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Photos: SLS makes its debut at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

March 22, 2022 Stephen Clark

The first 322-foot-tall Space Launch System moon rocket arrived on launch pad 39B Friday after an overnight trek from the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

OneWeb signs with SpaceX to resume launching internet constellation

March 21, 2022 Stephen Clark

OneWeb said Monday it has reached an agreement with SpaceX to resume launching the company’s satellite internet constellation later this year, just 18 days after suspending launches on Russian Soyuz rockets.

SpaceX stretches rocket reuse record with another Starlink launch

March 19, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX flew one of its Falcon 9 rocket boosters for a record 12th time early Saturday, delivering 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit and closing out the first quarter of 2022 with 11 missions.

NASA’s most powerful rocket moved to launch pad for first time

March 18, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA’s powerful new moon rocket, standing more than 30 stories tall, arrived on the launch pad early Friday for the first time at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ready for a series of checkouts culminating in fueling test and simulated countdown in early April.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 fleet-leader with more Starlink satellites

March 18, 2022 Stephen Clark

Fifty-three more of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellites rode into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket after midnight Saturday from Cape Canaveral. The reusable Falcon 9 booster completed its 12th successful mission to space, making it the fleet-leader in SpaceX’s inventory. Liftoff occurred at 12:42 a.m. EDT (0442 GMT).

Live coverage: Russian cosmonauts launch on Soyuz rocket

March 18, 2022 Stephen Clark

An all-Russian crew of three cosmonauts launched Friday at 11:55 a.m. EDT (1555 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, heading to orbit on a Soyuz rocket to begin a six-and-a-half month expedition on the International Space Station. The trio docked with the space station at 3:12 p.m. EDT (1912 GMT).

SpaceX to launch reusable booster for record 12th time

March 18, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX raised a veteran Falcon 9 booster vertical on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral late Thursday, ready for a record-setting 12th mission Friday night with 53 more Starlink internet satellites.

Three-man Russian crew ready for launch to International Space Station

March 17, 2022 Stephen Clark

Three cosmonauts set to kick off a six-and-a-half month expedition in orbit will launch Friday on Russia’s first mission to the International Space Station since the country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Relic of Apollo will carry NASA’s new moon rocket to launch pad

March 17, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA is set to roll the Space Launch System, a heavy-duty rocket designed to send astronauts to the moon, out of the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday evening. A crawler-transporter originally built more than 50 years ago for the Apollo program will haul the towering rocket to its launch pad for a countdown dress rehearsal.

Astra launches first successful mission with operational satellites

March 15, 2022 Stephen Clark

Astra’s small satellite launcher returned to flight Tuesday and delivered an unspecified number of small satellites into orbit after a successful liftoff from Alaska, helping clear the way for a series of three launches for NASA in the coming months at Cape Canaveral.