NASA and SpaceX teams have returned NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to Earth, completing the historic Crew-1 mission. Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Panama City, Florida, at 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC) on Sunday May 2, marking the end of the first of six contracted, long duration, operational missions for SpaceX as a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
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CommercialISSOtherSpaceX
Dragon Resilience performs port relocation to clear way for future vehicles
by Pete HardingThe SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon Resilience performed a relocation to a new docking port aboard the…
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After a 27.5 hour commute, Resilience and its crew successfully docked to the International Space…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 19:27 EST…
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Axiom Mission 4 launches atop Falcon 9 on new Crew Dragon Grace
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Just over two years after the Japanese company ispace attempted but failed to land its…
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Firefly Alpha launches FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission but fails to reach orbit
Firefly Aerospace launched its Alpha rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, but the…
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EuropeanInternational
D-Orbit sets course to expand beyond space transportation services
by Martin SmithItalian company D-Orbit has been launching customer payloads aboard its Orbital Transfer Vehicles (OTVs) for…
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SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
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The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic…
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SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to fly five missions during busy week
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Isar Aerospace launches Spectrum, fails early in first stage flight
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ChineseInternationalMars
China Roundup: Third successful EVA and deep-space ambitions as China’s space economy surges
by Martin SmithThe Shenzhou-19 crew recently conducted their third spacewalk this month as the China National Space…
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ArtemisCommercialOtherScience
Blue Ghost successfully starts lunar surface mission while IM-2 lands sideways
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program is now seeing more results from the work…
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After scrubbing a launch attempt on Monday, March 3, and destacking Ship 34 to address…
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SpaceX launched its second lunar mission of 2025, just over a month after flying the…
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Launch Roundup: Starship, Ariane 6 and telescope missions delayed, lunar lander flies
by Martin SmithSeveral significant missions were scheduled for this week, including the third lunar lander to launch…
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Isar Aerospace completes static fires of Spectrum rocket ahead of first European launch
Isar Aerospace has announced the completion of static fires on both stage one and stage…
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IndianInternationalJapanSpaceX
Launch Roundup: New Shepard to simulate lunar gravity, India and Japan launch navigation satellites
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