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March 20, 2019

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[ March 19, 2019 ] Beresheet lander on course for the moon Mission Reports
[ March 19, 2019 ] NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft finds particles flying off asteroid Bennu Mission Reports
[ March 16, 2019 ] Delta 4 rocket launches Air Force’s 10th WGS broadband satellite Delta 4
[ March 15, 2019 ] Delta 4 rocket’s launch timeline with WGS 10 Delta 4
[ March 15, 2019 ] Photos: Mobile gantry retracted at Delta 4 launch pad Delta 4

Hayabusa 2’s asteroid touch-and-go comes to life in dramatic new video

March 6, 2019

A camera riding on Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft recorded stunning views of the probe’s final descent to asteroid Ryugu last month, showing the rocky debris kicked up by the robot explorer’s touch-and-go landing to collect a sample for return to Earth.

OneWeb announced as customer for inaugural Ariane 6 launch

March 5, 2019

Arianespace has announced OneWeb, the broadband Internet provider seeking to deploy more than 600 satellites into low Earth orbit, as the launch customer for the inaugural flight of the new Ariane 6 rocket in 2020.

SpaceX crew capsule welcomed aboard space station

March 3, 2019

Closing out a 27-hour pursuit after a predawn launch from Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule glided to an automated docking early Sunday at the International Space Station, accomplishing one of the ship’s key test objectives before astronauts take a ride later this year.

Military satellite joined with Delta 4 rocket at Cape Canaveral

March 2, 2019

The addition of a U.S. Air Force communications satellite has capped the assembly of a 218-foot-tall United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket at Cape Canaveral set for liftoff the evening of March 13.

SpaceX launches first Crew Dragon ferry ship

March 2, 2019

Opening a new era in American spaceflight, a Falcon 9 rocket streaked into space early Saturday, boosting the company’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft into orbit on an unpiloted test flight, the first launch of a commercially developed capsule intended to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

Astronauts eager to see results of Crew Dragon test flight

March 1, 2019

The astronauts assigned to fly SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft beginning later this year said Friday they are excited for the capsule’s first orbital mission set for launch Saturday, but significant work remains before the ship is cleared to carry people.

Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon stand tall at pad 39A

March 1, 2019

These photos show the 215-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft at launch pad 39A, ready for liftoff from Florida’s Space Coast on a critical test flight to the International Space Station.

Photos: Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon arrive at pad 39A for launch

March 1, 2019

SpaceX rolled the first Crew Dragon spacecraft out to a Florida launch pad Thursday for final preparations ahead of a test flight to the International Space Station.

Live coverage: Crew Dragon capsule returns to Earth

March 1, 2019

SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft wrapped up its five-day stay at the International Space Station at 2:31 a.m. EST (0731 GMT) Friday with a smooth undocking, then nailed an on-target splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean east of Florida at 8:45 a.m. EST (1345 GMT).

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ready for first test flight

February 28, 2019

SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft, fixed to the forward end of a Falcon 9 rocket, emerged Thursday from the company’s hangar at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the quarter-mile journey to its launch mount at pad 39A, where liftoff is scheduled early Saturday on a critical test flight before astronauts strap into the ship later this year.

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