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Month: June 2018

Falcon 9

SpaceX launches AI-enabled robot companion, vegetation monitor to space station

June 29, 2018 Stephen Clark

A commercial SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule packed with a robot assistant for the International Space Station’s crew, pouches of extra strong coffee, and a NASA science instrument designed to track the health of plants on Earth left Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Friday on a three-day pursuit of the orbiting research lab.

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Clean feed: Live video of the Falcon 9’s launch pad with countdown audio (members only)

June 29, 2018 Stephen Clark

Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad and listen to the SpaceX launch team run through final countdown procedures.

Mission Reports

Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch grounded to fix nagging technical issue

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab will bypass its current launch window to resolve a recurring problem with a motor controller on the company’s light-class Electron rocket, likely postponing its first commercial satellite launch at least a few weeks.

Falcon 9

Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 15th space station resupply mission

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in less than 10 minutes Friday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying more than 5,900 pounds of supplies and experiments.

Falcon 9

Commercial SpaceX cargo capsule readied for launch Friday

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

A Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship, primarily using previously-flown hardware, are scheduled for liftoff before dawn Friday at Cape Canaveral on SpaceX’s 15th cargo launch to the International Space Station under contract to NASA.

Mission Reports

Japanese spacecraft reaches asteroid after three-and-a-half-year journey

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

Japan’s robotic Hayabusa 2 spacecraft arrived Wednesday at asteroid Ryugu, a diamond-shaped object more than a half-mile wide where the probe will attempt a brief landing later this year to collect rock specimens for return to Earth.

Falcon 9

Live coverage: SpaceX supply ship arrives at space station

June 28, 2018 Stephen Clark

A SpaceX-owned Dragon supply ship packed with nearly three tons of cargo arrived at the International Space Station on Monday after a three-day trip from Cape Canaveral. The station’s robotic arm grappled the cargo capsule at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 GMT).

News

Webb’s launch delayed to 2021 at an extra cost of nearly $1 billion

June 27, 2018 Stephen Clark

An independent panel has informed NASA that the James Webb Space Telescope will not be ready for launch until March 2021, and Congress will have to reauthorize the long-delayed, over-budget mission after breaching an $8 billion cost cap, officials said Wednesday.

Mission Reports

Chinese rocket lifts off with two tech demo satellites

June 27, 2018 Stephen Clark

Two Chinese spacecraft designed to test inter-satellite network and Earth observation technologies launched Wednesday on top of a Long March 2C booster.

Mission Reports

Rocket Lab’s first commercial launch scrubbed again

June 27, 2018 Stephen Clark

The liftoff of a Rocket Lab Electron booster from New Zealand with five U.S.- and German-built nanosatellites was grounded Tuesday, U.S. time, after engineers identified a problem with a motor controller on the two-stage launcher.

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    September 22, 2023
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    September 22, 2023
  • NASA astronaut looks forward to family hugs, peace and quiet, after yearlong flight
    September 22, 2023
  • SpaceX launches Falcon 9 on record-breaking 17th flight for booster
    September 20, 2023
  • Radar-imaging satellite lost as Rocket Lab Electron rocket suffers launch failure
    September 19, 2023
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