For the second time in 2024, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft delivered a bounty of science experiments and cargo to the crew aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The CRS NG-21 mission dodged the weather that scrubbed it on Saturday, with a Sunday lift off on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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For the second time in 2024, a collection of four humans is flying on a…
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Firefly suffers second stage anomaly on “Fly the Lightning” mission
by Tyler GrayJust on the heels of its success in integrating and launching a payload to orbit…
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Firefly’s Alpha successfully launches VICTUS NOX rapid response mission
by Tyler GrayTexas-based small launch company Firefly Aerospace jumpstarted its 2023 campaign with the launch of FLTA003…
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Astra finds electrical, software failures as root causes of ELaNa 41 mission failure
by Tyler GrayAstra has determined the causes of two failure points that led to the loss to…
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Rounding off a record-breaking and historic launch manifest for 2020, SpaceX conducted its second dedicated…
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Firefly closes in on debut flight with rocket delivery to Vandenberg launch site
by Tyler GrayAcross the world, several startup launch providers such as Relativity Space, Astra, Virgin Orbit, and…
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Teams in Alaska supported the launch of Astra’s first orbital test flight, featuring the company’s…
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Russian Proton-M successfully launches dual Ekspress satellites
by Tyler GrayRoscosmos – the Russian Space Agency – has successfully launched a Proton-M rocket with two…
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Nearly three weeks after the last flight of Rocket Lab’s workhorse Electron rocket, the California-based…
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UAE-built Mars orbiter arrives at launch site ahead of July liftoff
by Tyler GrayAn Emirati-built Mars explorer, named Al Amal (“Hope” in English) and developed by engineers at…
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Arianespace gears up for busy 2020 with dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission
by Tyler GrayArianespace opened its 2020 launch campaign on Thursday with the launch of two telecommunications satellites…
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Rocket Lab launches Electron Flight 9 as work on new U.S. pad continues
by Tyler GrayOn Thursday, Rocket Lab launched its workhorse Electron rocket on its ninth total mission since…
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After three years of training and planning, China has launched the Shenzhou-7 mission on Thursday,…