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September 22, 2020

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[ September 21, 2020 ] NASA lays out $28 billion plan to return astronauts to the moon in 2024 News
[ September 18, 2020 ] Jupiter looms large in spectacular Hubble image News
[ September 18, 2020 ] Next SpaceX launch will wait for improved ocean conditions Falcon 9
[ September 17, 2020 ] China successfully launches satellites from ocean-going platform Mission Reports
[ September 17, 2020 ] ULA targeting Sept. 26 for next Delta 4-Heavy launch attempt Delta 4

ULA calls off launch of triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket, will try again Saturday

August 27, 2020

United Launch Alliance early Thursday delayed the launch of a triple-core Delta 4-Heavy rocket — the largest launcher in the company’s fleet — until Saturday to allow engineers more time to resolve an issue with a ground pneumatics control system.

Photos: Mobile gantry retracted to reveal Delta 4-Heavy rocket for liftoff

August 26, 2020

Towering more than 30 stories tall, the mobile gantry structure at the Delta 4-Heavy rocket’s launch pad at Cape Canaveral was wheeled into position for liftoff of the triple-core launcher Thursday with a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office.

Hurricane Laura observed from International Space Station

August 26, 2020

NASA commander Chris Cassidy shared views of Hurricane Laura captured Thursday as the International Space Station soared more than 250 miles over the dangerous storm while it churned across the Gulf of Mexico toward Louisiana.

Live coverage: Launch of Delta 4-Heavy aborted seconds before liftoff

August 26, 2020

The launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral was aborted three seconds before a planned liftoff at 3:28 a.m. EDT (0728 GMT). The rocket was set to loft a classified payload for the National Reconnaissance Office, the U.S. government’s spy satellite agency.

Delta 4-Heavy likely heading for geosynchronous orbit with top secret payload

August 26, 2020

The top secret intelligence-gathering payload for the U.S. government set for launch Saturday on top of a Delta 4-Heavy rocket is likely the next in a line of sensitive eavesdropping satellites designed to intercept radio signals and other communications traffic from adversaries around the world.

Russia’s long-delayed space station research module arrives at launch base

August 25, 2020

A long-delayed Russian science module was transported by train from Moscow to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan earlier this month for a final series of electrical tests and outfitting before launch to the International Space Station next year.

Boeing plans second Starliner test flight in December or January

August 25, 2020

Boeing said Tuesday it is “making excellent progress” toward launching a second unpiloted test flight of its Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station by the end of this year or in early January, setting the stage for the first Starliner demonstration mission with astronauts in mid-2021.

China launches another Gaofen Earth observation satellite

August 24, 2020

Another Chinese Gaofen Earth-imaging satellite launched Sunday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, riding to space with a pair of experimental rideshare payloads for the Chinese military.

August set to end with string of launches from Cape Canaveral

August 24, 2020

Launch teams are readying three rockets for a series of blastoffs this week from Cape Canaveral to loft a classified orbiting spy platform for the U.S. government, a long-delayed Argentine radar imaging payload, and the next set of Starlink broadband satellites.

Images: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites, catches rocket’s payload fairing

August 20, 2020

Imagery from the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Tuesday show the launcher vaulting into space from Cape Canaveral with another batch of nearly 60 Starlink satellites, followed by the successful recovery of the rocket’s first stage booster and payload shroud offshore.

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