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October 18, 2021

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[ October 18, 2021 ] China launches orbiting solar observatory Mission Reports
[ October 17, 2021 ] Russian actress returns to Earth after space station movie shoot Mission Reports
[ October 17, 2021 ] Live coverage: Russian actress, film director, cosmonaut back on Earth Mission Reports
[ October 16, 2021 ] NASA asteroid explorer leaves planet Earth on Atlas 5 rocket Atlas 5
[ October 16, 2021 ] Live coverage: NASA’s Lucy asteroid probe blasts off on Atlas 5 rocket Atlas 5

Live coverage: Shatner, co-passengers ride Blue Origin rocket to space

October 13, 2021

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launched from West Texas at 10:49 a.m. EDT (9:49 a.m. CDT; 1449 GMT), carrying actor William Shatner, Planet co-founder Chris Boshuizen, microbiologist Glen de Vries, and Blue Origin vice president Audrey Powers on a 10-minute suborbital flight to space.

Webb completes sea voyage to launch base in French Guiana

October 12, 2021

The James Webb Space Telescope, a successor to Hubble, arrived at the European Space Agency’s launch base Tuesday in Kourou, French Guiana, for final checkouts and fueling ahead of blastoff in December on top of an Ariane 5 rocket.

Eyes in space monitor La Palma volcano

October 12, 2021

Satellites and astronauts orbiting Earth have been tracking the eruption of a volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma for the last three weeks, revealing a red-hot river of lava pouring out of the ground and flowing into the Atlantic Ocean.

‘Captain Kirk’ heading to space on Blue Origin’s second human launch

October 12, 2021

Fifty-five years after his debut as Captain Kirk in the cult-classic TV series Star Trek, William Shatner, now 90, is finally launching to the final frontier for real Wednesday, becoming the oldest person to fly in space courtesy of Jeff Bezos and his rocket company Blue Origin.

Adapter structure with 10 CubeSats installed on top of Artemis moon rocket

October 12, 2021

Workers at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center have lifted the Orion Stage Adapter on top of the Space Launch System moon rocket, adding the structure housing 10 CubeSat rideshare payloads heading into deep space on the Artemis 1 mission. But three of the CubeSat missions missed their opportunity to fly on the first SLS mission.

On the verge of another Soyuz launch, OneWeb looks to flights on Indian rockets

October 11, 2021

OneWeb announced Monday it is working on an agreement to launch future broadband internet satellites on Indian rockets, the same day the next batch of 36 OneWeb spacecraft moved into position at a Russian spaceport for liftoff Thursday on a Soyuz launcher.

Secondary payloads launched with Landsat begin commissioning

October 10, 2021

Ground teams are stepping through testing of three small CubeSats launched with the Landsat 9 remote sensing satellite last month, preparing the small spacecraft for exoplanet observations and communications experiments. NASA says engineers have not established contact with another CubeSat designed for space weather research.

Japanese satellite launch facing weeks-long delay

October 8, 2021

The launch of a solid-fueled Japanese Epsilon rocket with nine small satellites, originally scheduled to blastoff last week, has been grounded until after the flight of a larger H-2A launcher later this month, Japan’s space agency said Friday.

Astronauts choose ‘Endurance’ as name for new SpaceX crew capsule

October 8, 2021

The astronauts who will ride SpaceX’s newest Dragon spaceship into orbit later this month said Thursday they named their spacecraft “Endurance” as a tribute to the human spirit and a historic sailing vessel used by Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Asteroid probe mounted on Atlas booster originally assigned to astronaut flight

October 7, 2021

Teams at Cape Canaveral transferred NASA’s Lucy asteroid explorer to a United Launch Alliance integration building Thursday and mounted the robotic science probe atop an Atlas 5 rocket for liftoff later this month, using a booster originally built to send astronauts into space.

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