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October 14, 2019

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[ October 13, 2019 ] Photos: Proton fires off the launch pad with two U.S.-built satellites Mission Reports
[ October 11, 2019 ] SpaceX’s next launch to mark another incremental step in rocket reusability Falcon 9
[ October 11, 2019 ] Stratolaunch under new ownership News
[ October 11, 2019 ] Alexei Leonov, world’s first spacewalker, dies News
[ October 11, 2019 ] Morgan, Koch continue battery replacement work on spacewalk Mission Reports

SLS pathfinder stage arrives at Florida launch site

October 1, 2019

A steel tube built as a stand-in for the core stage of NASA’s Space Launch System has arrived at the Kennedy Space Center for a series of rehearsals to hone the skills of technicians before the real rocket reaches the spaceport, an oft-delayed milestone that could still be a year or more away.

HTV delivers batteries and experiments to space station

September 28, 2019

Japan’s eighth robotic resupply mission to the International Space Station arrived at its destination Saturday, delivering six fresh lithium-ion batteries, science experiments, CubeSats and other gear to the research outpost.

Russia launches missile warning satellite

September 26, 2019

A Russian military satellite designed to detect missile launches arrived in orbit Thursday following a successful liftoff aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

Soyuz ferries three crew members to space station

September 25, 2019

A Soyuz rocket carrying a Russian commander, a NASA co-pilot and a United Arab Emirates guest cosmonaut blasted off from Kazakhstan Wednesday, chased down the International Space Station and glided in for a picture-perfect docking, kicking off an unprecedented end-of-year schedule that includes up to a dozen spacewalks.

China launches environmental monitoring satellite

September 25, 2019

China launched a Long March 2D rocket Wednesday carrying a Yunhai environmental monitoring satellite into an orbit some 470 miles above Earth.

Live coverage: International crew launches from Kazakhstan

September 25, 2019

A Soyuz rocket with a three-person crew heading for the International Space Station lifted off at 1357 GMT (9:57 a.m. EDT) Wednesday in the final launch currently scheduled from Gagarin’s Start, a historic site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan from where Yuri Gagarin departed on the first human spaceflight in 1961. Beginning next year, Soyuz crews will blast off from a different pad at Baikonur.

LRO’s view of Chandrayaan 2 landing site obscured by shadows

September 24, 2019

An overflight last week of the Chandrayaan 2 landing site on the moon by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has turned up no clear sign of the lost Indian lander. Another flyover with better lighting conditions is scheduled next month.

Fresh batteries, experiments on the way to the International Space Station

September 24, 2019

A Japanese H-2B rocket fired into orbit Tuesday from the Tanegashima Space Center with an automated cargo freighter loaded with more than 4.1 tons of batteries, experiments, spacewalk equipment, water and provisions for the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Japanese cargo freighter launches from Tanegashima

September 24, 2019

Two weeks after a launch pad fire forced a delay, a Japanese H-2B rocket lifted off Tuesday with an HTV cargo freighter to deliver upgraded batteries, experiments and provisions to the International Space Station. Liftoff from the Tanegashima Space Center occurred at 1605 GMT (12:05 p.m. EDT) Tuesday.

Soyuz rocket in position for launch of next station crew

September 23, 2019

The Russian Soyuz rocket that will carry a three-person crew to the International Space Station Wednesday has arrived on its launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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