The first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket made the 6.7 km trip from High Bay 3 in the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) back out to Launch Complex 39B Thursday night into Friday morning. The move follows a five-week stay in the VAB to shelter from Hurricane Ian and allow teams to prepare the vehicle for its next launch attempt.
"Opportunity"
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For the second time in its career, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is hunkering down…
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From the orbits of the inner solar system to the surface of Mars. For Curiosity…
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Mars dominated planetary research headlines in 2014 as an international fleet of orbiters and NASA’s…
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Ten years ago, 25 January 2004, the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity slammed into the Martian…
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One of the major test objectives of Dragon’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) test flight…
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Eight years ago today (January 25, 2004), the Mars Exploration Rover -B (MER -B) slammed…
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Members of a Special PRCB (Program Requirements Control Board) meeting on Wednesday have once again…
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With the Hubble mission still tracking a May launch date, the STS-125 stack – consisting…
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Endeavour’s has returned home from her record breaking STS-123 mission on the second landing opportunity…
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Flagship mission STS-125, better known as the final Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, has officially…
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Shuttle Atlantis may gain a fourth day in her launch window for STS-115, as NASA…
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Soyuz MS-25 has finally launched to the International Space Station with crew from Russia, Belarus, and NASA
The fourth human spaceflight — and third orbital human flight — of the year has…
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The focus of the week ahead is dominated, of course, by the much anticipated third…
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Japan’s first commercial launch explodes shortly into flight on second attempt
by Martin SmithSpace One had been planning Japan’s first private-sector orbital launch with the debut of its…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX to launch next ISS crew rotation; Electron launches debris removal demonstration
by Martin SmithDespite multiple scrubs and delays due to weather violations, SpaceX broke its own cadence record…
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SpaceX launched the USSF-124 mission carrying six prototype missile tracking satellites for the Missile Defense…
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The combined Ariane 6 launcher task force, consisting of ESA, CNES, and ArianeGroup, has reported…
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Artemis
While Artemis II schedule remains uncertain, NASA EGS preparing to be ready and waiting for stacking
by Philip SlossAt the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program continues to prepare…
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As the first month of 2024 closes, Blue Origin is well into production with its…