Preparations for SpaceX’s next launch completed a major milestone late on Wednesday, via the Static Fire test of the Falcon 9 at Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 pad. This latest Falcon 9 is tasked with lofting the JCSAT-16 satellite into its Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GEO) on August 14, once again involving the first stage making a landing attempt on the drone ship.
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Ongoing work at the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral is continuing to lay the…
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As part of its comprehensive review to the NASA Advisory Council, the US space agency…
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SpaceX is lining up its next two missions, with Falcon 9 hardware currently in pre-launch…
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SNC’s Dream Chaser crew vehicle is preparing for another California adventure, highlighted by a second…
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NASA’s Human Exploration and Operations (HEO) standing committee has presented the NASA Advisory Council with…
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The NASA, Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Syncom Space Services team at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi…
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A returned Falcon 9 first stage has been test fired at SpaceX’s McGregor test center,…
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With the arrival of the SpaceX CRS-9 mission to the Space Station Wednesday morning, the…
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With just over two years to go until the rocket’s maiden launch, Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, NASA’s…
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SpaceX has conducted a critical test firing of all nine core stage engines of its…
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The latest RS-25 test at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi – aimed at continuing…
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Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has successfully concluded the first of its CRS2 contract milestones, as…
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The role of the Cygnus spacecraft in resupply missions to the International Space Station (ISS)…
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NASA managers are closing in on a mission trajectory plan for the new Space Launch…
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After a near five year cruise through the solar system, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has become…
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Orbital ATK and NASA have conducted the last planned full-scale Space Launch System (SLS) solid…
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An Indian (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-XL) has deployed twenty satellites – including its…
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NASA managers have told the Agency’s safety oversight board that they are continuing to put…
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Orbital ATK’s continuing preparations to return its Antares rocket to flight operations has resulted in…