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Gallery: Falcon Heavy with Arabsat-6A – Hard as thunder, light as rain
Jason RhianApril 11th KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — One, two, three. Each of these numbers denoted major milestone achieved by SpaceX with the flight of the Arabsat-6A mission on one of the company's Falcon Heavy rockets.
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3 landings, 1 commercial payload – SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy makes history – again
Derek RichardsonApril 11th KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — After a wait of more than a year, SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket has finally begun launching commercial payloads.SpaceX also managed to mark another (or was it three?) notch in its milestone list with today's flight.
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Israeli Beresheet lander crashes on Moon
Laurel KornfeldApril 11th What would have been a historic first in space exploration was not meant to be as SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft failed to successfully land on the Moon.
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Lockheed Martin unveils Orion-based Moon lander concept
Heather SmithApril 11th Lockheed Martin unveiled designs for a lunar lander that could be built quickly to meet the vice president's challenge to return humans to the Moon by 2024.
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Astronomical history! First image of black hole captured
Jason RhianApril 10th Black holes were known to exist but, until recently, no images of them had ever been captured. An international network of radio telescopes has changed all that.
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High winds ground Falcon Heavy
Derek RichardsonApril 10th Higher than acceptable upper level winds prompt mission managers at SpaceX to postpone the launch of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket.
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Video: SpaceX raises the Heavy
Jason RhianApril 10th KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Launch preparations continued for the second flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. Part of those efforts included raising the 730-foot-tall rocket into the vertical position.
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NASA chief outlines 2-phase plan for Moon exploration
Derek RichardsonApril 10th During the 35th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine outlined more of NASA’s Moon by 2024 plan.
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2nd Falcon Heavy launch rescheduled for Wednesday
Jason RhianApril 9th KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The second launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket, which had been slated to lift off today, has been rescheduled. The cause of this readjustment to the mission's time table is one all too familiar to launch service providers working on the Space Coast.
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Astronauts route power cables during 3rd spacewalk of 2019
Derek RichardsonApril 9th During a 6.5-hour spacewalk, two International Space Station astronauts finished battery work and routed cables across the outpost.
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UPDATE: SpaceX’s 2nd Falcon Heavy to launch Arabsat-6A
Patrick AttwellApril 8th SpaceX is poised to conduct the first commercial launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat-6A mission as early as this week.
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Hubble Kuiper Belt survey to focus on binary systems
Laurel KornfeldApril 8th The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is set to use the Hubble Space Telescope to conduct the largest ever survey of the Kuiper Belt.
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NASA head answers agency questions about ‘Moon by 2024’ goal
Derek RichardsonApril 2nd NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told the agency what it'll take to accomplish the Trump administration's goal of returning humans to the Moon by 2024.
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter completes flight testing
Jim SharkeyMarch 31st While multiple space agencies have landed spacecraft on other celestial bodies, none have flown in the skies above those worlds—but that may soon change.
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Astronauts wrap 2nd spacewalk of 2019
Derek RichardsonMarch 30th Astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch ventured outside the International Space Station to continue work replacing aging batteries on the exterior truss.
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Mars 2020 Rover tests proceeding
Lloyd CampbellMarch 29th Testing of the Mars 2020 Rover's systems and software is already taking place in preparation for a launch to the Red Planet in the summer of 2020.
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Rocket Lab Electron orbits DARPA’s R3D2 prototype antenna
Rae Botsford EndMarch 28th Although a few weeks after initially scheduled, Rocket Lab's Electron launch vehicle successfully orbited a prototype satellite for DARPA.
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Reactions mixed regarding India’s anti-satellite test
Derek RichardsonMarch 28th After India tested an anti-satellite missile by destroying one of its own spacecraft in orbit, the reaction from around the world has been varied.
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Vice president: US astronauts on Moon within 5 years
Derek RichardsonMarch 26th Vice President Pence lit a fire under the feet of all involved in returning astronauts to the Moon, telling NASA to do so by 2024 by "any means necessary."
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Assignment shuffle precludes all-female spacewalk
Derek RichardsonMarch 26th NASA said assignments for the next two spacewalks outside the International Space Station have been changed because of “spacesuit availability.”
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Dream Chaser passes latest NASA development milestone
Derek RichardsonMarch 24th Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser space plane passed another milestone in its development to be the third commercial cargo freighter for the ISS.
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Astronauts install new batteries outside the International Space Station
Derek RichardsonMarch 23rd Two NASA astronauts ventured outside the 20-year-old International Space Station to replace aging nickel-hydrogen batteries with fresh lithium-ion units.
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Arianespace launches Vega rocket with PRISMA
Derek RichardsonMarch 22nd An Arianespace Vega rocket launched an Italian Space Agency imaging satellite into Earth orbit to demonstrate a new electro-optical instrument.
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NASA’s OSIRIS-REx discovers surprises on asteroid Bennu
Jim SharkeyMarch 20th NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has taken images of asteroid Bennu that show particle plumes erupting from a surface more rugged than previously expected.
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With Crew Dragon’s first flight complete, where’s Boeing’s Starliner?
Jason RhianMarch 19th In a video promoting Boeing's Starliner spacecraft the words "Your Ride Is Here" are prominently-placed. The statement suggests Starliner is prepped and ready to send crews to the ISS - but is it?
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1st Starship Hopper test firing could be this week
Derek RichardsonMarch 18th SpaceX’s Starship Hopper test article recently had a Raptor engine installed in advance of its first test firing, which could come as early as this week.
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WGS-10 satellite launches atop ULA’s Delta IV rocket
Lloyd CampbellMarch 15th Following a two-day slip to analyze off-nominal data indications, a ULA Delta IV rocket took to the skies to orbit the Air Force's WGS-10 satellite.
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Soyuz MS-12 trio launches toward ISS, joins Expedition 59 crew
Michael ColeMarch 14th Cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch launched in their Soyuz MS-12 spacecraft to travel to the ISS for a six-month stay.
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GEM 63 completes 2nd static fire test
April 4th
Northrop Grumman's new 63-inch Graphite Epoxy Motor (GEM 63) solid rocket booster has completed another landmark in the booster's progression toward flight. -
Prototype high-gain antenna being tested for Europa Clipper
April 3rd
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Dust and ice from Saturn’s rings are falling on nearby moons
April 1st
Particles of dust and ice from Saturn's rings are falling onto five of the giant planet's tiny moons, all of which are located close to and even within the ring system. -
Chinese commercial spaceflight company fails 1st launch
March 30th
OneSpace, a Chinese commercial spaceflight company, failed in its first attempt to launch a satellite into Earth orbit on Wednesday, March 27. -
Proposal to have Trump’s ‘Space Force’ be situated in Florida moves forward
March 27th
This proposal to create the Space Force, a new wing of the U.S. Armed Forces, has received a wide spectrum of responses, including a recent show of support. -
New observations help scientists understand lunar water cycle
March 23rd
Recently, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter made an observation that could help scientists understand the water cycle present on the lunar surface. -
First flight of Boeing Starliner spacecraft could slip again
March 21st
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- It is being reported that Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, which is being producing as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), has encountered another delay. If accurate, this latest delay could see the mission pushed back by almost half a year. -
Scientists speculate about the origins of Ultima Thule’s surface features
March 20th
The first primordial contact binary object ever studied up close, Ultima Thule continues to puzzle scientists with its strange shape. -
Toyota, JAXA team up to study human-rated Moon rover
March 17th
Having a reputation of building some of the most rugged and dependable vehicles on Earth, Toyota is setting its sights on something a little more ambitious. -
GALLERY: Delta IV lights up night sky to send WGS-10 into space
March 16th
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Gallery: Soyuz MS-12 launches into space, docks with ISS
March 15th
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Opportunity rover captured beautiful panoramic images before being felled by dust storm
March 14th
Before a planet-wide dust storm silenced it forever, NASA's Opportunity Mars rover captured panoramic images from its location in Endeavour Crater. -
ArianeGroup, CNES seek to develop a reusable 1st stage demonstrator
March 13th
Increasingly fierce competition in the commercial launch market has driven established launch providers to seek ways to become more flexible and innovative. -
JAXA releases video of dramatic Hayabusa 2 asteroid touchdown
March 10th
The Hayabusa 2 spacecraft briefly touched down on asteroid Ryugu on Feb. 21, 2019, in order to collect samples by firing a bullet into the surface. -
New 3D images show detailed view of Ultima Thule
March 9th
Scientists on NASA's New Horizons team have created a 3D image of Ultima Thule by combining pictures of the object taken from a variety of angles.
