Comment on First SLS Flies, Turns Florida Night into Day by Artemis I Mission Ends, Successfully Trials Human-Capable Vehicle in Deep Space - sildenafiln

[…] complex unused for a launch since the Ares I-X test flight back in October 2009—Artemis I marked the initial voyage of the 322-foot-tall (98-meter) Space Launch System (SLS), which has now decisively surpassed the Saturn V as the most powerful rocket ever successfully […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/IOoTni9 via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite by SpaceX’s First 2023 Mission Includes 114-Strong Payload Haul - Space News

[…] the mud having barely settled from its final flight of 2022, SpaceX is gearing up for a heavy plate of missions in 2023, as a record-tying Falcon 9 stands […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/wP2lHIO via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite by SpaceX’s First 2023 Mission Includes 114-Strong Payload Haul - AmericaSpace

[…] the dust having barely settled from its final flight of 2022, SpaceX is gearing up for a heavy plate of missions in 2023, as a record-tying Falcon 9 stands […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/8LdT6nv via World Space In...

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SpaceX’s First 2023 Mission Includes 114-Strong Payload Haul

@SpaceX aims to kick off an ambitious 2023 manifest as early as Tuesday, with the 114-strong Transporter-6 payload haul. The post SpaceX’s First 2023 Mission Includes 114-Strong Payload Haul first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/igB2N5f via World Space In...

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SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite

And that's a wrap. @SpaceX closed out a record-setting 2022 overnight Thursday/Friday, with its 61st launch of the year and its 7th mission in a single calendar month. The post SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/LHiTefA via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches Year’s 60th Mission, Looks Ahead to Busy 2023 by SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite - AmericaSpace

[…] Sixty-one missions almost doubles SpaceX’s previous personal-best of 31 launches, achieved at the close of last year. And that raft of flights has been achieved using only 17 Falcon 9 cores, one of which flew no less than eight times. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/EWdhCsU via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX set to launch Israeli imaging satellite from California

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with the EROS C3 Earth observation satellite for ImageSat International. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX Webcast from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/aC0LYD9 via World Space In...

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Comment on 10x-Flown Falcon 9 Launches October’s Fifth Mission, as Starlink Count Passes 3,500 by SpaceX Launches Year’s 60th Mission, Looks Ahead to Busy 2023 - Space News

[…] 2022, nearly doubling its earlier personal-best of 31 launches, achieved on the shut of final yr. The veteran B1062 core—flying a record-breaking eighth time in a single calendar yr—took flight from storied Space […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/tahDXLY via World Space In...

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Comment on 10x-Flown Falcon 9 Launches October’s Fifth Mission, as Starlink Count Passes 3,500 by SpaceX Launches Year’s 60th Mission, Looks Ahead to Busy 2023 - AmericaSpace

[…] almost doubling its previous personal-best of 31 launches, achieved at the close of last year. The veteran B1062 core—flying a record-breaking eighth time in a single calendar year—took flight from storied Space […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/ok5U2t6 via World Space In...

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SpaceX Launches Year’s 60th Mission, Looks Ahead to Busy 2023

@SpaceX has wrapped up its 60th launch of 2022, virtually doubling its achievement last year. Next up: a secretive Israeli spy satellite, due to launch from Vandenberg on Friday. The post SpaceX Launches Year’s 60th Mission, Looks Ahead to Busy 2023 first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/WVzj7QN via World Space In...

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Comment on Six-Times-Flown Falcon 9 Lofts SWOT Ocean Watcher from Vandenberg by SpaceX Heads for 60th Launch of 2022; East and West Coast Missions Planned Before New Year’s Eve - AmericaSpace

[…] to alight on solid ground at Landing Zone (LZ)-4. If accomplished successfully, this will mark the second “land” landing of a Falcon 9 at Vandenberg this month and the fourth of December […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/GYQhqP9 via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX ready for first launch into Starlink Gen2 constellation

 SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Wednesday with 54 more Starlink internet satellites, a mission that will begin populating a new orbital shell authorized by federal regulators earlier this month for the company’s Starlink Gen2 network. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on SpaceX’s Starlink 5-1 mission is set for 4:40 a.m. EST (0940 GMT) Wednesday. The mission...

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Comment on 10x-Flown Falcon 9 Launches October’s Fifth Mission, as Starlink Count Passes 3,500 by SpaceX Heads for 60th Launch of 2022; East and West Coast Missions Planned Before New Year’s Eve - Space News

[…] Most recently flown on 20 October, B1062 has now lifted to orbit eight people, two Block III GPS payloads, over 260 Starlinks and Egypt’s powerful Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite. Her ten missions ended with ten on-point touchdowns on the deck of the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS), 5 aboard the latest addition to the SpaceX fleet, “A Shortfall of Gravitas” (ASOG). […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/HuQ3FC5 via World Space In...

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Comment on Six-Times-Flown Falcon 9 Lofts SWOT Ocean Watcher from Vandenberg by SpaceX se accommodé vers le 60e propulsion de 2022 ; Missions sur les côtes est et occident prévues endroit le médianoche du Nouveau An – spyxfamily-es

[…] d’appontage (LZ)-4. Si ceci est fable en même temps que best-seller, ce sera un annonce Le deuxième atterrissage “terrestre” du Falcon 9 à Vandenberg ce mois-ci Et le 4 décembre au […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/XV9grSi via World Space In...

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Comment on 10x-Flown Falcon 9 Launches October’s Fifth Mission, as Starlink Count Passes 3,500 by SpaceX se accommodé vers le 60e propulsion de 2022 ; Missions sur les côtes est et occident prévues endroit le médianoche du Nouveau An – spyxfamily-es

[…] Dernier vol le 20 octobreB1062 a présentement mis en rotation huit gens, quelques offices utiles GPS Block III et avec de 260 Starlinks. Et le satellite égyptien Nilesat 301 pour les communications géostationnaires. Ses dix missions se sont terminées par dix passages directs sur le appontement du bateau Autonomous Unmanned Space Livraison (ASDS) et cinq à berge du benjamin de la escadre de SpaceX, “Lack of Gravitas” (ASOG). […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/FiLrCf7 via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Flies Twice in One Day, Aims for Third Launch on Saturday by SpaceX Heads for 60th Launch of 2022; East and West Coast Missions Planned Before New Year’s Eve - AmericaSpace

[…] And ASOG will again be put into service to support tomorrow’s scheduled launch, having put to sea out of Port Canaveral on Christmas Eve, targeting a recovery spot in the Atlantic Ocean. First used in August 2021, ASOG has supported 25 landings by eight boosters, most recently earlier this month. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/AJTYRgH via World Space In...

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Comment on 10x-Flown Falcon 9 Launches October’s Fifth Mission, as Starlink Count Passes 3,500 by SpaceX Heads for 60th Launch of 2022; East and West Coast Missions Planned Before New Year’s Eve - AmericaSpace

[…] Most recently flown on 20 October, B1062 has now lifted to orbit eight humans, two Block III GPS payloads, over 260 Starlinks and Egypt’s powerful Nilesat-301 geostationary communications satellite. Her ten missions ended with ten on-point touchdowns on the deck of the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS), five aboard the newest addition to the SpaceX fleet, “A Shortfall of Gravitas” (ASOG). […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/xBJMULI via World Space In...

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SpaceX Heads for 60th Launch of 2022; East and West Coast Missions Planned Before New Year’s Eve

After a banner year of achievements, @SpaceX zeroes-in on its 60th launch of 2022, targeted for NET 9:40 a.m. EST tomorrow. The post SpaceX Heads for 60th Launch of 2022; East and West Coast Missions Planned Before New Year’s Eve first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/Nz9xXRE via World Space In...

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Watch live: Spacewalk begins outside space station after debris threat

 Another roll-out solar array will be installed and deployed by astronauts Frank Rubio and Josh Cassada outside the International Space Station on Thursday. The two NASA astronauts began a spacewalk at 8:19 a.m. EST (1319 GMT), a day later than previously planned after the space station needed to dodge a piece of space junk Wednesday. Rubio and Cassada will continue a multi-year upgrade to the space station’s electrical system, adding the...

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NASA’s InSight lander bows out after ground-shaking Mars mission

NASA’s InSight lander used its robotic arm to capture this final “selfie” of the mission in April 2022. Dust is visible on the lander’s two solar panels. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Dust-laden solar panels and darker Martian skies have finally sealed the fate of NASA’s InSight mission, the agency announced Wednesday, after the intrepid lander delivered its final message from Mars at the end of its history-making mission to reveal the secrets of the...

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Two Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging satellites lost in failure of Europe’s Vega C rocket

Illustration of the Vega C rocket with its Zefiro 40 second stage firing. Credit: Arianespace The final two spacecraft in Airbus’s four-satellite, 600 million-euro commercial Pléiades Neo Earth observation fleet crashed into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after launch Tuesday night, falling victim to a failure of a European Vega C rocket shortly after liftoff from French Guiana. The Vega C rocket’s launch operator, Arianespace, confirmed the mission...

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Live coverage: Vega C rocket set for operational debut

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega C rocket with the Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 commercial Earth observation satellites for Airbus. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.  Arianespace’s live video webcast begins at approximately 0120 GMT (8:20 p.m. EST), and will be available on this page. from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/SL0egvi via World Space In...

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Two Airbus Earth-imaging satellites poised for launch on Vega C rocket

A Vega C rocket on its launch pad in French Guiana with the Pléiades Neo Earth-imaging satellites inside the payload fairing. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/S. Martin Two Pléiades Neo Earth observation satellites are set to join Airbus’s constellation of high-resolution optical imagers with a launch Tuesday night from French Guiana on the first commercial flight of Europe’s Vega C rocket, a mission delayed from November to change out suspect hardware...

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Russians assess flight worthiness of damaged Soyuz docked at space station

Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft is pictured docked at the International Space Station in this Oct. 8 file photo. Credit: NASA Russian managers are assessing whether a damaged Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station can safely carry its three-man crew back to Earth in late March as planned or whether a replacement must be launched to take its place, officials said Monday. “I believe that at the end of December, specialists … will...

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Comment on Northrop Grumman Launches NG-18 Cygnus to Space Station, Honors Pioneer Sally Ride by Northrop Grumman Launches NG-18 Cygnus to Space Station ... - AmericaSpace - World news | Fast news | Us News

[…] house explorersYou’re right here: by Ben Evans November 7, 2022, 1:21 pm 5 Comments Laden with 8,200 kilos (3,700 kilograms) of payloads and provides for the seven-person Expedition […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/CpT1L3B via World Space In...

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Comment on Six-Times-Flown Falcon 9 Lofts SWOT Ocean Watcher from Vandenberg by Bob & Doug’s Falcon 9 Makes 15th Launch, Sets New Records - AmericaSpace

[…] 17 boosters, one of which has flown seven times. Twelve flights have been staged out of Vandenberg, doubling SpaceX’s previous annual record of six missions, accomplished back in […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/IeVRj9D via World Space In...

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Live coverage: Rocket Lab counting down to first launch from Virginia

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 2 at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island, Virginia. The Electron rocket will carry three radio frequency monitoring microsatellites into orbit for HawkEye 360. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately 40 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page. from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/hjxZ7N0 via World Space In...

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FAA clears Rocket Lab for first launch from U.S. spaceport

Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher on the pad at Wallops Island, Virginia. Credit: Rocket Lab / Trevor Mahlmann Rocket Lab said Saturday that the company received final approval from NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration to launch their first mission from the United States on Sunday, clearing final regulatory and technical hurdles with a new autonomous range safety destruct unit that delayed the launch more than two years. There is a two-hour...

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Comment on 10x-Flown Falcon 9 Launches October’s Fifth Mission, as Starlink Count Passes 3,500 by Bob & Doug’s Falcon 9 Makes 15th Launch, Sets New Records - Space News

[…] with 59 launches completed between January and at the moment, utilizing solely 17 boosters, one of which has flown seven times. Twelve flights have been staged out of Vandenberg, doubling SpaceX’s previous annual record of […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/SEBLvMc via World Space In...

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Comment on 10x-Flown Falcon 9 Launches October’s Fifth Mission, as Starlink Count Passes 3,500 by Bob & Doug’s Falcon 9 Makes 15th Launch, Sets New Records - AmericaSpace

[…] impressive, with 59 launches accomplished between January and today, using only 17 boosters, one of which has flown seven times. Twelve flights have been staged out of Vandenberg, doubling SpaceX’s previous annual record of […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/GoWHqKk via World Space In...

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Bob & Doug’s Falcon 9 Makes 15th Launch, Sets New Records

A remarkable 2022 draws to a close, as @SpaceX's life-leading B1058 booster logs a record-breaking 15th launch and sets a new 3-launch record. The post Bob & Doug’s Falcon 9 Makes 15th Launch, Sets New Records first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/TEb0D7Z via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX booster to launch for record 15th time on Starlink mission

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 Starlink 4-37 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 54 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX plans to launch 54 more Starlink internet satellites Saturday from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, using a Falcon 9 booster making its 15th flight to space, a record for the company’s...

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