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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completes 7th flight
Cullen DesforgesJune 9th Fresh off of a recent in-flight anomaly, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has successfully completed its seventh flight across the surface of the red planet.
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Jeff Bezos to fly to space on 1st crewed New Shepard flight
Theresa CrossJune 7th Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is going to space, along with his brother Mark Bezos, on the first crewed flight of the company's New Shepard suborbital rocket.
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SXM-8 satellite launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Theresa CrossJune 6th A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched SiriusXM's SXM-8 satellite into orbit at 12:26 a.m. EDT (4:26 UTC) June 6, 2021, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
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Atlas V STP-3 mission delayed
Theresa CrossJune 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.
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SpaceX’s CRS-22 Dragon arrives at ISS with new solar arrays
Derek RichardsonJune 5th Some 40 hours after launch, SpaceX’s CRS-22 cargo Dragon docked with the International Space Station with new science and solar arrays for the orbiting laboratory.
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SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon launches with new solar arrays for ISS
Matt HaskellJune 3rd Lifting off atop a brand new Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX sent its CRS-22 Dragon spacecraft into orbit on a 1.5-day trek to the International Space Station.
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NASA selects 2 missions to study Venus
Theresa CrossJune 3rd As part of NASA’s emerging area of research, two new missions have been selected to study Venus as part of NASA’s Discovery Program.
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SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon launching science, power upgrades to ISS
Matt HaskellJune 1st SpaceX is set to launch its next resupply mission to the International Space Station, CRS-22, bringing the outpost fresh science and new solar arrays.
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NASA releases 3D video of Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s 3rd flight
Michael McCabeMay 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.
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International Space Station robotic arm struck by space debris
Theresa CrossMay 31st During a routine inspection of the International Space Station on May 12, damage was discovered on the Canadarm2, a nearly 60-foot-long robotic arm on the station.
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Titan sample return mission being explored by NASA engineers
Laurel KornfeldMay 30th Funded by a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program grant, scientists are exploring a possible mission to return samples from Saturn's moon Titan.
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China launches Tianzhou-2 cargo craft to new space station
Derek RichardsonMay 29th Just a month after launching the first part of its multi-module Tiangong space station, China has sent a cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-2, to the fledgling outpost.
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SpaceX CRS-22 Dragon launching science, power upgrades to ISS
Matt HaskellJune 1st SpaceX is set to launch its next resupply mission to the International Space Station, CRS-22, bringing the outpost fresh science and new solar arrays.
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International Space Station robotic arm struck by space debris
Theresa CrossMay 31st During a routine inspection of the International Space Station on May 12, damage was discovered on the Canadarm2, a nearly 60-foot-long robotic arm on the station.
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China launches Tianzhou-2 cargo craft to new space station
Derek RichardsonMay 29th Just a month after launching the first part of its multi-module Tiangong space station, China has sent a cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-2, to the fledgling outpost.
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Soyuz rocket launches 7th batch of OneWeb satellites
Theresa CrossMay 29th The launch of OneWeb’s seventh batch of satellites took place at 1:38 p.m. EDT (17:38 UTC) May 28, 2021, from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia.
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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter experiences turbulent sixth flight
Cullen DesforgesMay 27th After five near-flawless flights, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter ran into trouble during its sixth, testing the margins of the spacecraft’s stability.
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First Starlink shell completed with latest Falcon 9 launch
Theresa CrossMay 26th At 2:59 p.m. EDT (16:59 UTC) May 26, 2021, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station's Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched toward orbit to deliver another batch of 60 Starlink satellites for the company's internet constellation.
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Orbital space tourism poised to take off later this year
Theresa CrossMay 26th Within a span of about six months, a dozen new spaceflight participants could fly into orbit on four space tourism flights beginning as early as September.
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Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo reaches space from New Mexico
Theresa CrossMay 24th On May 22, Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo completed its third crewed test flight from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The first-ever spaceflight from New Mexico for the company also represents the third state to date launching humans to space.
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NASA assigns Kayla Barron to Crew-3 Dragon mission
Theresa CrossMay 24th While the Crew-2 mission has only just begun aboard the International Space Station, NASA is finalizing the astronaut selection for the next crew rotation mission to the outpost, Crew-3.
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SLS rocket core for Artemis 2 mission reaches major milestone
Cullen DesforgesMay 20th Teams at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans have begun assembling the core stage for the second Space Launch System rocket, which aims to send people around the Moon in 2023.
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SBIRS GEO 5 missile defense satellite launched for US Space Force
Theresa CrossMay 18th A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to send the SBIRS GEO 5 satellite into space for U.S. Space Force and Missile Systems Center.
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FCC filing offers 1st look at SpaceX’s orbital Starship flight plan
Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 18th SpaceX has given an initial look at the flight plan for its first orbital Starship in a new filing posted to the Federal Communications Commission website.
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Starship SN15 on pad B for possible encore flight
Nicholas D'AlessandroMay 17th SpaceX remains as committed as ever to its breakneck pace of testing at its Boca Chica, Texas, launch facilities. Starship SN15, which conducted the first fully successful 10-kilometer test flight of the program with a clean, intact landing, was moved back to the launch pad on May 11, 2021, just under a week after that successful May 5 flight.
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15th launch of the year for SpaceX, as B1058 flies again
Theresa CrossMay 15th Saturday evening, May 15 at 6:56 p.m. EDT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from LC-39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Loss of payload follows Rocket Lab flight anomaly
Cullen DesforgesMay 15th Rocket Lab successfully launched its Electron rocket from the shores of New Zealand on May 15 at 11:11 UTC, but unfortunately suffered an unexpected anomaly during staging.
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Axiom, NASA agree to 1st private astronaut mission to ISS
Theresa CrossMay 12th NASA and Axiom Space announced May 10, 2021, an order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
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New artwork released for SpaceX’s Dragon XL spacecraft
March 27th
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Gallery: See NASA’s fully-stacked SLS solid rocket boosters
March 24th
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Mars and Titan: Two very different potentially habitable worlds
March 23rd
Mars and Saturn’s moon Titan are at the forefront of the search for habitable solar system worlds, but they are very different from one another in terms of the presence of liquid, temperature variations, and the presence of organic compounds, planetary scientist Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas noted in a March 12 online […] -
SpaceX launch cadence sees two Falcon 9 boosters in port for first time
March 20th
SpaceX reached another significant ‘high cadence capability’ milestone this week, when two of their Falcon 9 first stage boosters were seen to be present and in the initial steps of post-flight processing at the Port Canaveral dock. -
Hubble Space Telescope discoveries highlighted by astronomer
March 14th
During its 31 years of activity, the Hubble Space Telescope has been "one of the most successful scientific experiments in history," used to research numerous fields of astronomy ranging from cosmology and the expansion of the universe to the characterization of exoplanets, said astronomer Tom Brown of the Space Telescope Science Institute in a March 2 online presentation. -
Cause of missed Falcon 9 landing announced; Starlink 17 expected to fly Thursday
March 2nd
SpaceX has announced their intention to launch the next batch of 60 Starlink satellites on March 4, 2021 – possibly as early as at 3:24 a.m. EST. -
SpaceX Starship SN10 high-altitude test flight slips to March 3
March 1st
The high-altitude test flight of Starship SN10 has slipped again, as is common with SpaceX's highly experimental test program. -
OPINION: In spaceflight testing, what defines a failure?
February 27th
Recently, several companies have made great strides in the realm of advanced spaceflight testing, despite public perception some would label a failure. -
Spaceborne Computer-2 to speed “time-to-insight” for ISS studies
February 26th
Many different research investigations off Earth will be supported by Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s pathfinding Spaceborne Computer-2, or SBC-2, to perform data processing and analytics. -
Inspiration4 mission names 2nd crew member
February 25th
Cancer survivor and frontline healthcare worker for St. Jude, Hayley Arceneaux, will join Jared Isaacman as part of the four-person Inspiration4 crew. -
Artemis 1 SLS booster stacking nearing completion
February 11th
The stacking of the twin solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Space Launch System is nearly complete with only one set of segments remaining. -
Various icy compounds make up Pluto’s atmospheric haze
February 8th
Pluto's famous blue atmospheric haze likely formed differently from the hazes surrounding Saturn's moon Titan and Neptune's moon Triton, study finds. -
Amount of water on the Moon varies by location and time of day
February 6th
Two Earth-based studies confirm water molecules are present on the Moon, but amounts vary depending on location and time of day, Casey Honniball of NASA. -
Asteroid naming contest sparks discussion of women in astronomy
January 26th
The selection of the late astronomer Ada Amelia Carrera Rodriguez as the winner of an asteroid-naming contest sparked an online panel discussion by the contest's sponsors about the role of women in astronomy. -
Gallery: Preparations for Starship SN9 test flight continue
January 25th
