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Commercial BlackSky imaging satellites ride with Rocket Lab

April 2, 2022 Stephen Clark

Two microsatellites for BlackSky launched Saturday from New Zealand, riding a Rocket Lab launch vehicle into orbit to join a fleet of commercial eyes supplying imagery to military and civilian users.

Live coverage: Rocket Lab launches BlackSky satellites

April 2, 2022 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher lifted off from New Zealand at 8:41 a.m. EDT (1241 GMT) Saturday. The commercial small satellite launcher carried two remote sensing microsatellites into orbit for BlackSky.

NASA begins critical Artemis countdown rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center

April 1, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA commenced a two-day countdown dress rehearsal for the agency’s huge Space Launch System moon rocket Friday, with clocks ticking down to a critical milestone Sunday, when the heavy-lifter will be fueled and pressurized on the launch pad for the first time.

Rocket Lab to deploy two more BlackSky imaging satellites

April 1, 2022 Stephen Clark

Rocket Lab will launch a mission from New Zealand on Saturday to place two more small optical imaging satellites into orbit for BlackSky, the U.S. remote sensing company.

Forty payloads ride into orbit on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket

April 1, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a German environmental mapping satellite and 39 co-passenger spacecraft Friday, dodging thunderstorms near Cape Canaveral that threatened to keep the Falcon 9 rocket on the ground.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches Transporter 4 rideshare mission

April 1, 2022 Stephen Clark

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 12:24 p.m. EDT (1624 GMT) Friday with with 40 satellites to begin Earth-observing, communications, and technology demonstration missions.

German imaging satellite gets top billing on next SpaceX rideshare launch

March 31, 2022 Stephen Clark

A $330 million German hyperspectral Earth-imaging satellite will hitch a ride to orbit from Cape Canaveral with 39 smaller commercial payloads on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set for blastoff Friday.

Blue Origin flies fourth suborbital crew mission

March 31, 2022 Stephen Clark

Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital launcher lofted six passengers, including the rocket’s chief designer, on an up-and-down flight to the edge of space Thursday.

NASA astronaut back on Earth after record-setting flight

March 30, 2022 William Harwood

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz spacecraft, undocked from the International Space Station and plunged back to Earth Wednesday, landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan to close out a U.S.-record 355-day stay in space.

Live coverage: NASA astronaut returning home today with two Russian cosmonauts

March 30, 2022 Stephen Clark

NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei, wrapping up nearly one year in orbit, rode a Russian Soyuz spaceship back to Earth on Wednesday with Russian commander Anton Shkaplerov and flight engineer Pyotr Dubrov. The crew returned home from the International Space Station and landed in Kazakhstan at 7:28 a.m. EDT (1128 GMT).