SpaceX Launches New Starship V3 For First Time
After a scrub yesterday, SpaceX successfully launched the new version of Starship today. It was the 12th launch in the series, but the first of Version 3, or V3, with […]
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Musk praises “epic” Super Heavy-Starship launch
The Starship upper stage was equipped with six third-generation Raptor engines and one of three optimized for operating in vacuum shut down early during the climb to space. The flight computer kept the other five engines running longer than originally planned to make up for the shortfall, putting the craft on an acceptable sub-orbital trajectory.
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Blue Origin completes investigation into New Glenn launch failure
Blue Origin has completed the investigation into the failure on the third flight of its New Glenn rocket, clearing launches of the vehicle to resume. The post Blue Origin completes investigation into New Glenn launch failure appeared first on SpaceNews.
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SpaceX launches first Starship V3
SpaceX launched the newest version of its Starship vehicle for the first time May 22, completing most of the test objectives planned for the suborbital flight. The post SpaceX launches first Starship V3 appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Space Force awards Viasat, SES $437 million for military satellite network
The companies will build four small geostationary satellites for the Protected Tactical Satcom-Global program The post Space Force awards Viasat, SES $437 million for military satellite network appeared first on SpaceNews.
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Call for Creatives: NASA Seeks Help Illuminating Mission Storytelling
As NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity, the agency is looking for partners to share mission stories covering Artemis Moon missions, nuclear propulsion, aeronautics, and more. NASA published an Announcement for Proposals on May 21 asking filmmakers, documentarians, songwriters, storytellers, poets, and others to submit proposals to partner […]
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SpaceX Mission Type Test Flight
Orbit Suborbital
Pad Orbital Launch Pad 2, SpaceX Starbase, TX, USA
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China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Mission Type Human Exploration
Orbit Low Earth Orbit
Pad Launch Area 91 (SLS-1 / 921), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 10-47
SpaceX Mission Type Communications
Orbit Low Earth Orbit
Pad Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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NASA Moon Base News Conference
Press Event
NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, May 26, to share Moon Base plans and highlight progress toward a sustained presence on the lunar surface. Participants include: - NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman - Lori Glaze, acting associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate - Carlos García-Galán, program executive, Moon Base
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Russian cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev will install a solar radiation experiment on the Zvezda service module and remove other science hardware from the Poisk and Nauka modules of the orbiting complex’s Roscosmos segment, as well as possibly photographing an antenna on Progress MS-33 that failed to deploy.
Shenzhou 22 Landing
Spacecraft Landing
The Shenzhou 22 Descent Capsule will land in the desert near Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, bringing Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang back to Earth after spending six months in orbit as part of the tenth mission to the Chinese Space Station.
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International Space Station
Founded: 1998-11-20
The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. Its first component was launched into orbit in 1998, with the first long-term residents arriving in November 2000. It has been inhabited continuously since that date. The last pressurised module was fitted in 2011, and an experimental inflatable space habitat was added in 2016. The station is expected to operate until 2030. Development and assembly of the station continues, with several new elements scheduled for launch in 2019. The ISS is the largest human-made body in low Earth orbit and can often be seen with the naked eye from Earth. The ISS consists of pressurised habitation modules, structural trusses, solar arrays, radiators, docking ports, experiment bays and robotic arms. ISS components have been launched by Russian Proton and Soyuz rockets, and American Space Shuttles.
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Mir
Founded: 1986-02-20
Mir was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station and was assembled in orbit from 1986 to 1996. The station served as a microgravity research laboratory in which crews conducted experiments in biology, human biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and spacecraft systems with a goal of developing technologies required for permanent occupation of space.
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Skylab
Founded: 1973-05-14
Skylab was a United States space station launched and operated by NASA, and occupied for about 24 weeks between May 1973 and February 1974 – the only space station the U.S. has operated exclusively. In 1979 it fell back to Earth amid huge worldwide media attention. Skylab included a workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems necessary for crew survival and scientific experiments. It was launched unmanned by a modified Saturn V rocket, with a weight of 170,000 pounds (77,000 kg). Lifting Skylab into low earth orbit was the final mission and launch of a Saturn V rocket (famous for carrying the manned Moon landing missions). Three missions delivered three-astronaut crews in the Apollo command and service module (Apollo CSM), launched by the smaller Saturn IB rocket. For the final two manned missions to Skylab, a backup Apollo CSM/Saturn IB was assembled and made ready in case an in-orbit rescue mission was needed, but this backup vehicle was never flown.
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