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Webb spots vast plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus

June 2, 2023 Spaceflight Now

Using the sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have managed to detect a vast plume of water vapor spewing from the southern pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, a jet extending nearly 6,000 miles and feeding a previously detected torus circling the entire planet.

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Jammed radar boom on Jupiter-bound JUICE probe finally freed

May 19, 2023 Spaceflight Now

After three weeks of intense analysis and troubleshooting, European Space Agency flight controllers have finally succeeded in freeing a jammed boom critical to the Jupiter-bound JUICE probe’s ice-penetrating radar instrument.

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Live coverage: SpaceX’s Starship rocket explodes on test flight from Texas

April 20, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launched the first full-scale Starship and Super Heavy rocket from South Texas at 8:33 a.m. CDT (9:33 a.m. EDT; 1333 UTC Thursday). The nearly 40-story-tall rocket, the largest ever built, lifted off from the Starbase launch complex and flew downrange before veering out of control and exploding about four minutes into the flight.

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Launch Pad Live: Feeds from Starbase and Kennedy Space Center

April 18, 2023 Spaceflight Now

Watch a live 24-7 stream of space operations from Starbase, Texas, and Cape Canaveral, Florida.

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Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs launch attempt for Starship test flight

April 17, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX called off a launch attempt in Texas Monday for the Super Heavy booster and Starship launch vehicle, blaming a bad valve on the first stage. The next launch attempt for the world’s largest rocket is scheduled for Thursday, depending on weather and a fix for the valve problem.

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Time-lapse: Falcon Heavy rolls out for static fire

April 13, 2023 Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket rolls to launch pad 39A on Apr. 12, 2023, for a static test fire before its launch with the ViaSat 3 Americas broadband communications satellite.

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Live coverage: SpaceX launches 56 more Starlink internet satellites

March 24, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX launched another Falcon 9 rocket Friday, this time to deliver 56 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC). The first stage booster landed on a drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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Starlink 5-5 static fire at pad 40

March 23, 2023 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 booster ahead of the planned launch of another batch of Starlink satellites.

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Pre-launch interview with Inmarsat’s Peter Hadinger (members only)

February 17, 2023 Spaceflight Now

Spaceflight Now Editor Stephen Clark speaks with Inmarsat Chief Technology Officer Peter Hadinger about the planned launch of the Inmarsat 6 F2 communications satellite.

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Time-lapse: Starship chopsticks carriage rotated to vertical

January 14, 2023 Spaceflight Now

The carriage that will carry the chopsticks mechanism up and down the Florida Starship launch pad tower was rotated vertical and lifted on to a support structure on Jan. 7, 2023.

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  • Webb spots vast plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus
    June 2, 2023
  • Third set of upgraded solar arrays ready for ride to International Space Station
    June 2, 2023
  • Technical snags force another delay for Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule
    June 1, 2023
  • North Korean launch attempt fails, days after South Korea’s successful space shot
    June 1, 2023
  • SpaceX delivers 52 more Starlink satellites into orbit
    May 31, 2023
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