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August 14, 2018

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[ August 13, 2018 ] Photos: Delta 4-Heavy takes off from Cape Canaveral Delta 4
[ August 12, 2018 ] NASA launches Parker Solar Probe on historic mission Delta 4
[ August 11, 2018 ] Launch of solar probe scrubbed by technical issue in terminal countdown Delta 4
[ August 11, 2018 ] Photos: Delta 4-Heavy revealed for solar probe launch Delta 4
[ August 11, 2018 ] Delta 4-Heavy launch timeline with Parker Solar Probe Delta 4

Watch the Parker Solar Probe pre-launch mission briefing

August 10, 2018

NASA held a pre-launch briefing for the Parker Solar Probe mission on Thursday, August 9, 2018, at the Kennedy Space Center.
Parker Solar Probe cleared for launch to ‘touch the sun’

August 9, 2018

NASA managers Thursday cleared the $1.5 billion Parker Solar Probe for launch early Saturday on a daring mission to “touch the sun,” repeatedly flying through its outer atmosphere to find out why the blazing corona is millions of degrees hotter than our star’s visible surface.
NASA signs off on SpaceX’s “load-and-go” procedure for crew launches

August 9, 2018

The NASA manager overseeing development of Boeing and SpaceX’s commercial crew ferry ships says the space agency has approved SpaceX’s proposal to strap in astronauts atop Falcon 9 rockets, then fuel the launchers in the final hour of the countdown as the company does for its uncrewed missions.
Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Merah Putih satellite

August 9, 2018

A Falcon 9 rocket booster which first flew in May took off for the second time Tuesday from Cape Canaveral carrying the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.
Indonesian communications satellite deployed in orbit by SpaceX

August 7, 2018

Keeping up a run of middle-of-the-night launches from Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket powered by a recycled first stage booster climbed into orbit early Tuesday with the Indonesian Merah Putih communications satellite.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Merah Putih

August 6, 2018

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Merah Putih communications satellite into orbit around 32 minutes later.
Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral

August 6, 2018

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, flying with a first stage booster that was previously launched and recovered in May, lifted from Cape Canaveral at 1:18 a.m. EDT (0518 GMT) Tuesday with Indonesia’s Merah Putih communications satellite. The first stage accomplished a pinpoint landing on SpaceX’s drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
SpaceX set to re-fly first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster Tuesday

August 5, 2018

Forecasters expect good weather on Florida’s Space Coast for liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket early Tuesday with an Indonesian communications satellite.
SpaceX cargo capsule comes back to Earth from space station

August 3, 2018

A commercial Dragon cargo craft launched June 29 departed the International Space Station and returned to Earth on Friday with nearly two tons of cargo and research samples.
NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceships

August 3, 2018

NASA announced Friday a mix of spaceflight veterans and rookie astronauts who will launch on the first flights of new Boeing and SpaceX commercial spaceships starting as soon as next spring, several months later than previously scheduled.

NASA launches Parker Solar Probe on historic mission

Watch the Parker Solar Probe pre-launch mission briefing

Parker Solar Probe cleared for launch to ‘touch the sun’

NASA signs off on SpaceX’s “load-and-go” procedure for crew launches

Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket blasts off with Merah Putih satellite

Indonesian communications satellite deployed in orbit by SpaceX

Falcon 9 launch timeline with Merah Putih

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX set to re-fly first Falcon 9 Block 5 booster Tuesday

SpaceX cargo capsule comes back to Earth from space station

NASA reveals crews for first flights of commercial spaceships

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