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Inspiration4 crew ‘healthy, happy’ after first days in space
Derek RichardsonSeptember 17th Since their launch two days ago, the Inspiration4 crew has settled in and begun working on their scientific research while making calls to St. Jude patients.
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Inspiration4 soars into orbit with 4 non-professional astronauts
Matt HaskellSeptember 15th Less than eight months after its announcement, the all-private civilian Inspiration4 mission has launched into orbit.
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Inspiration4 set for 1st all-private civilian orbital spaceflight
Matt HaskellSeptember 13th Inspiration4, the first all-private civilian orbital spaceflight, is set to launch four ordinary people on a three-day trip circling Earth.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Chris Sembroski flying to space in the ‘generosity’ seat
Michael McCabeSeptember 12th Chris Sembroski, an engineer from Washington state, is set to fly to space in less than a week as part of the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Sian Proctor to fulfil her dream to fly into space
Theresa CrossSeptember 11th Having won an entrepreneurship competition earlier this year, Sian Proctor is set to become the first black female pilot of a spacecraft when she flies into space on the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Hayley Arceneaux set to be the youngest American in orbit
Michael McCabeSeptember 10th The first person announced to join Jared Isaacman for the Inspiration4 mission was Hayley Arceneaux, a childhood cancer survivor and current St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Jared Isaacman and a trip to space
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 9th SpaceX is less than a week away from making history by launching the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-private citizen flight into Earth orbit.
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SpaceX Starship Booster 4 returns to the launch site
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 7th Both Starship Booster 4 and Ship 20 are back at the launch site at SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas about a month after the pair's brief first stacking.
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FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo after ‘mishap’ report
Theresa CrossSeptember 6th Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo program after a “mishap” occurred on the company's last crewed flight into space.
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New class of exoplanets identified in search for extraterrestrial life
Laurel KornfeldSeptember 5th More than 25 years after the discovery of the first exoplanets, scientists have identified a new subclass of planets that are hot, have large oceans and thick hydrogen atmospheres, and may be habitable for microbial life.
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Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket explodes minutes after launch
Theresa CrossSeptember 2nd After years of development, Firefly Aerospace launched its first Alpha rocket on its first attempt. However, the vehicle exploded some 2.5 minutes into flight.
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Space Launch System begins vibration testing
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 1st In preparation for its first flight, NASA's Space Launch System is undergoing a series of vibrational and acoustic tests.
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Inspiration4 crew ‘healthy, happy’ after first days in space
Derek RichardsonSeptember 17th Since their launch two days ago, the Inspiration4 crew has settled in and begun working on their scientific research while making calls to St. Jude patients.
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Inspiration4 soars into orbit with 4 non-professional astronauts
Matt HaskellSeptember 15th Less than eight months after its announcement, the all-private civilian Inspiration4 mission has launched into orbit.
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Inspiration4 set for 1st all-private civilian orbital spaceflight
Matt HaskellSeptember 13th Inspiration4, the first all-private civilian orbital spaceflight, is set to launch four ordinary people on a three-day trip circling Earth.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Chris Sembroski flying to space in the ‘generosity’ seat
Michael McCabeSeptember 12th Chris Sembroski, an engineer from Washington state, is set to fly to space in less than a week as part of the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Sian Proctor to fulfil her dream to fly into space
Theresa CrossSeptember 11th Having won an entrepreneurship competition earlier this year, Sian Proctor is set to become the first black female pilot of a spacecraft when she flies into space on the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Hayley Arceneaux set to be the youngest American in orbit
Michael McCabeSeptember 10th The first person announced to join Jared Isaacman for the Inspiration4 mission was Hayley Arceneaux, a childhood cancer survivor and current St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Jared Isaacman and a trip to space
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 9th SpaceX is less than a week away from making history by launching the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-private citizen flight into Earth orbit.
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SpaceX Starship Booster 4 returns to the launch site
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 7th Both Starship Booster 4 and Ship 20 are back at the launch site at SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas about a month after the pair's brief first stacking.
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FAA grounds Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo after ‘mishap’ report
Theresa CrossSeptember 6th Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo program after a “mishap” occurred on the company's last crewed flight into space.
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Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket explodes minutes after launch
Theresa CrossSeptember 2nd After years of development, Firefly Aerospace launched its first Alpha rocket on its first attempt. However, the vehicle exploded some 2.5 minutes into flight.
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Space Launch System begins vibration testing
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 1st In preparation for its first flight, NASA's Space Launch System is undergoing a series of vibrational and acoustic tests.
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‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ returns with its first Falcon 9 catch
Theresa CrossAugust 31st SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas made its way into Port Canaveral, Florida, after catching its first Falcon 9 stage just a couple days ago.
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CRS-23 Dragon delivers ice cream for astronaut’s 50th birthday
Derek RichardsonAugust 30th A day after leaving Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX CRS-23 cargo Dragon launches toward space station
Theresa CrossAugust 29th After a one-day delay due to weather, SpaceX launched its CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station during the early-morning hours of Sunday.
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Vulcan booster rolled to Florida pad for fueling tests
Theresa CrossAugust 27th A test article for United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket was rolled out to the company’s Cape Canaveral Launch pad in advance of cryogenic testing.
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SpaceX CRS-23 Dragon set to send fresh science to space station
Theresa CrossAugust 26th SpaceX is set to send its 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission, CRS-23, to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA.
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New class of exoplanets identified in search for extraterrestrial life
September 5th
More than 25 years after the discovery of the first exoplanets, scientists have identified a new subclass of planets that are hot, have large oceans and thick hydrogen atmospheres, and may be habitable for microbial life. -
NASA seeks volunteers for Mars simulation
August 18th
NASA is seeking a crew of four volunteers for a year-long Mars simulation starting in the fall of 2022, one of several year-long simulations of life on the Red Planet organized by the agency's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog. -
NASA’s Lucy Trojan asteroid spacecraft arrives in Florida
August 10th
NASA’s first spacecraft to explore Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, Lucy, has arrived in Florida in advance of its October 2021 launch. -
Results from Mars InSight lander show Mars has a molten center
August 2nd
Using data collected by NASA's Mars InSight lander, which has been on the red planet since 2018, researchers have confirmed the planet's center to be molten. -
Videos simulate Pluto, Charon flyby; follow up mission proposed
August 1st
NASA's New Horizons team released new movies simulating the spacecraft's 2015 flight over Pluto and its large moon Charon to mark the sixth anniversary of the encounter on July 14, 2015. -
GOES-17 weather satellite recovers from brief anomaly
August 1st
On July 22, 2021, NOAA’s GOES-17 weather satellite experienced a brief anomaly and entered into safe mode prompting engineers to perform troubleshooting tasks, ultimately recovering the satellite less than 24 hours later. -
Finding life on Europa requires drilling to its subsurface ocean
July 24th
A future mission seeking signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa will likely require drilling into its global subsurface ocean, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy. -
Isotope of carbon found in exoplanet’s atmosphere
July 17th
An international team of scientists has detected isotopes of carbon in the atmosphere of an exoplanet for the first time ever, a discovery noted in the journal Nature. -
Wally Funk of the ‘Mercury 13’ to finally fly into space next week
July 13th
On July 1, 2021, Blue Origin announced that Wally Funk, a member of the “Mercury 13," would fly into space atop the company’s suborbital New Shepard rocket. -
Former Shuttle Landing Facility to get new ‘utility corridor’
July 10th
Construction on a new "utility corridor" has begun at the former Shuttle Landing Facility, now known as the Launch and Landing Facility, which is run by Space Florida. -
Surface, geology of Pluto studied via opposition observations
July 4th
Six years after the New Horizons spacecraft returned close-up images of Pluto, researchers are teasing out more information about its geology and surface. -
Scientists trace meteor showers back to long-period comets
June 19th
Scientists traced up to 15 lesser-known meteor showers through which Earth travels annually to long-period comets with orbits that take up to 4,000 years. -
DOGE-1 CubeSat to fly to the Moon atop a Falcon 9 rocket
June 10th
Last month, Geometric Energy Corporation announced the first mission to the Moon paid entirely with the Dogecoin cryptocurrency — DOGE-1. -
Atlas V STP-3 mission delayed
June 5th
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Space Force's STP-3 mission has been delayed, according to a release by the launch provider. -
NASA releases 3D video of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s 3rd flight
May 31st
On April 25, 2021, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter performed its third test flight. Recently, NASA engineers converted a video of the flight into anaglyph 3D.
