In northern Sweden, EU and Swedish officials have inaugurated the first spaceport for satellite launches on the European Union mainland
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Esrange Space Center in Sweden has become the leading prospective candidate for Europe's first mainland satellite launch
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Edinburgh-based Skyrora got its suborbital Skylark L rocket successfully off an Icelandic launch pad – but the booster didn't go far, falling into the Norwegian Sea
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NASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after engine problem
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Astra reveals details of next, larger rocket
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Deep Blue Aerospace completes kilometer-level rocket launch and landing test
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British rocket company Skyrora has called on the Icelandic government to grant a licence that would end a months-long delay to Europe's largest-ever rocket launch
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Nerves run high ahead of the James Webb Space Telescope launch this Saturday
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Centrifugal launch accelerator SpinLaunch completes first test flight
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World's first wooden satellite set to launch – European Space Agency materials experts are contributing a suite of experimental sensors to the mission
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China launches main part of its first permanent space station
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SpaceX lands Starship prototype for the first time — and then it blows up
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SpaceX launches first next-generation Cargo Dragon spacecraft to ISS on CRS-21 mission
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SpaceX Falcon 9 "Sentinel-6" launch, from launch to landing with ground tracking, annotated with altitude and velocity
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Falcon 9 launches "Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich" ocean science satellite, lands Falcon 9 first stage back at Vandenberg SLC-4E
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It’s launch day for the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the ISS
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SSC to launch satellites from Esrange Space Center
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SpaceX Crew-1 launch delayed to assess Merlin engine turbopump concern from GPS-III-04 launch attempt
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German startup Rocket Factory Augsburg has selected the Norwegian launch facility Andøya Spaceport for a 2022 maiden flight of the company's RFA One vehicle
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NASA delays James Webb Space Telescope launch by seven months
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"An issue was experienced today during Rocket Lab's launch that caused the loss of the vehicle. The issue occurred late in the flight during the 2nd stage burn."
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After Tuesday’s GPS III-03 launch, SpaceX expands its fleet of used rockets with another booster recovery
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Vehicle processing delay with ULA's Atlas 5 rocket causes Mars 2020 rover launch to slip to July 30, near end of launch window
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Space Force more receptive to reusable rockets as it continues to review SpaceX missions—GPS III-3 launch scheduled for end of June, first stage to attempt landing
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NASA expects to cover JWST launch slip with budget reserves
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SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of its tenth batch of Starlink satellites—the first launch that will see all satellites equipped with visors to reduce ground brightness
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SpaceX launches fifty-eight Starlink satellites on ninth Starlink launch, including three Planet SkySats
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NASA confirms JWST will miss March 2021 launch date
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A rocket launch can’t unite us until the space world acknowledges our divisions
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Watch SpaceX launch Starlink Mission 8 [Livestream, launch at 9:25PM ET June 3, 1:25 UTC June 4]
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Elon Musk tweets IN RUSSIAN to accept co-operation offer from Russia’s space agency
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Recap: SpaceX successfully launches Crew Dragon with Bob Behnken & Doug Hurley on SpX Demo-2 mission to the ISS, restoring US spaceflight for the first time in nine years
Decided I'd post a text post and provide links to all the content, since there's so much and it's all quite diverse. I'll update this post throughout the day with more content: NASA Press Release:...
Decided I'd post a text post and provide links to all the content, since there's so much and it's all quite diverse. I'll update this post throughout the day with more content:
- NASA Press Release: NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon
- Live stream & launch video, courtesy SpaceX & NASA. This is going to be live all the way through to docking with the ISS.
- NASA Spaceflight (Good resource, quite in-depth): SpaceX Dragon’s historic launch dodges weather to launch and end the gap
- SpaceNews: Crew Dragon in orbit after historic launch, by Jeff Foust
- The Verge: A cute stuffed dinosaur hitched a ride on SpaceX’s historic launch
- The Verge: Watch NASA astronauts fly SpaceX’s Crew Dragon using touchscreens
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SpaceX’s Dragon launch ushers in a new era for Americans in space
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SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell on prospects for Starship launcher
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Watch the SpaceX Demo-2 crewed launch livestream at 4:33pm ET, May 27th
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As the US regains the ability to launch astronauts with its own rockets, the future of Russia's already struggling civil space program is unclear
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Small satellite launcher Virgin Orbit plans to fly its rocket for the first time this weekend
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United Launch Alliance launches robotic X-37B space plane on sixth classified mission
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SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation passes 400 satellites with seventh dedicated launch, Falcon 9 successfully lands on drone ship
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Tory Bruno—CEO of United Launch Alliance—discusses rocket reusability, SpaceX, and the economics of operating a space launch business
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NASA sets May 27 launch date for SpaceX commercial crew test flight
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Jeff Bezos’ space company is pressuring employees to launch a tourist rocket during the pandemic
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How astronaut Nick Hague survived an aborted Soyuz flight
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Iranian rocket fails to reach necessary speed for putting Zafar 1 communications satellite into orbit
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SpaceX will now let you book a rocket launch online starting at $1 million
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Inside SpinLaunch, the space industry’s best kept secret
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to be "destroyed in Dragon fire" as part of upcoming Inflight Abort Test, scheduled for January 18
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SpaceX set for record-breaking 2020 manifest
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European Space Agency's exoplanet mission Cheops (Characterising Exoplanet Satellite) has successfully launched
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Starliner test flight passes launch readiness review
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