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Hydrazine loading operations conclude at the SLS launch pad

March 25, 2022 Spaceflight Now

Technicians wearing protective self-contained suits loaded toxic hydrazine fuel into the Space Launch System’s hydraulic power units Friday on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA is gearing up for a countdown dress rehearsal which could start as soon as April 1.

4K Video: A Falcon 9 blows multicolored smoke rings during Starlink launch

March 4, 2022 Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:25 a.m. EST (1425 GMT) on Thursday, March 3, 2022, carrying 47 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit. (4K video)

4K Video: Atlas 5 launches GOES-T weather satellite

March 2, 2022 Spaceflight Now

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022, and delivered the GOES-T weather satellite into orbit.

4K Video: Astra launches from Cape Canaveral on a failed mission

February 10, 2022 Spaceflight Now

Watch 4K video footage of the launch of Astra’s Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Cape Canaveral at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) on Feb. 10, 2022.

4K Video: SpaceX launches Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed satellite and lands booster

February 3, 2022 Spaceflight Now

Watch in 4K video as a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster puts on a spectacular sky show during its climb into space and return to Earth as it launches Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite.

Falcon 9 rocket test fired before COSMO-SkyMed satellite launch

January 30, 2022 Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket is test fired at launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned launch of Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite.

Firefly’s Alpha rocket explodes on inaugural test launch

September 3, 2021 Spaceflight Now

The first test flight of Firefly Aerospace’s privately-developed Alpha small satellite launcher ended in a fiery explosion soon after liftoff Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SpaceX test fires a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Starlink mission

May 3, 2021 Spaceflight Now

SpaceX has performed a static test firing of a Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A ahead of a planned liftoff on Tuesday with 60 more Starlink satellites.

Live coverage: Four astronauts return home after 167 days in space

May 1, 2021 Spaceflight Now

NASA commander Mike Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Japanese mission specialist Soichi Noguchi wrapped up a 167-day mission early Sunday with a splashdown at sea aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at around 2:56 a.m. EDT (0656 GMT).

Watch a Falcon 9 launch the 21st batch of Starlink satellites in 4K video

March 13, 2021 Spaceflight Now

A Falcon 9 rocket’s lifts off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:13:29 a.m. EST (0813:29 GMT) on Thursday, March 11, 2021 carrying 60 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit.