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Helicopter snags falling Electron rocket before dropping it
Theresa CrossMay 3rd, 2022A Rocket Lab helicopter successfully caught a returning Electron rocket booster as it parachuted back to Earth, only to release it moments later.
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Rocket Lab to try catch 1st stage of its next Electron rocket
Theresa CrossApril 28th, 2022Rocket Lab is going to attempt to catch the first stage of its next Electron rocket with a helicopter as it returns from space under a parachute.
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SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit
Theresa CrossApril 21st, 2022SpaceX lofted another set of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit with its Falcon 9 rocket, continuing the company’s nearly once-a-week launch cadence.
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Crew-4 astronauts arrive at Kennedy in advance of ISS mission
Theresa CrossApril 18th, 2022The next set of astronauts bound for the International Space Station has arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in advance of their launch.
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SpaceX launches 1st all-private astronaut mission to the ISS
Theresa CrossApril 8th, 2022Launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket left Earth on an all-private astronaut mission for Axiom Space.
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SpaceX launches Transporter-4 smallsat rideshare mission
Theresa CrossApril 1st, 2022Using a Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX’s Transporter-4 dedicated smallsat rideshare mission lofted 40 payloads into a polar orbit from Florida.
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New Shepard rocket roars off the pad on 20th mission
Theresa CrossMarch 31st, 2022Blue Origin launched another six passengers aboard its New Shepard spacecraft -- the 20th flight of the rocket system and the fourth with people.
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President requests $7.5B for NASA’s Artemis program in 2023
Derek RichardsonMarch 28th, 2022President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget requests nearly an additional billion dollars over 2022’s enacted amount for NASA's Artemis lunar program.
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NASA expanding heat shield technology this fall
Cullen DesforgesMarch 10th, 2022As humanity prepares to face the extreme challenges of deep space, NASA engineers are hard at work researching new and innovative ways to safely land large payloads, including astronauts, on Mars.
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Arianespace, OneWeb suspend Soyuz launches indefinitely
Derek RichardsonMarch 4th, 2022In response to Russia withdrawing its Soyuz support personnel from Europe’s South American space port, Arianespace has suspended all future launches atop the Russian rocket.
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Russia threatens to not launch OneWeb satellites
Derek RichardsonMarch 2nd, 2022OneWeb has become the latest pawn of Roscosmos in the declining relations between Russia and the West after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Atlas V orbits GOES-T weather satellite for NOAA
Theresa CrossMarch 2nd, 2022A new weather satellite for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was launched by a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.
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ExoMars rover now ‘very unlikely’ to launch in 2022
Cullen DesforgesMarch 1st, 2022In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Space Agency said its joint robotic ExoMars mission with Russia is unlikely to launch in 2022.
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Rocket Lab’s Electron flies from new pad in New Zealand
Derek RichardsonFebruary 28th, 2022In Rocket Lab’s inaugural launch from a new pad, the company’s Electron rocket orbited a small satellite for Synspective.
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ULA set to launch GOES-T weather satellite for NOAA
Theresa CrossFebruary 28th, 2022United Launch Alliance is preparing to fly an Atlas V rocket to send the GOES-T satellite into space for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Boeing tests all-composite cryogenic propellant tank
Theresa CrossFebruary 23rd, 2022At the end of 2021, Boeing completed a series of tests on a “large, fully-composite, linerless cryogenic tank” at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Alabama.
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NG-17 Cygnus lofted into orbit, beginning 40-hour ISS chase
Theresa CrossFebruary 19th, 2022Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket had a spectacular liftoff from Virginia to send the NG-17 Cygnus cargo spacecraft toward the International Space Station.
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NG-17 Cygnus sending new science to International Space Station
Theresa CrossFebruary 18th, 2022Northrop Grumman and NASA are set to launch the NG-17 Cygnus cargo resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station.
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Lockheed Martin to build a rocket to return Mars samples
Theresa CrossFebruary 15th, 2022NASA awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to build a rocket to return Mars rock samples currently being collected by the agency’s Perseverance rover.
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Billionaire plans more trips to space under the Polaris Program
Theresa CrossFebruary 14th, 2022Jared Isaacman is going back to space, securing three future missions with SpaceX designated as the Polaris Program, which is named after the North Star.
