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April 30, 2025

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[ April 29, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on 50th Falcon 9 rocket of 2025 Falcon 9
[ April 28, 2025 ] ULA launches first production Amazon Kuiper satellites on Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Atlas 5
[ April 26, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ April 26, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 27 Starlink launch from California Falcon 9
[ April 26, 2025 ] Alpha rocket anomaly prevents deployment of Lockheed Martin tech demo satellite Alpha

What to do with the final Delta 2 rocket?

April 8, 2015 Justin Ray

With the payload matching game showing no prospects, the final Delta 2 rocket could be headed to the Smithsonian or another museum instead of space.

Diverse destinations considered for new interplanetary probe

April 6, 2015 Stephen Clark

Science teams from across the United States have submitted 28 proposals for missions to explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, touch the asteroid-like satellites orbiting Mars, visit unseen worlds and hunt for objects that could strike Earth one day.

Rosetta probe disoriented by comet dust

April 5, 2015 Stephen Clark

Ground controllers are analyzing a fault aboard Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft after an encounter with comet dust confused the probe’s navigation system, leaving the robot explorer in a temporary safe mode and halting regular science operations.

Launch of BepiColombo mission to Mercury slips to 2017

April 5, 2015 Stephen Clark

The launch of a nearly $2 billion joint mission robotic mission to Mercury by Europe and Japan will be delayed from next year to early 2017 to account for late deliveries of critical components and scientific instrumentation, according to the European Space Agency.