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European Space Agency suspends Mars rover launch on Russian rocket

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A European Mars rover built in partnership with Russia will not launch to the Red Planet this year as the European Space Agency suspends cooperation with its Russian counterpart in the wake of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. European Space Agency (ESA) officials announced the decision Thursday (March 15) following a two-day meeting of representatives … Read more

Artemis 1 moon rocket rollout: Meet the NASA machine doing the heavy lifting

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When NASA rolls its Artemis 1 moon mission out to the launch pad today (March 17), most eyes will be on the giant rocket gearing up for its first-ever flight. But the machine carrying it deserves some attention, too, for it’s a marvel in its own right. On Artemis 1, NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) … Read more

Space Launch System: NASA’s next- generation rocket

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NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) will carry humans beyond the grasp of Earth’s gravity, stretching to the moon, Mars and perhaps, one day, deep space. The first destination is the moon. The new heavy-duty  launch vehicle will be the world’s most powerful rocket designed to carry unmatched payloads into deep space. Unlike any other space … Read more

Astra scrubs return-to-flight rocket launch due to lightning risk

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The private spaceflight startup Astra on Monday called off its first attempt to launch a rocket since a failed flight last month due to the risk of lightning at its Alaska liftoff site.  Astra scrubbed the attempted launch of its Astra-1 mission Monday (March 14) at Pad LP-3B at the Pacific Spaceport Complex on Alaska’s … Read more

You can watch Astra launch a commercial rocket from Alaska today. Here’s how.

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The private spaceflight startup Astra will launch a commercial mission for Spaceflight, Inc. today and you can watch it live online.  An Astra Rocket 3.3 booster is scheduled to lift off at (1622 GMT, 9:22 a.m. PDT) from Astra’s pad on Kodiak Island, Alaska. You can watch the launch countdown live here, courtesy of NASA … Read more

‘The Crawler’ is on the move ahead of Artemis 1 rocket rollout

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Everybody’s favorite giant rocket truck is back in action.  Today (March 11), NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) vehicle began to slowly “crawl” its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it will pick up the agency’s Space Launch System megarocket and Orion spacecraft. The pair are set to launch … Read more

SpaceX to launch 48 Starlink satellites, land rocket Wednesday morning: Watch live

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SpaceX will launch four dozen Starlink internet satellites and land the returning rocket on Wednesday (March 9), and you can watch the action live. A two-stage Falcon 9 rocket topped with 48 Starlink spacecraft is scheduled to lift off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Wednesday at 8:45 a.m. EST (13:45 GMT). If all … Read more

Rocket Lab will build Neutron, a next-generation reusable booster, in Virginia

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Rocket Lab will build its next-generation Neutron launcher on Wallops Island, Virginia, at a site adjacent to the company’s coastal U.S. launch pad. “Its position on the eastern seaboard is the ideal location to support both Neutron’s expected frequent launch cadence and the rocket’s return-to-Earth capability of landing back at its launch site after liftoff,” … Read more

For The First Time, There Has Been an Unplanned Spacecraft Crash With The Moon

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Add one more crater to the long list of pockmarks on the lunar surface. According to orbital calculations, a rocket hurtling through space for years crashed into the Moon on Friday, but the strike wasn’t directly observed, and there might be a wait for photographic evidence.   The impact would have taken place at 7:25 … Read more