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Month: September 2015

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OTD…Sept. 21 and Endeavour retirement

September 21, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2012…California welcomes Endeavour back to birth state for retirement

News

Debut launch of Long March 6 deploys 20 satellites

September 20, 2015 Stephen Clark

China’s Long March 6 rocket, fueled by a mixture of kerosene and liquid oxygen, successfully shot into orbit on its first mission Saturday with 20 small satellites, signaling a revolution in Chinese rocketry as the country prepares to test bigger boosters in the coming months.

News

Planet Labs takes rash of launch failures in stride

September 20, 2015 Stephen Clark

No one had ever lost 26 satellites at once until a launch failure bit Planet Labs last year, temporarily setting back the San Francisco startup’s ambition to map the globe every day.

Mission Reports

Launch of European Mars mission delayed two months

September 20, 2015 Stephen Clark

Officials expect to delay next year’s launch of a European Mars orbiter and lander about two months — from January to March — to remove faulty pressure transducers from the landing craft’s braking system, the European Space Agency announced Friday.

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OTD…Sept. 20 and Endeavour retirement

September 20, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2012…Endeavour’s coast-to-coast ferryflight into retirement arrives at Edwards Air Force Base

News

The surface of Rosetta’s comet is changing

September 19, 2015 Stephen Clark

Views from Europe’s Rosetta comet orbiter show mysterious markings appearing on the nucleus of Comet 67P in recent months, with new surface features forming within a matter of weeks, and scientists are digging into the complex causes of the cometary erosion.

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OTD…Sept. 19 and Endeavour retirement

September 19, 2015 Justin Ray

#OTD in 2012…Kennedy Space Center bid final farewell to Endeavour

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Boeing rejects bid to buy ULA as engine race heats up

September 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

Boeing said Wednesday it has turned down an offer from Aerojet Rocketdyne to buy United Launch Alliance, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture that operates the Atlas and Delta rocket fleets.

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Haunting sunset vista shows foggy hazes on Pluto

September 17, 2015 Stephen Clark

A crescent Pluto stars in pictures captured just after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft’s July flyby of the distant dwarf planet, exposing eerie backlit fog banks that scientists say hint at an Earth-like weather cycle.

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Orion spacecraft may not fly with astronauts until 2023

September 16, 2015 Stephen Clark

The first piloted flight of NASA’s Orion space capsule, a vehicle designed to carry astronauts away from Earth for the first time in two generations, may slip from 2021 to 2023, agency officials said Wednesday.

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News Headlines

  • NASA contract confirms selection of ULA’s Centaur 5 as new upper stage for the SLS rocket
    March 7, 2026
  • SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB Sunday
    March 6, 2026
  • Spanish launch startup PLD Space raises $209 million to scale its rocket production
    March 5, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 600th Starlink satellite of 2026 during predawn Falcon 9 rocket flight from Cape Canaveral
    March 3, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral
    March 1, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 25 Starlink Satellites from the West Coast
    March 1, 2026
  • NASA announces major overhaul of Artemis moon program: “We’ve got to get back to basics”
    February 27, 2026
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 launches from Cape Canaveral with 29 Starlink satellites
    February 27, 2026
  • SLS rocket hauled back to VAB for repairs
    February 25, 2026
  • SpaceX launches 500th Starlink satellite in 2026 during Wednesday Falcon 9 flight
    February 25, 2026
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