With the month of June coming to a close and July on the horizon, the global launch manifest remains jam-packed. SpaceX has kicked off the week with two Falcon 9 launches from Florida, with a Starlink mission and the launch of a geostationary weather satellite. This doubleheader will be followed by a Chinese launch from Xichang and a Progress cargo flight to the International Space Station. The debut mission for Gilmour Space’s Eris small launcher has been delayed out of the week.
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Axiom Mission 4 launches atop Falcon 9 on new Crew Dragon Grace
SpaceX, along with Axiom Space, launched its fourth private crewed mission to the International Space…
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Solar Orbiter makes first ever observations of Sun’s south pole, reveals messy magnetic field
Following a flyby of Venus in February that successfully increased its orbital inclination around the…
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The European Space Agency’s seventh Earth Explorer mission, Biomass, launched on Tuesday aboard an Arianespace…
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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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The European Space Agency (ESA) released the first batch of images and data for its…
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Using the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope, astronomers have accidentally found a complete Einstein…
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Webb investigates protoplanetary disk in extreme detail, observes glowing interstellar material
The joint NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) James Webb Space…
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NASA’s CLPS program accelerates as two landers head for the Moon
As NASA focuses on returning humans to the Moon with Artemis, commercial providers are gearing…
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The European Space Agency’s (ESA) XMM-Newton X-ray space telescope recently discovered rapidly fluctuating X-ray signals…
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BepiColombo’s fifth flyby of Mercury reveals planet’s surface in mid-infrared light
The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft recently performed its fifth flyby of Mercury on Dec.…
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Arianespace completed its third and final orbital launch of 2024 on Thursday, Dec. 5, with…
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Launch Roundup: Sentinel 1C and PROBA 3 among ten planned launches
by John SharpThis week is busy in spaceflight, with 10 orbital launches planned throughout the week. China…
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The European Space Agency (ESA) faces a crossroads as it works to prepare flights of…
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ESA’s Hera mission launched to asteroid binary as Falcon 9 returns to flight
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera mission, which is traveling to asteroid Didymos and its…
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Scientists use data from BepiColombo flyby to discover features within Mercury’s magnetosphere
In June 2023, the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)…
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Launch Roundup: Vulcan takes second flight; Hera mission set to study asteroid
by Martin SmithThe United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched its Vulcan Centaur rocket for the second time.…
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One year into mission, XRISM reveals movements of cosmic material around supernova remnant and black hole
In September 2023, the joint Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), European Space Agency (ESA), and…
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As the solar wind moves away from the Sun, it cools slower than expected and…