“Who Was In NASA 901?” Remembering the Accident That Almost Claimed Project Gemini

OTD in 1966, @NASA_Astronauts Elliot See & Charlie Bassett died in an accident which almost spelled the end of Project Gemini & changed the careers of the men who would one day walk on the Moon. The post “Who Was In NASA 901?” Remembering the Accident That Almost Claimed Project Gemini first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/tgDGFYL via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches 40 OneWebs, Delays Vandenberg Starlink Mission by SpaceX Misses Monday Triple-Header, As Falcon 9 Launch Schedule Realigns - Space News

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Comment on SpaceX Launches 40 OneWebs, Delays Vandenberg Starlink Mission by SpaceX Misses Monday Triple-Header, As Falcon 9 Launch Schedule Realigns - AmericaSpace

[…] game of musical rockets is set to play out across the East and West Coasts in the coming days, as a veteran Falcon 9 smoothly took flight at 6:13 p.m. EST Monday from storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/wNJF4Cg via World Space In...

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SpaceX Misses Monday Triple-Header, As Falcon 9 Launch Schedule Realigns

@SpaceX has successfully launched its 6th #Falcon9 of February & hit the magical number of 4,000 Starlinks right on the nose. The post SpaceX Misses Monday Triple-Header, As Falcon 9 Launch Schedule Realigns first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/1CjFSYQ via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to first launch of upgraded Starlink satellites

Watch our live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the Starlink 6-1 mission at 6:13 p.m. EST (2313 GMT) on Feb. 27 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live SpaceX is set to launch the first batch of next-generation Starlink internet satellites Monday from Cape Canaveral, deploying 21 bigger, heavier, more capable spacecraft to boost capacity...

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SpaceX unveils first batch of larger upgraded Starlink satellites

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 27 with delay of Starlink launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX’s first batch of second-generation Starlink internet satellites, which the company calls “V2 Mini,” is ready for launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Another batch of previous-generation Starlink satellites is visible at left. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX released the first photos of the company’s upgraded Starlink internet...

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Static fire test, dress rehearsal complete for Crew-6 launch

NASA commander Steve Bowen, pilot Woody Hoburg, and mission specialists Sultan Alneyadi and Andrey Fedyaev inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A during a countdown rehearsal early Friday. Credit: SpaceX Led by a three-time space shuttle flier and former Navy submarine officer, the four-man team set to ride into orbit Monday on SpaceX’s Dragon Endeavour spacecraft rode to the launch pad in Florida in new black Tesla Model Xs and took...

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Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon roll out to pad 39A

 SpaceX transported a Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft to pad 39A on Wednesday, Feb. 22, for final preparations to carry a four-man crew to the International Space Station on NASA’s Crew-6 mission. After completing the quarter-mile trip from SpaceX’s hangar, the Falcon 9 was raised vertical on pad 39A using hydraulic pistons early Thursday, Feb. 23, in preparation for a static fire test Friday. The 215-foot-tall (65-meter)...

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Comment on Good Florida Weather Expected as SpaceX Heads into Month-End Launch Week by Good Weather Expected In Florida As SpaceX Heads Into Launch Week At The End Of The Month » Alast Paperwriter

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Comment on SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite by Good Florida Weather Expected as SpaceX Heads into Month-End Launch Week - Space News

[…] B1078 core is ready to rise into Florida’s post-midnight darkness at 1:45 a.m. EST Monday, followed by 12-times-flown B1061 from the West Coast, lower than 13 hours later at 11:31 a.m. PST, with each boosters returning to […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/boDmqp7 via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite by Good Florida Weather Expected as SpaceX Heads into Month-End Launch Week - AmericaSpace

[…] B1078 core is set to rise into Florida’s post-midnight darkness at 1:45 a.m. EST Monday, followed by 12-times-flown B1061 from the West Coast, less than 13 hours later at 11:31 a.m. PST, with both boosters returning to […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/JdXc5RZ via World Space In...

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Good Florida Weather Expected as SpaceX Heads into Month-End Launch Week

@SpaceX is looking to a Monday launch double-header. Mother Nature pledges superb Florida weather for NASA's Crew-6, tempered by poorer conditions on the West Coast for a Starlink-laden veteran booster. The post Good Florida Weather Expected as SpaceX Heads into Month-End Launch Week first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/F1SXoPU via World Space In...

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Comment on AxiomSpace’s Ax-2 Full Crew Announced, as Crew-6 Enters Pre-Launch Quarantine by Crew-6 Ready for Monday Launch to Space Station, Busy Six-Month Expedition - Space News

[…] Grumman Corp. Cygnus resupply freighter and crewed missions within the type of AxiomSpace, Inc.’s all-private Ax-2 and the long-awaited Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s CST-100 […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/OVekvFJ via World Space In...

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Comment on AxiomSpace’s Ax-2 Full Crew Announced, as Crew-6 Enters Pre-Launch Quarantine by Crew-6 Ready for Monday Launch to Space Station, Busy Six-Month Expedition - AmericaSpace

[…] Grumman Corp. Cygnus resupply freighter and crewed missions in the form of AxiomSpace, Inc.’s all-private Ax-2 and the long-awaited Crew Flight Test (CFT) of Boeing’s CST-100 […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/kNbUSGF via World Space In...

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Crew-6 Ready for Monday Launch to Space Station, Busy Six-Month Expedition

Crew-6 is targeting a Monday launch to @Space_Station at 1:45 a.m. EST, with four spacefarers from three nations, including @Astro_Woody & @Astro_Alneyadi. The post Crew-6 Ready for Monday Launch to Space Station, Busy Six-Month Expedition first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/Zmb87vn via World Space In...

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Replacement Soyuz launched on fight to space station

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft. Credit: Roscosmos A Russian Soyuz crew ferry ship blasted off from Kazakhstan Thursday, kicking off an unpiloted but critical flight to the International Space Station to replace a damaged Soyuz and provide an eventual ride home for three of the lab’s crew members. Lighting up the pre-dawn sky, the Soyuz 2.1a booster carrying the Soyuz MS-23/69S...

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Comment on Crew-6 Arrives in Florida, Heads for Monday Pre-Dawn Launch to Space Station by NASA And SpaceX Set To Launch Crew-6 Mission And Starlink Satellites - Science News

[…] 1. “Crew-6 Arrives in Florida, Heads for Monday Pre-Dawn Launch to Space Station” AmericaSpace, 22 Feb. 2023, https://www.americaspace.com/2023/02/22/crew-6-arrives-in-florida-heads-for-monday-pre-dawn-launch-t… […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/mXEg5ij via World Space In...

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Watch live: SpaceX counting down to test-firing before next crew launch

Live coverage of preparations for the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission carrying NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg, Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev on a flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/O8nCgK2 via World Space In...

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Comment on Rubio, Crewmates Prepare for Busy Expedition 68 by Crew-6 Arrives in Florida, Heads for Monday Pre-Dawn Launch to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] mission to the ISS. Laden with 7,777 pounds (3,528 kilograms) of experiments, payloads and supplies for the Expedition 68 crew of Commander Sergei Prokopyev and his Russian comrades Dmitri Petelin and Anna Kikina, together […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/5j0hSvZ via World Space In...

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Live coverage: Russia to launch replacement Soyuz for space station crew

Live coverage of the test flight of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft on a mission to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV (English Roscosmos TV (Russian) from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/eTkMQr4 via World Space In...

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SpaceX postpones Starlink launch as NASA crew mission takes priority

File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage firing into orbit Feb. 2 with a batch of Starlink internet satellites. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has postponed the launch of another batch of Starlink internet satellites from Thursday as the company’s team in Florida prioritizes preparations for the launch of a four-man next week bound for the International Space Station. The Starlink 6-1 mission was slated to take off Thursday afternoon from pad 40 at...

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Relativity sets launch date for first flight of Terran 1 rocket

Relativity Space’s first Terran 1 rocket inside the company’s hangar at Launch Complex 16. Credit: Relativity Space Relativity Space plans to skip a final test-firing of its first fully stacked Terran 1 rocket at Cape Canaveral and proceed with a launch attempt March 8 for the methane-fueled, 3D-printed launcher, the company said Wednesday. The first Terran 1 rocket will take off from Launch Complex 16 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, where...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches CRS-26 Cargo Dragon, Heads for Space Station by Crew-6 Arrives in Florida, Heads for Monday Pre-Dawn Launch to Space Station - Space News

[…] the third outing for B1076, certainly one of SpaceX’s latest additions to its Falcon 9 fleet, which came online only last November when it lofted the CRS-26 Cargo Dragon mission to the ISS. Laden with 7,777 kilos (3,528 kilograms) […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/b8gz2Pu via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches CRS-26 Cargo Dragon, Heads for Space Station by Crew-6 Arrives in Florida, Heads for Monday Pre-Dawn Launch to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] launch marks the third outing for B1076, one of SpaceX’s newest additions to its Falcon 9 fleet, which came online only last November when it lofted the CRS-26 Cargo Dragon mission to the ISS. Laden with 7,777 pounds (3,528 […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/oWkf3a2 via World Space In...

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Crew-6 Arrives in Florida, Heads for Monday Pre-Dawn Launch to Space Station

Four spacefarers from three nations, including @Astro_Woody & @Astro_Alneyadi, are in Florida gearing up for their launch to @Space_Station no sooner than 1:45 a.m. EST Monday. The post Crew-6 Arrives in Florida, Heads for Monday Pre-Dawn Launch to Space Station first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/0lFWxOD via World Space In...

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Multinational crew arrives at Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations

STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, pilot Warren “Woody” Hoburg, and commander Stephen Bowen after their arrival at Kennedy Space Center Tuesday for launch preparations. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and an Emirati flew to the Kennedy Space Center Tuesday to begin preparations for launch early Monday on a SpaceX Crew...

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Russia blames Progress leak on ‘external influences’ as new Soyuz preps for launch

Russia’s Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft, perched atop a Soyuz rocket, rolled to its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome Tuesday, Feb. 21. Credit: Roscosmos Russia’s space agency said Tuesday that preliminary data suggest a coolant leak on a Progress cargo freighter docked at the International Space Station earlier this month was caused by “external influences” — possibly something that occurred during its launch last year, according to a senior NASA...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus, First Commercial Geostationary Mission of 2023 by SpaceX Launches Inmarsat-6 F2, Other GTO-Bound Missions Wait in Wings - AmericaSpace

[…] JRTI departed Port Canaveral last Monday, bound for a recovery position some 470 miles (750 kilometers) offshore in the Atlantic Ocean. Tonight’s mission marked the drone ship’s third Falcon 9 “catch” of 2021, following on the heels of a pair of missions launched late last month and more recently just two weeks ago. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/hKq1grf via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Plans East/West Coast Falcon 9 Launches & Landings, Nine Hours Apart by SpaceX Launches Inmarsat-6 F2, Other GTO-Bound Missions Wait in Wings - AmericaSpace

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SpaceX Launches Inmarsat-6 F2, Other GTO-Bound Missions Wait in Wings

@SpaceX has successfully launched its 2nd GEO-bound commercial mission of 2023, with others to follow. The post SpaceX Launches Inmarsat-6 F2, Other GTO-Bound Missions Wait in Wings first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/yMqGu3c via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches GPS III-06, Busy January Continues by SpaceX Launches Inmarsat-6 F2, Other GTO-Bound Missions Wait in Wings - AmericaSpace

[…] mission of 2023 into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), following Friday’s 10:59 p.m. EST rise of a three-times-used Falcon 9 booster with the heavyweight Inmarsat-6 F2. The 10,000-pound (5,500-kilogram) “hybrid” […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/JzkB4EG via World Space In...

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Watch live: Russian cargo ship set to depart space station after coolant leak

Russian cosmonauts will try to take pictures of the location where coolant leaked out of a Russian Progress cargo ship earlier this month when the supply freighter departs the International Space Station Friday night, as scheduled, to head for a destructive re-entry over the Pacific Ocean. The Progress MS-21 cargo ship is scheduled to undock from space-facing Poisk module on the Russian segment of the space station at 9:26 p.m. EST Friday (0226...

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