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May 13, 2021

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[ May 13, 2021 ] Russian actress, Japanese entrepreneur cleared for space station visits Mission Reports
[ May 12, 2021 ] Long-time Kennedy Space Center director to take job at NASA Headquarters News
[ May 12, 2021 ] U.S. military warning sentinel attached to Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral Atlas 5
[ May 10, 2021 ] NASA, Axiom sign agreements moving ahead with first commercial station visit Mission Reports
[ May 10, 2021 ] NASA chief criticizes China for uncontrolled rocket re-entry Mission Reports

Russian actress, Japanese entrepreneur cleared for space station visits

May 13, 2021

Russian actress Yulia Peresild and filmmaker Klim Shipenko will join cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov for a Soyuz flight to the International Space Station on Oct. 5 to shoot scenes for an upcoming movie, the Russian space agency announced Thursday.

Long-time Kennedy Space Center director to take job at NASA Headquarters

May 12, 2021

Former space shuttle commander Bob Cabana, who has led NASA’s Kennedy Space Center since 2008, will take a new job in Washington as the space agency’s No. 3 official next week.

U.S. military warning sentinel attached to Atlas 5 rocket at Cape Canaveral

May 12, 2021

United Launch Alliance crews at Cape Canaveral have topped off an Atlas 5 rocket for liftoff Monday with the U.S. military’s next infrared sentinel to join a satellite fleet designed detect missile launches around the world.

NASA, Axiom sign agreements moving ahead with first commercial station visit

May 10, 2021

NASA and Houston-based Axiom Space have signed a “mission order” setting the stage for four civilians to visit to the International Space Station early next year, the first fully commercial flight to the orbiting lab complex, agency managers said Monday.

NASA chief criticizes China for uncontrolled rocket re-entry

May 10, 2021

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said Saturday that China is failing to meet “responsible standards” on space debris after a massive Long March rocket stage fell back to Earth over the Indian Ocean in an uncontrolled re-entry that is likely to be repeated with additional launches next year.

SpaceX reaches rocket reuse milestone on Starlink launch

May 9, 2021

The launch of another 60 Starlink internet spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Sunday thrust SpaceX past a major milestone in rocket reuse: the 10th successful flight of a Falcon 9 booster. The mission marked the fourth SpaceX launch from Florida in 16 days, with the next batch of Starlink satellites due to blast off next Saturday.

Live coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral

May 8, 2021

SpaceX has launched its fourth Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast in less than 16 days. A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off with 60 more Starlink internet satellites at 2:42 a.m. EDT (0642 GMT) Sunday. The reusable booster, making its 10th flight, landed on a drone ship parked in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX ready to break another rocket reuse record with launch early Sunday

May 8, 2021

A Falcon 9 rocket and 60 more Starlink internet satellites set for launch early Sunday at Cape Canaveral will mark the first time SpaceX has flown a first stage 10 times, reaching a milestone that the company once said could be a limit for reusing boosters. Now SpaceX plans to keep flying reused rockets on Starlink missions until one fails.

Large Chinese rocket tumbling toward toward unguided re-entry this weekend

May 7, 2021

For the second time in a year, a large spent Chinese rocket stage intentionally left in orbit is heading for an unguided plunge back into Earth’s atmosphere Saturday or Sunday somewhere between 41.5 degrees north and south latitude.

Bezos’s Blue Origin auctions seat on first New Shepard spaceflight with passengers

May 7, 2021

Blue Origin plans to begin crew flights of its suborbital New Shepard spacecraft on July 20, launching the highest bidder in an online auction out of the atmosphere and into space for a few minutes of weightlessness and an out-of-this world view before returning to Earth.

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