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Boeing Starliner crew aboard ISS after challenging docking
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
The spaceship dubbed "Calypso" rendezvoused with the orbital lab at 1:34 pm ET (1734 GMT) over the southern Indian Ocean, allowing crewmates Butch Wilmore and S...
In first, SpaceX's megarocket Starship nails ocean splashdown
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
Scraps of fiery debris came flying off the spaceship as it descended over the Indian Ocean northwest of Australia, dramatic video from an onboard camera showed,...
World's most powerful rocket Starship set for next launch
Jun 06, 2024 (AFP)
It will be the fourth test for the most powerful launch system ever built, vital to NASA's plans for landing astronauts on the Moon later this decade and to Spa...
Boeing's Starliner joins select club of crewed US spaceships
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
Boeing now joins this elite group with the long-awaited launch of its Starliner capsule, just the sixth class of vessel built in the United States for NASA astr...
ESA Invites Launch Providers for European Launcher Challenge
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
The European Launcher Challenge, to be funded and finalized by ESA Member States at the ESA Ministerial Council in 2025, encourages competition among European l...
Europe's long-delayed Ariane 6 rocket set for July 9 launch
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
The launch will take place in Europe's spacesport in Kourou, French Guiana, which borders Brazil. The inaugural flight was originally planned for 2020, but the ...
Two Terran Orbital Space Vehicles Added to NASA's $6 Billion Rapid IV Contract
Jun 05, 2024 (SPX)
Terran Orbital has been part of this contract since 2020 through its Tyvak Nano-Satellite subsidiary, with two space vehicles already eligible for NASA task ord...
Liftoff, finally: Boeing Starliner launches first crew on third try
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
The third time turned out to be the charm for the aerospace giant, after two previous bids to fly with crew were aborted late into the countdown, for technical ...
Boeing Starliner's first astronaut mission scheduled to launch Wednesday
Jun 04, 2024 (UPI)
NASA and Boeing confirmed Monday that the Starliner capsule, United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and ground support equipment are in good shape and ready for ...
SpaceX launches 20 Starlink satellites with Direct to Cell capabilities
Jun 04, 2024 (UPI)
"Ignition and liftoff. Go Falcon. Go Starlink," mission control said as the rocket blasted off at 10:16 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Florida's Cape ...
NASA to decide when to reschedule Starliner crewed launch
Jun 01, 2024 (UPI)
"We got really close today, and the team did a phenomenal job," said Steve Stich, NASA manager for the commercial crew program, told reporters during a post-lau...
Boeing Starliner's crewed launch abruptly halted, again
Jun 01, 2024 (AFP)
With the astronauts strapped in and ready for liftoff, the test mission to the International Space Station was unexpectedly halted due to reasons that aren't ye...
Launch countdown continues for Saturday's crewed test of Boeing Starliner
Jun 01, 2024 (SPX)
NASA, Boeing and United Launch Alliance officials hosted a press conference on Friday ahead of the second attempted launch of Boeing's first crewed test of its ...
YPSat Prepared for Ariane 6 Inaugural Flight
Jun 01, 2024 (SPX)
YPSat is a project run in its entirety by ESA Young Professionals to give them direct early experience in designing, building and testing hardware for space. Eq...
Japanese billionaire cancels lunar SpaceX voyage
Jun 01, 2024 (AFP)
Maezawa announced in 2018 the "dearMoon" lunar orbital mission, travelling on SpaceX's Starship rocket, which was scheduled to take place by the end of 2023. Ho...
Ariane 6 to Launch SIDLOC Experiment for Space Safety
Jun 01, 2024 (SPX)
SIDLOC (Spacecraft Identification and Localization) aims to develop an open standard protocol for identifying and locating spacecraft automatically and accurate...
INNOSPACE to Launch Brazilian Satellites and Inertial System on HANBIT-Nano Rocket
May 31, 2024 (SPX)
The mission will deploy picosatellites developed by DARTilab and BAITES, Brazilian research institutes involved in the project through a contract with UFMA. The...
German company HyImpulse plans additional South Australia launches
May 31, 2024 (SPX)
The MoU follows a successful launch campaign where HyImpulse completed the maiden launch of their 11.5-meter-tall single-stage SR75 rocket from Southern Launch'...
Galactic Energy Completes Second Sea-Based Launch Mission
May 30, 2024 (SPX)
The company said in a news release that the rocket blasted off at 4:12 pm from a mobile launch platform - a modified deck barge - in the Yellow Sea off the east...
Young Student Explores Future Potential of Radioisotope Power Systems
May 29, 2024 (SPX)
In 250 words or less, we were asked to describe: + the mission destination and goals + the importance of radioisotope power systems in the mission + our unique ...
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