SpaceX rocket trouble postpones Japanese moon lander launch

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket stands vertical on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of a launch attempt with ispace’s Hakuto-R Mission 1 lunar lander. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is expected to roll a Falcon 9 rocket back into its hangar at Cape Canaveral for troubleshooting, postponing the planned launch of a Japanese commercial moon lander for an unspecified period. SpaceX provided no details about the reason for grounding the rocket. The...

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Japanese commercial moon lander, UAE rover ready for launch on SpaceX rocket

The Hakuto-R lander developed by the Japanese company ispace is enclosed inside the nose cone of a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX A commercial moon craft developed by the Japanese company ispace is awaiting launch from Cape Canaveral before dawn Wednesday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that will send it on a five-month trajectory culminating in a lunar landing attempt next year, an achievement that could make ispace the...

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Falcon 9 goes upright ahead of private moon mission

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Orion sails through halfway point of Artemis 1 moon mission

A camera on one of the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings captured this view of the crew module Monday, Nov. 28, with the Earth and the moon in the background. Credit: NASA At the halfway point in NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, the unpiloted Orion moonship is chalking up a near-flawless flight, mission managers said Monday, beaming back spectacular images of Earth disappearing from view as it was eclipsed by the moon. “The spacecraft is operating...

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Three Chinese astronauts ready for flight to Tiangong space station

Chinese astronauts Deng Qingming, Fei Junlong, and Zhang Lu (left to right) undergo training before launch on the Shenzhou 15 mission. Credit: China Manned Space Agency Three Chinese astronauts will strap into a Shenzhou spacecraft and rocket into orbit Tuesday in pursuit of China’s Tiangong space station on a six-month mission to transition the space lab from construction into an operational phase. Veteran commander Fei Junlong will be joined...

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India launches satellite for ocean monitoring

India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle lifts off with the EOS 6 satellite. Credit: ISRO India launched a satellite Saturday to measure ocean winds and water temperatures, adding a key data source for weather forecasters tracking tropical cyclone development around the world. The new ocean monitoring spacecraft, named EOS-06 or Oceansat 3, took off Saturday at 1:26 a.m. EST (0626 GMT) aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, India’s workhorse rocket....

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Orion capsule enters distant retrograde orbit, breaks Apollo distance record

A camera on NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured this view Saturday as the capsule flew a quarter-million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA NASA’s Orion spacecraft fired its main engine Friday to slip into a distant lunar orbit, putting it on course to range farther from Earth than any of the Apollo astronauts flew in humanity’s first exploration missions to the moon. The unpiloted capsule fired its space shuttle-era main engine for 88 seconds at 4:52...

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SpaceX supply ship docks at space station

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship during its rendezvous with the International Space Station on Sunday. Credit: NASA TV A day after launching from Kennedy Space Center, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule approached the International Space Station for an automated docking Sunday with more than 7,700 pounds of supplies and experiments. The Dragon supply ship autonomously linked up with the zenith, or space-facing, docking port on the space station’s Harmony...

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Comment on Weather Looks Favorable for CRS-26 Launch, Spacewalkers Identified for Next iROSA Tasks by SpaceX Launches CRS-26 Cargo Dragon, Heads for Space Station - AmericaSpace

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SpaceX launches Dragon cargo ship to deliver new solar arrays to space station

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule climb into space from Florida on Saturday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now SpaceX launched an all-new Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule Saturday from Kennedy Space Center on a mission to deliver new roll-out solar arrays, belated Thanksgiving treats, CubeSats, and a cornucopia of experiments to the International Space Station. The 215-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket thundered...

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Comment on Dragon Freedom Splashes Down, Wraps Up Six-Month Crew-4 Mission by SpaceX Launches CRS-26 Cargo Dragon, Heads for Space Station - AmericaSpace

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SpaceX Launches CRS-26 Cargo Dragon, Heads for Space Station

@SpaceX has successfully launched its CRS-26 Cargo Dragon, bound for a record-setting 17hr trip to @Space_Station. The post SpaceX Launches CRS-26 Cargo Dragon, Heads for Space Station first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/lWLHICf via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX aims to launch space station resupply mission today

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket will launch SpaceX’s 26th resupply mission to the International Space Station. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live After a launch attempt earlier in the week was scrubbed due to bad weather, SpaceX will try again Saturday to send a Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station...

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Live coverage: Orion capsule nearing next major engine burn

Live coverage of the flight of the Space Launch System moon rocket and Orion spacecraft on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV Coverage of Orion's DRO Insertion Burn SFN Launch Coverage from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/Bd3VENh via World Space In...

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Weather Looks Favorable for CRS-26 Launch, Spacewalkers Identified for Next iROSA Tasks

Weather looks favorable for a trio of launch opportunities Saturday, Sunday and Monday to get the next Cargo Dragon to @Space_Station. The post Weather Looks Favorable for CRS-26 Launch, Spacewalkers Identified for Next iROSA Tasks first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/mAHo8MT via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX May Attempt Two Launches, Six Hours Apart Tuesday by Weather Looks Favorable for CRS-26 Launch, Spacewalkers Identified for Next iROSA Tasks - AmericaSpace

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NASA managers thrilled with initial results of Artemis moon mission

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION NASA’s Orion spacecraft, pictured by a solar array wingtip camera, with the moon in the background. Credit: NASA NASA’s unpiloted Orion moonship, sailing smoothly toward a remote lunar orbit after a spectacular low-altitude flyby Monday, is operating in near-flawless fashion, mission managers reported Monday, out-performing expectations on a flight needed to pave the way toward the...

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ABL’s first orbital test flight postponed after series of launch attempts

ABL Space Systems’ RS1 rocket on its launch pad in Alaska. Credit: ABL Space Systems The first test flight of ABL Space Systems’ new small satellite launcher from Alaska has been delayed until no earlier than December after technical issues cut short three launch attempts in the last week. ABL conducted three countdowns during a week-long launch period at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Kodiak Island, Alaska, to try to send aloft the company’s...

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Comment on SpaceX Wraps Up Five-Launch June, Delivers SES-22 to Orbit by SpaceX Launches Eutelsat 10B, Expends Long-Serving Falcon 9 Booster - AmericaSpace

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SpaceX Launches Eutelsat 10B, Expends Long-Serving Falcon 9 Booster

@SpaceX has launched its personal-best-tying 8th geostationary mission of 2022, as it bids farewell to its longest-serving Falcon 9 booster. The post SpaceX Launches Eutelsat 10B, Expends Long-Serving Falcon 9 Booster first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/ipU2wGS via World Space In...

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