[ad_1] Tucked inside the front cone of its Delta 4-Heavy launcher, Parker Solar Probe is leaving its processing facilities in Titusville, Florida. Credit: Ken Kremer / kenkremer.com / spaceupclose.com NASA's Parker Solar …
Read More »SpaceX's rifle catch boat heads for the sea, this time with a larger net – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] SpaceX's refit recovery ship, Mr. Steven, will launch a larger net on Wednesday's launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Credit: SpaceX After several attempts to …
Read More »Falcon 9 launch schedule with Telstar 19 VANTAGE – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket is expected to take off from Cape Canaveral on Monday, heading east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Telstar 19 VANTAGE telecommunications satellite in orbit around …
Read More »Record commercial satellite to launch Cap Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] The Telstar 19 VANTAGE communication satellite is tested on the SSL compact antenna test range. Credit: SSL A gigantic 15,600-pound Canadian communications satellite, the heaviest ever launched, is mounted on a …
Read More »SpaceX rocket engines in the pre-flight test – Spaceflight Now
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Read More »Cargo Cygnus released from the space station, heading for an extended mission – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] Supply ship Cygnus flies off the International Space Station after being released from Canadarm 2 on Sunday. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now Closing 52 days at the International Space Station, …
Read More »SpaceX's first Space Dragon capsule lands at Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] The Crew Dragon spacecraft was scheduled to fly on the first orbital flight test of SpaceX's commercial crew, with no astronauts on board, arriving at Cape Canaveral this week. Credit: SpaceX …
Read More »The towers of Florida's historic launch pad have rocketed – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] EDITOR'S NOTE: Updated at 07:50 EDT (12:50 GMT) after the demolition Launch towers of the Cape Canaveral Complex 17 launch pad were topped Thursday during a demolition explosive. Credit: Stephen Clark …
Read More »NASA's Kepler telescope nears completion of mission – Spaceflight Now
[ad_1] Artist concept of the Kepler Observatory. Credit: NASA Almost a decade after the launch of Cape Canaveral for a planet quest that identified 2,650 new worlds beyond our solar system, NASA's …
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