will Robinson-Smith on May 4, 2024 at 2:22 am
In this week's edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Rachel Jewett, Senior Managing Editor for Via Satellite, […]
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SpaceX launches 30th Starlink mission of 2024 on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral
by Will Robinson-Smith on May 2, 2024 at 7:32 pm
Prior to launch, SpaceX sent 656 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit so far this year. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-55 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force […]
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SpaceX launches Maxar’s first WorldView Legion satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base
by Will Robinson-Smith on May 2, 2024 at 1:26 pm
The mission launched the first two of six Earth observation satellites built by Maxar Space Systems. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 11:36 […]
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SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral
by Will Robinson-Smith on April 28, 2024 at 6:31 pm
The addition of these latest satellites will boost the growing constellation to nearly 5,900. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 6:08 p.m. EDT […]
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SpaceX launches European Commission’s Galileo satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center
by Will Robinson-Smith on April 27, 2024 at 10:19 pm
The mission marked the first time that an American-made rocket launched Europe’s answer to the GPS satellite constellation. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A […]
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News from the Press Site: Boeing Starliner gets go ahead for Crew Flight Test
by Will Robinson-Smith on April 27, 2024 at 3:20 pm
In this week's edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Tariq Malik, editor-in-chief of Space.com, and Passant […]
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NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test
by Will Robinson-Smith on April 25, 2024 at 11:04 pm
Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the Cape in T-38 jets, the first such arrival since the space shuttle era. The mission is aiming to […]