Comment on ULA Scrubs NROL-68 Launch Realigns for Thursday by perry lewis lewis

the delta launch system is a tested and proven launch vehicle which shows what American is able to do it has worked for nearly ever too bad it has to come to an end it has provided jobs from the 50s development to the year 2023 says alot for this country and all the areo industery and what we can do proud to be an american Now to cut cost over runs by all the areo space groups so thank you delta and all the industry and what a fitting name for a rocket DELTA from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/sOE5UtR via World Space In...

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Comment on Starship Orbital Test Flight Raises Serious Questions by A sub operated by single button? Mistaken assumptions about technology invite disaster risk lives - Empire of Musk

[…] Astronauts, take note that Elon Musk carries forward this philosophy to his proposed spacecraft, as there is no abort system on Starship, nor one for the lunar lander NASA contracted SpaceX to build (ho ho, bets on if that’ll ever happen…?), as Jim Hillhouse explains in AmericaSpace:  […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/VSmFjpI via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Flies First Vandenberg Mission of May Contracts With Vast for Space Station Crew Dragon Missions by SpaceX ULA Launch Missions 119 Minutes Apart - AmericaSpace

[…] the beginning of 2023. On her first flight in January, she lofted 51 Starlinks from Vandenberg, then repeated the same feat just last month; between those two missions, in early April, she delivered the initial members of the Tranche-0 […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/L7eyjv0 via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches First Mission of May Looks to Busy Month Ahead by SpaceX Wraps Up Busy June Looks Ahead to 1 July Euclid Launch - AmericaSpace

[…] communications satellite of the year safely into orbit. An eight-times-used Falcon 9 booster—flying for her fourth time in 2023 alone—took flight from storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/YcRSru7 via World Space In...

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SpaceX Wraps Up Busy June Looks Ahead to 1 July Euclid Launch

@SpaceX has wrapped up a 7-launch June & 43 Falcon-class flights across 2023's first half. Next up: @ESA_Euclid mission on 1 July. The post SpaceX Wraps Up Busy June, Looks Ahead to 1 July Euclid Launch first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/MULJBsQ via World Space In...

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Comment on Flight of the Geritol Bunch: Remembering STS-6 40 Years On by Sure Hope I Like This: Remembering a Complex Shuttle Mission 30 Years On - AmericaSpace

[…] boosted on a three-day Earth-circling mission. Then, in June 1983, U.S. physicist Dr. Sally Ride flew shuttle Challenger, becoming the first American woman in […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/5bilu73 via World Space In...

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Sure Hope I Like This: Remembering a Complex Shuttle Mission 30 Years On

OTD in 1993, shuttle Endeavour rose from Earth on a mission of science, satellite repair & spacewalks. The post “Sure Hope I Like This”: Remembering a Complex Shuttle Mission, 30 Years On first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/mJlWCHB via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX ULA Target Thursday Pre-Dawn Launches Six Minutes Apart by SpaceX ULA Launch Missions 119 Minutes Apart - AmericaSpace

[…] of launching the two missions within six minutes of one another ultimately came to nought. Although SpaceX flew right on time at 12:19 a.m. PDT (3:19 a.m. EDT), […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/jVrmSgI via World Space In...

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SpaceX ULA Launch Missions 119 Minutes Apart

@SpaceX & @ULALaunch successfully launched #Falcon9 & #MightyDelta just 119min apart early Thursday. The post SpaceX, ULA Launch Missions, 119 Minutes Apart first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/3GwWK1H via World Space In...

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SpaceX ULA Target Thursday Pre-Dawn Launches Six Minutes Apart

Set your phones, watches & clocks. @SpaceX & @ULALaunch are planning 2 launches from opposite U.S. coasts just 6 minutes apart early Thursday. The post SpaceX, ULA Target Thursday Pre-Dawn Launches, Six Minutes Apart first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/xvDjXYa via World Space In...

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Comment on ULA Scrubs NROL-68 Launch Realigns for Thursday by SpaceX ULA Target Thursday Pre-Dawn Launches Six Minutes Apart - AmericaSpace

[…] laden with 47 Starlink internet communications satellites, and the second-to-last Delta IV Heavy—delayed from Wednesday, following an issue with a ground system pneumatic valve—follows from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., at 3:25 a.m. EDT. Aboard the Heavy is the […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/f04RVS3 via World Space In...

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Comment on ULA Go for Wednesday Pre-Dawn NROL-68 Launch by ULA Scrubs NROL-68 Launch Realigns for Thursday - AmericaSpace

[…] Earlier this week, ULA, NRO and Space Force leaders wrapped up the Launch Readiness Review (LRR) with a definitive “Ready” status for the flight. And at precisely 6:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday, countdown operations commenced at T-8 hours, with an expectation that the count would be punctuated by a pair of 15-minute “holds”: one just prior to fueling at T-4 hours and 15 minutes, the second shortly before the Terminal Count at T-4 minutes. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/W8NBVyi via World Space In...

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ULA Scrubs NROL-68 Launch Realigns for Thursday

@ULALaunch has scrubbed the opening attempt to get its second-to-last Delta IV Heavy airborne for @NatReconOfc. Teams will now realign for a backup attempt at 3:25 a.m. EDT Thursday. The post ULA Scrubs NROL-68 Launch, Realigns for Thursday first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/Jurye2g via World Space In...

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Comment on Vulcan-Centaur Completes Flight Readiness Firing As Cert-1 Mission Nears by ULA Go for Wednesday Pre-Dawn NROL-68 Launch - AmericaSpace

[…] launch of 2023, halfway through the year. The maiden Cert-1 flight of the Vulcan-Centaur booster—which recently wrapped up a smooth Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) of the twin BE-4 engines of its cor…—is targeting launch in the third quarter, perhaps as soon as later this summer, carrying […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/K7lAHrE via World Space In...

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ULA Go for Wednesday Pre-Dawn NROL-68 Launch

@ULALaunch teams polled a "Go" for launch of the 2nd-to-last Delta IV Heavy at 3:29 a.m. EDT Wednesday. The post ULA “Go” for Wednesday Pre-Dawn NROL-68 Launch first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/qCuBw6T via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Flies Third Starlink Mission of May Attention Turns to Next Weeks Ax-2 Launch by SpaceX Launches Indonesian Satellite Weather 75% Favorable for Penultimate Delta IV Heavy - AmericaSpace

[…] With Sunday’s launch of her 12th mission, B1067 also set her own “personal best” of only 35 days between a pair of flights. Most recently, she lofted a Starlink payload out of the SLC-40 in mid-May. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/O41QmAb via World Space In...

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SpaceX Launches Indonesian Satellite Weather 75% Favorable for Penultimate Delta IV Heavy

As @SpaceX flies its 5th Falcon 9 mission of June, @ULALaunch is readying its mighty Delta IV Heavy for a pre-dawn Wednesday launch for @NatReconOfc. The post SpaceX Launches Indonesian Satellite, Weather 75% Favorable for Penultimate Delta IV Heavy first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/fDdG8Ai via World Space In...

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Comment on Crew-5 Splashes Down Wraps Up Five-Month ISS Mission by Youre Not In A Simulator: Remembering the Ride of Sally Ride & the Achievements of Women in Space - AmericaSpace

[…] In so doing, she followed in the footsteps of Soviet cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova and Svetlana Savitskaya, but whilst theirs had both been politically and ideologically motivated stunts, the “Ride of Sally Ride” on 18 June 1983 opened the floodgates for a further 53 U.S. women to achieve Earth orbit between August 1984 and October 2022, most recently the first Native American woman in space, Nicole Mann. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/oFXaT5y via World Space In...

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Youre Not In A Simulator: Remembering the Ride of Sally Ride & the Achievements of Women in Space

As we observe 40 years since Sally Ride became the nation's first astronaut, AmericaSpace remembers the achievements of America's female spaceflying fraternity. The post “You’re Not In A Simulator”: Remembering the Ride of Sally Ride & the Achievements of Women in Space first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/k7ym1YR via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Flies Third Starlink Mission of May Attention Turns to Next Weeks Ax-2 Launch by SpaceX Aims for Sunday Sunset Launch of Indonesias Satria Geostationary Mission - AmericaSpace

[…] With tomorrow evening’s launch of her 12th mission, B1067 seeks to set her own “personal best” of only 35 days between a pair of flights. Most recently, she lofted a Starlink payload out of the Cape’s SLC-40 in mid-May. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/8gKGUYJ via World Space In...

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SpaceX Aims for Sunday Sunset Launch of Indonesias Satria Geostationary Mission

@SpaceX is targeting 6:04 p.m. EDT Sunday for its fifth Falcon 9 mission of June, laden with Indonesia's Satria satellite, built by @Thales_Alenia_S. The post SpaceX Aims for Sunday Sunset Launch of Indonesia’s Satria Geostationary Mission first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/PH4AQhs via World Space In...

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Hoburg Bowen Wrap Up iROSA Installation Fourth Set of ISS Solar Arrays Manifested for 2025

Astronauts Steve Bowen & Woody Hoburg have completed the 15th iROSA EVA, bringing to 102hrs+ the total time devoted to outfitting @Space_Station's solar array grid. The post Hoburg, Bowen Wrap Up iROSA Installation, Fourth Set of ISS Solar Arrays Manifested for 2025 first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/BxqDmnR via World Space In...

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Comment on Starship Orbital Test Flight Raises Serious Questions by Jim Hillhouse

In reply to spacerfirstclass. NASA Folks Let’s start with the NASA folks you disparage. They, not SpaceX, very nearly flawlessly launched a rocket (ok, an elevator door in the MLP was wrecked) that sent a crew-designed spacecraft to the Moon and farther in space that any crew-designed spacecraft has ever gone, then safely returned to Earth. So maybe when the folks who manage to do this when none other have know that of which they opine. Replacing SpaceX Lunar Lander The point I unsuccessfully made to you was that NASA, by hitching its Artemis III...

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Comment on Starship Orbital Test Flight Raises Serious Questions by spacerfirstclass

In reply to Jim Hillhouse. “That’s not the way I see it. Nor increasingly by people within NASA that I talk to. Far from it.” There has always been a faction inside NASA that opposes private and commercial space, they tried to revolt 10 years ago when Obama proposed Commercial Crew, they’re up to their old tricks now. They were wrong back then, they are wrong today. “Blue Origin’s contract is for a lander for later Artemis missions starting in 2029. Which leaves about a 2-3 year gap” Blue Origin’s contract was awarded 2 years later than SpaceX,...

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Comment on SpaceX Aims for Monday Launch Double-Header by SpaceX Wraps Up 200th Booster Landing, Second Launch in 14 Hours - AmericaSpace

[…] Force Base, Calif. Between them, the flight-seasoned boosters—both making their ninth launches—delivered dozens of small satellites uphill and pushed SpaceX’s reusability credentials through the significant milestone of 200 successful […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/1yRVpEa via World Space In...

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SpaceX Wraps Up 200th Booster Landing, Second Launch in 14 Hours

@SpaceX has flown 2x Falcon 9 missions within 14hr & scored its 200th successful booster landing. The post SpaceX Wraps Up 200th Booster Landing, Second Launch in 14 Hours first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/Hs08XBd via World Space In...

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Comment on Dragon Freedom Splashes Down, Wraps Up Historic Ax-2 Mission by SpaceX Aims for Monday Launch Double-Header - AmericaSpace

[…] Ax-2 crew members Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Al-Qarni and Rayyanah Barnawi on the first leg of their nine-day research expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), and the last landing on a drone ship occurred last Monday when the CRS-28 Cargo Dragon took flight […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/TwMjDWY via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Aims for Monday Launch Double-Header by SpaceX is aiming for a double launch on Monday

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Comment on Long-Awaited Ax-2 Mission Launches, Heads to Space Station by SpaceX Aims for Monday Launch Double-Header - AmericaSpace

[…] and 155 “oceanic” landings. The fleet completed its most recent land landing last month, after the “new” B1080 booster successfully lifted Ax-2 crew members Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner, Ali Al-Qarni and Rayyanah […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/bo54aIY via World Space In...

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SpaceX Aims for Monday Launch Double-Header

@SpaceX is gearing up for June's third week with a pair of Monday launches from opposite sides of the United States. The post SpaceX Aims for Monday Launch Double-Header first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/8r7TNbI via World Space In...

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Comment on Vulcan-Centaur Completes Flight Readiness Firing, As Cert-1 Mission Nears by Vulcan-Centaur completes ready-to-fly fire as Cert-1 mission nears

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Vulcan-Centaur Completes Flight Readiness Firing, As Cert-1 Mission Nears

@ULALaunch has successfully wrapped up the long-awaited Flight Readiness Firing (FRF) of Vulcan-Centaur, as teams take aim on the new rocket's maiden launch. The post Vulcan-Centaur Completes Flight Readiness Firing, As Cert-1 Mission Nears first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/qw63rCz 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 Launches CRS-28 Cargo Ship to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] last year’s record-setting 61-strong haul of flights took SpaceX until mid-August to reach 38 launches. And in 2021, the Hawthorne, Calif.-based […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/FyZ3oQM via World Space In...

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Comment on Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-67, Readies for Busy 2023 by SpaceX Launches CRS-28 Cargo Ship to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] satellites. With this morning’s flight, SpaceX has already flown 38 Falcon-class vehicles—including a pair of triple-barreled Falcon Heavies—inside 2023’s first six […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/r87tiRJ via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches Inmarsat-6 F2, Other GTO-Bound Missions Wait in Wings by SpaceX Launches CRS-28 Cargo Ship to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] for the U.S. Space Force in January, the heavyweight Inmarsat 6-F2 communications satellite in February and a 56-strong batch of Starlinks in […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/3HOnDux via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Launches 22 Starlinks, Kicks Off Busy June Manifest by SpaceX Launches CRS-28 Cargo Ship to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] liftoff marks the second Falcon 9 flight of a busy June, which is expected to see up to eight for customers ranging from […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/72Ic3UG via World Space In...

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SpaceX Launches CRS-28 Cargo Ship to Space Station

@SpaceX successfully launched the CRS-28 Cargo Dragon to @Space_Station at shortly before midday Monday, with arrival targeted for Tuesday morning. The post SpaceX Launches CRS-28 Cargo Ship to Space Station first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/WMXzTrh via World Space In...

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Comment on Starship Orbital Test Flight Raises Serious Questions by Jim Hillhouse

In reply to spacerfirstclass. That’s not the way I see it. Nor increasingly by people within NASA that I talk to. Far from it. Here are my point-by-point rebuttals. – Blue Origin’s contract is for a lander for later Artemis missions starting in 2029. Which leaves about a 2-3 year gap, if all goes well for Blue, between SpaceX’s scheduled landing for Artemis III sometime in 2026 or so. I do applaud NASA making this agreement. – SpaceX doesn’t need gov’t help You should take to guys at NASA who work with SpaceX. They need help. A lot of help. With...

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Comment on SpaceX Wraps Up Banner 2022, With Year-End Launch of Israeli Spy Satellite by SpaceX Launches 22 Starlinks, Kicks Off Busy June Manifest - AmericaSpace

[…] last year’s record-setting 61-strong haul of missions took SpaceX until mid-August to reach 37 launches. And in 2021, the Hawthorne, Calif.-based […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/dwCosmk via World Space In...

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SpaceX Launches 22 Starlinks, Kicks Off Busy June Manifest

@SpaceX has kicked off a busy June, threading a needle through Florida's intractable weather. Next up: CRS-28 later today. The post SpaceX Launches 22 Starlinks, Kicks Off Busy June Manifest first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/97WbsxP via World Space In...

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Comment on Falcon Heavy Launches USSF-67, Readies for Busy 2023 by SpaceX Launches 22 Starlinks, Kicks Off Busy June Manifest - AmericaSpace

[…] of Starlink satellites. With this morning’s flight, SpaceX has flown 37 Falcon-class vehicles—including a pair of triple-barreled Falcon Heavies—inside 2023’s first six […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/AeRXQYH via World Space In...

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Comment on Will Mother Nature Smile or Frown on Friday’s Record-Breaking Pair of Space Coast Launches? by SpaceX Launches 22 Starlinks, Kicks Off Busy June Manifest - AmericaSpace

[…] (UAE) to the ISS for a half-year increment as part of Expeditions 68/69. More recently, B1078 flew a second time in late April to deliver a pair of Boeing-built O3b mPOWER broadband satellites into a 5,000-mile-high […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/4az17qH via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Watches Weather Ahead of Weekend CRS-28 Launch by SpaceX Launches 22 Starlinks, Kicks Off Busy June Manifest - AmericaSpace

[…] at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), carrying a Cargo Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS) for the CRS-28 mission. The veteran B1078 core—making her third launch, having entered service earlier in 2023—took […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/0chI4XV via World Space In...

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Comment on “Why I Wasn’t Devastated”: Remembering the Shuttle’s Last Visit to Mir, 25 Years On by Charles Phillips

I worked the entire Mir program from Early Progress through to the end. It was exciting but the Mir was such a compromised vehicle that it was NEVER safe to fly in. I worked closely with Shannon Lucid, Dave Wolf, Mike Foale, etc and the Russian attitude towards safety was not acceptable. NASA didn’t take safety seriously but the Russians thought it was not needed. from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/C91Mt5R via World Space In...

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Comment on “The Air from the Earth”: Remembering STS-89, OTD in 1998 by “Why I Wasn’t Devastated”: Remembering the Shuttle’s Last Visit to Mir, 25 Years On - AmericaSpace

[…] This was followed by three years of shuttle-Mir docking flights, which delivered equipment and supplies and exchanged long-duration crew members. STS-91, commanded by Charlie Precourt, would lift 1,100 pounds (500 kg) of water and 4,630 pounds (2,100 kg) of cargo, experiments and necessities to the aging orbital outpost, as well as bringing home U.S. astronaut Andy Thomas after almost five months in space. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/DHYe7Ay via World Space In...

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“Why I Wasn’t Devastated”: Remembering the Shuttle’s Last Visit to Mir, 25 Years On

OTD in 1998, the world realized why @AstroWendyL wasn't devastated at missing out on a long mission to Russia's Mir space station. Her reason? She got 2 shuttle flights for the price of one. The post “Why I Wasn’t Devastated”: Remembering the Shuttle’s Last Visit to Mir, 25 Years On first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/4Iy6sad via World Space In...

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Boeing, NASA Teams Stand Down CFT Starliner Mission, Fall Launch Remains “Feasible”

@NASA & @Boeing are standing down from the NET 21 July launch of CFT Starliner, as another agonizing delay looms for this beleaguered mission. The post Boeing, NASA Teams Stand Down CFT Starliner Mission, Fall Launch Remains “Feasible” first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/NFYhG0j via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Flies Eighth Mission of March, Looks to Ninth Launch Tomorrow by SpaceX Watches Weather Ahead of Weekend CRS-28 Launch - Techy Brisk

[…] will kick off a busy June, after SpaceX triumphantly wrapped up its second eight-flight month in May, following Tuesday’s 11:02 p.m. PDT launch of a 14-times-used Falcon 9 […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/CUiBPZk via World Space In...

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Comment on “What a Beautiful View”: Remembering America’s First Human Space Mission, OTD in 1961 by Ezyschooling

Great Content Keep Posting Such amazing Content. Hi We also provide Education Services boarding schools in Pune Thank You Yash Ezyschooling from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/KJmGWLT via World Space In...

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SpaceX Watches Weather Ahead of Weekend CRS-28 Launch

@SpaceX is targeting NET 12:35 p.m. EDT Saturday for its CRS-28 cargo mission to @Space_Station, although weather looks dicey this weekend. The post SpaceX Watches Weather Ahead of Weekend CRS-28 Launch first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/IzM2FKS via World Space In...

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Comment on SpaceX Flies Eighth Mission of March, Looks to Ninth Launch Tomorrow by SpaceX Watches Weather Ahead of Weekend CRS-28 Launch - AmericaSpace

[…] will kick off a busy June, after SpaceX triumphantly wrapped up its second eight-flight month in May, following Tuesday’s 11:02 p.m. PDT launch of a 14-times-used Falcon 9 […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/pSmP5o2 via World Space In...

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