SpaceX continues to press on with pre-flight testing for Flight 9, while internally looking to resolve issues with the Ship that has resulted in the loss of the first two Block 2 vehicles. Ship 35 and Booster 16 – the potential pairing for Flight 9 – have been cryotested at the Masseys test site.
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Ship 33 and Booster 14 lifted off at 4:37 PM CST from Starbase, Texas, for…
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Launch Roundup: New Glenn scrubs, SpaceX launches national reconnaissance mission
The first full week of 2025 – and the first part of next week –…
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Blue Origin’s heavy-lift New Glenn rocket is just a few milestones from its maiden launch.…
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Three weeks after Flight 6, SpaceX has static fired Booster 14 and rolled Ship 33…
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Launch Roundup: Kairos stands down second launch attempt, Falcon 9 to launch 03, GPS and NRO missions
by Martin SmithThis week, Japanese commercial company Space One stood down two attempts to launch its Kairos…
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The Artemis II mission, humanity’s first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since…
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Through international collaboration, scientists find cause of InSight’s most powerful Marsquake
An international team of scientists has found the cause of the largest Martian seismic event,…
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United Launch Alliance’s penultimate Delta IV Heavy rocket took flight on the NROL-68 mission Thursday,…
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SpaceX launches Starlink 4-18, third Starlink mission in five days
by Lee KanayamaSpaceX launched its 47th Starlink mission with the latest Starlink mission. Starlink Group 4-18 set…
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NASA Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) and prime test and operations contractor (TOSC) Jacobs started assembling…
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Following the first-ever triple Raptor Static Fire test, Starship SN8 is pushing through the pre-launch…
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Northrop Grumman launched the classified NROL-129 mission, consisting of four payloads designed and built by…
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NASA Launch Services Program outlines the alternative launcher review for EM-1
by Philip SlossWith a mid-2020 Administration deadline for Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) fast approaching, NASA tasked its Launch…
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Following a quick end to a hot-fire test two months ago, NASA’s test team at…
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This year’s decision to increase and extend use of the initial “Block 1” operating configuration…
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The latest set of Iridium NEXT satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in…
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SpaceX conducted its final launch of 2017 Friday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from…
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While SpaceX continues to investigate a payload fairing issue, the company’s only two confirmed December…
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SpaceX has conducted the important static fire of the Falcon 9 rocket that will be…