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SpaceX flight to ISS postponed by one day due to weather: NASA
Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)
The flight had been scheduled for Thursday but because of an unfavorable weather forecast along the flight path it will now be set for 5:49 am (0949 GMT) Friday...
SpaceX flight to ISS postponed by one day due to weather
Apr 21, 2021 (AFP)
Liftoff had been scheduled for Thursday but because of unfavorable conditions along the Atlantic coast, it will now be set for 5:49 am (0949 GMT) Friday. "For c...
NASA Removes Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Mission from Stennis Test Stand
Apr 21, 2021 (SPX)
The stage now will be loaded on NASA's Pegasus barge for transport to Kennedy, where it will be prepared for launch of the Artemis I mission. Removal of the lar...
American Pacific invests in Frontier Aerospace
Apr 21, 2021 (SPX)
Frontier Aerospace marks American Pacific's first investment since being acquired by AE Industrial Partners, LP ("AEI") in 2020. AEI is a private equity firm sp...
SpaceX launches another 53 Starlink satellites into space
Apr 21, 2021 (UPI)
The rocket lifted off at 1:51 p.m. from Launch Complex 40 after a 3-hour delay due to strong winds. It was the 43rd launch related to the Starlink project. Spac...
Arianespace to serve OneWeb's ambitions with 36 more satellites to be launched
Apr 21, 2021 (SPX)
By operating this fifth flight on behalf of OneWeb, Arianespace will bring the total fleet to 182 satellites in Low Earth Orbit. Arianespace is proud to share i...
NASA Crew-4 preps for launch but liftoff delayed as Ax-1 mission waits to leave ISS
Apr 20, 2021 (UPI)
The Ax-1 crew originally planned for a 10-day mission, part of the first-ever private astronaut mission to the International Space Station, which has already gr...
NASA clears first reused SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for astronaut launch
Apr 20, 2021 (UPI)
The flight had been scheduled for Thursday but because of an unfavorable weather forecast along the flight path it will now be set for 5:49 am (0949 GMT) Friday...
SpaceX set to take four astronauts to ISS Thursday
Apr 20, 2021 (AFP)
Liftoff is planned for 6:11 am Eastern Time (1011 GMT) on April 22, from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, called Crew-2, involves US astrona...
Axiom-1 return to Earth delayed due to weather
Apr 19, 2021 (UPI)
Weather officials, together with Axiom, NASA and SpaceX, are working to determine when they can safely bring the crew home. The crew has already spent 12 days i...
NASA moon rocket headed back to Vehicle Assembly Building after testing delays
Apr 18, 2021 (UPI)
With the rocked estimated to lift off sometime between June 6 and June 16, NASA officials said that launching during that window now would be challenging after ...
SpaceX launches second U.S. reconnaissance satellite on Falcon 9 rocket
Apr 17, 2021 (UPI)
The company announced liftoff in the launch from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:14 a.m. The Falcon 9 carried the NROL-85 satellite that is u...
NASA chooses SpaceX to take humans back to Moon
Apr 16, 2021 (AFP)
The contract, worth $2.9 billion, involves the prototype Starship spacecraft that is being tested at SpaceX's south Texas facility. "Today I'm very excited, and...
NASA adds Vulcan Centaur to launch services program catalog
Apr 16, 2021 (SPX)
"ULA is honored that NASA LSP has added our Vulcan Centaur rocket to the catalog of launch vehicles available to support future space exploration missions," sai...
Crew 2 arrive in Florida; NASA completes launch review of reused capsule
Apr 16, 2021 (UPI)
The launch, planned for 6:11 a.m. EDT Thursday from Kennedy Space Center, will mark the first time a reused Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket fly with people o...
Phantom Space raises $5M in seed funding to for space transportation concept
Apr 15, 2021 (SPX)
Phantom is a startup working to democratize space by mass manufacturing small launch vehicles (rockets), satellites, and space propulsion systems. The company i...
DARPA awards 3 deals for work on nuclear propulsion system
Apr 15, 2021 (UPI)
General Atomics, Blue Origin, and Lockheed Martin are the prime contractors for the deal, according to a DARPA press release. The Demonstration Rocket for Agile...
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket nails 'astronaut rehearsal' vertical landing test
Apr 15, 2021 (Sputnik)
In a Wednesday test described by the company as an "astronaut rehearsal," Blue Origin successfully blasted a New Shepard rocket into suborbital space and then l...
Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A engine completes final acceptance test for Delta 4 Heavy
Apr 15, 2021 (SPX)
ULA's Delta IV Heavy rocket uses three Aerojet Rocketdyne RS-68A engines; one on each of its three common booster cores to launch the nation's most critical spa...
Blue Origin rocket test will monitor capsule access by humans
Apr 14, 2021 (UPI)
Liftoff is planned for 11:15 a.m. EDT from the company's spaceport near Van Horn, about 120 miles southeast of El Paso. The mission, called NS-15, is "a verific...
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