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NASA targeting late summer launch for first Artemis moon rocket
by Stephen Clark on June 24, 2022 at 8:34 pm
With a series of practice countdowns complete, NASA managers said Friday the powerful Space Launch System rocket could be ready for its first test flight in […]
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European probe images Mercury’s cratered landscape on second flyby
by Stephen Clark on June 23, 2022 at 5:21 pm
Following a first pass last year, the European-Japanese BepiColombo mission flew by Mercury again Thursday for a gravity assist to continue reshaping its […]
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Second segment added to Starship launch tower at Kennedy Space Center
by Stephen Clark on June 23, 2022 at 1:10 pm
The second section of the Florida launch tower for SpaceX's huge Super Heavy and Starship rocket was lifted on top of the first tower segment Thursday at the […]
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ULA’s next launch for Space Force is less than a week away
by Stephen Clark on June 23, 2022 at 9:37 am
United Launch Alliance teams at Cape Canaveral are in the final week of preparations for the next flight of an Atlas 5 rocket, set for liftoff with two U.S. […]
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Ariane 5 rocket deploys satellites for Malaysia and India
by Stephen Clark on June 22, 2022 at 11:57 pm
Two multi-ton geostationary communications satellites for Malaysian and Indian operators launched on a European heavy-lift Ariane 5 rocket Wednesday from […]
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NASA not planning another Artemis 1 countdown dress rehearsal
by Stephen Clark on June 22, 2022 at 11:55 pm
Forgoing another countdown rehearsal, NASA plans to return the first Space Launch System rocket to its assembly hangar at the Kennedy Space Center next week […]
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Live coverage: Ariane 5 launches from French Guiana with two satellites
by Stephen Clark on June 22, 2022 at 7:36 pm
A European Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, at 5:50 p.m. EDT (2150 GMT) Wednesday with the Malaysian MEASAT 3d communications satellite […]
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Arianespace preps for first Ariane 5 launch of the year
by Stephen Clark on June 21, 2022 at 4:57 pm
Two geostationary communications satellites for India's space agency and a Malaysian company will rocket into orbit from the jungle of South America on […]
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South Korea’s all-domestic satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time
by Stephen Clark on June 21, 2022 at 1:48 pm
South Korea's space agency said Tuesday that the country's 15-story-tall Nuri launcher successfully reached orbit for the first time, giving the nation a fully […]
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NASA’s Artemis moon rocket fully fueled for first time in practice countdown
by Stephen Clark on June 20, 2022 at 11:59 pm
NASA loaded more than three-quarters of a million gallons of super-cold propellant into the first Space Launch System moon rocket Monday in Florida, achieving […]