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October 20, 2017

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[ October 20, 2017 ] Astronauts wrap up spacewalk, accomplishing all primary tasks Mission Reports
[ October 20, 2017 ] NASA’s Dawn mission gears up for close look at Ceres News
[ October 20, 2017 ] World’s largest methane-fueled rocket engine test-fired by Blue Origin News
[ October 19, 2017 ] Cassini results still keeping scientists busy News
[ October 17, 2017 ] Neutron star collision an astronomical gold mine News

Video: Falcon 9 rocket lifts off with joint satellite for SES, EchoStar

October 12, 2017

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast Wednesday evening with the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite, a video relay and data distribution platform jointly developed by SES and EchoStar.

SpaceX launches its 15th mission of the year

October 12, 2017

Maintaining a brisk flight rate three days after its last launch, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 booster powered by a reused first stage into orbit Wednesday evening from Florida with an Airbus-built communications satellite for SES and EchoStar.

Photos: Previously-flown Falcon 9 booster poised for launch

October 11, 2017

A Falcon 9 rocket powered by a reused first stage booster rolled out Tuesday to pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a day before its scheduled liftoff with an Airbus-built communications satellite designed for television broadcasts over the Americas.

Falcon 9 launch timeline with SES 11/EchoStar 105

October 11, 2017

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday evening, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the SES 11/EchoStar 105 communications satellite into orbit 36 minutes later.

Live coverage: SpaceX delivers joint SES/EchoStar satellite to orbit

October 11, 2017

Crowned with a European-built communications satellite designed to broadcast television over the Americas, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a previously-flown first stage booster lifted off Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A Wednesday at 6:53 p.m. EDT (2253 GMT).

Wallops launch base receives final hardware delivery for next Cygnus mission

October 10, 2017

Orbital ATK shipped the final major piece of hardware for the next Cygnus space station resupply mission to a launch base on Virginia’s Eastern Shore last week as technicians began loading cargo destined for delivery to the orbiting research lab.

Russian Progress supply ship poised for swift trip to space station

October 10, 2017

Russian ground crews are readying a robotic Progress cargo freighter for launch Thursday on an expedited trek to the International Space Station that should take less than three-and-a-half hours from liftoff to docking, cutting in half the normal transit time.

Astronauts stage second spacewalk in five days

October 10, 2017

Five days after work to replace the grapple fitting on one end of the space station’s robot arm, commander Randy Bresnik and flight engineer Mark Vande Hei ventured back outside the lab complex Tuesday to lubricate the new arm mechanism, to replace a degraded camera and to carry out a variety of lower-priority chores.

Photos: Falcon 9 rocket’s predawn launch from California

October 10, 2017

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off Monday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California with 10 new satellites for Iridium’s upgraded communications network in low Earth orbit.

Video: Iridium payload released from Falcon 9 rocket in orbit

October 10, 2017

Watch a replay from a camera mounted on-board SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as it released one of 10 Iridium Next communications satellites Monday nearly 400 miles above Earth.

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