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January 18, 2021

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[ January 18, 2021 ] SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink mission Falcon 9
[ January 18, 2021 ] Virgin’s satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time Mission Reports
[ January 17, 2021 ] NASA studying cause of early end to NASA moon rocket test-firing Mission Reports
[ January 16, 2021 ] Video: SLS core stage test-firing ends early Mission Reports
[ January 16, 2021 ] NASA takes a chance on Virgin Orbit with company’s second test launch Mission Reports

SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink mission

January 18, 2021

SpaceX rolled out a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday night to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida for liftoff with the next 60 Starlink internet satellites, but officials pushed back the launch by 24 hours until Tuesday to await improved weather in the offshore booster recovery zone.
NASA studying cause of early end to NASA moon rocket test-firing

January 17, 2021

A critical test-firing of NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket in Mississippi ended just 67 seconds after it began Saturday, well short of a planned eight-minute burn that was supposed to clear the way for the space agency to finally ship the rocket’s core stage to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for launch preparations.

Video: SLS core stage test-firing ends early

January 16, 2021

The four RS-25 engines at the bottom of NASA’s first Space Launch System core stage shut down about a minute into a ground test-firing Saturday that was supposed to last more than eight minutes.
NASA takes a chance on Virgin Orbit with company’s second test launch

January 16, 2021

On its second launch attempt after a propulsion problem prevented its light-class air-dropped rocket from reaching space last year, Virgin Orbit will try to deliver 10 experimental CubeSats into orbit as soon as Sunday on a mission booked by NASA five years ago for $4.7 million.
Live coverage: SLS core stage engines shut down early during critical hotfire test

January 16, 2021

A critical test-firing of the Space Launch System’s core stage engines cut off about a minute into a planned eight-minute burn Saturday on a test stand at NASA’s Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. The rocket’s four engines ignited at 5:27 p.m. EST (2227 GMT) for a test that was to pave the way for the core stage’s shipment to the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations.
Live coverage: Rocket Lab scrubs launch from New Zealand

January 16, 2021

Rocket Lab scrubbed a launch attempt Saturday for its first mission of 2021 to review sensor data. Officials did not immediately set a new target launch date. The company’s light-class Electron rocket is set for launch from New Zealand with a small clandestine satellite for OHB, a German aerospace company.
NASA proceeds with SLS booster stacking in Florida before core stage arrives

January 15, 2021

NASA ground crews at the Kennedy Space Center are continuing to stack segments of the Space Launch System’s side-mounted solid rocket boosters on a mobile launch platform inside the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA’s huge moon rocket faces critical test-firing before first launch

January 15, 2021

A critical test firing Saturday of the four main engines powering the first stage of NASA’s gargantuan Space Launch System moon rocket is the final major hurdle before the fully assembled booster’s costly, oft-delayed launch late this year on an unpiloted test flight.
Rocket Lab set to launch super-secret satellite for German company

January 15, 2021

A small communications satellite built by the German company OHB — a payload so secret that no one has officially disclosed its name or end user — is set to ride a Rocket Lab Electron launcher into orbit Saturday from New Zealand.
Officials forecast than 50 launches from Florida’s Space Coast this year

January 15, 2021

Military officials in charge of the Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral project more than 50 launches from Florida’s Space Coast this year, with SpaceX responsible for most of the launch activity, the vice commander of the 45th Space Wing said this week.
Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch

January 14, 2021

Blue Origin says it is “very, very close” to flying humans on suborbital launches to the edge of space after a successful test flight of a human-capable rocket and capsule Thursday.
French wine, live rodents among 2 tons of cargo returned from space station

January 14, 2021

A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule parachuted to an on-target splashdown Wednesday night west of Tampa, returning more than two tons of experiment specimens from the International Space Station, including live rodents and a dozen bottles of space-aged French wine.

Virgin’s satellite launcher reaches orbit for first time

SpaceX rolls out Falcon 9 rocket for another Starlink mission

NASA studying cause of early end to NASA moon rocket test-firing

Video: SLS core stage test-firing ends early

NASA takes a chance on Virgin Orbit with company’s second test launch

Live coverage: SLS core stage engines shut down early during critical hotfire test

Live coverage: Rocket Lab scrubs launch from New Zealand

NASA proceeds with SLS booster stacking in Florida before core stage arrives

NASA’s huge moon rocket faces critical test-firing before first launch

Rocket Lab set to launch super-secret satellite for German company

Officials forecast than 50 launches from Florida’s Space Coast this year

Blue Origin tests passenger accommodations on suborbital launch

French wine, live rodents among 2 tons of cargo returned from space station

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