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VideoRussian spy satellite launched by Soyuz rocket
A classified mapping satellite rode a Soyuz rocket into space Thursday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the fifth mission of the year to deploy a Russian military payload in orbit.
VideoLive coverage: Boeing’s Starliner docks at International Space Station
A day after launching from Cape Canaveral, Boeing's human-rated Starliner spacecraft approached the International Space Station Friday for docking, a major test objective left unaccomplished during the crew capsule's first unpiloted demonstration flight in 2019. Docking occurred at 8:28 p.m. EDT (0028 GMT).
VideoLive coverage: Atlas 5 rocket sends Starliner toward space station
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule lifted off on its second orbital test flight Thursday, riding a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket off the pad at Cape Canaveral at 6:54 p.m. EDT (2254 GMT). The mission is heading for the International Space Station.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX rocket, Starlink satellites launch from pad 39A
SpaceX's third Starlink satellite deployment mission in five days launched at 6:59 a.m. EDT (1059 GMT) Wednesday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A Falcon 9 rocket carried 53 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches new booster with more Starlink satellites
Less than 24 hours after launching Starlink satellites from California, SpaceX lofted another 53 internet relay stations at 4:40 p.m. EDT (2040 GMT) Saturday from Cape Canaveral aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. It was SpaceX's 20th launch of the year, and the second of 2022 to debut a new Falcon 9 booster.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 3:07 p.m. PDT (6:07 p.m. EDT; 2207 GMT) Friday with 53 Starlink internet satellites. The booster landed on a drone ship in the Pacific Ocean.
VideoNOAA reveals first images from new weather satellite
NOAA released the first imagery from the new GOES-18 weather satellite that launched March 1 from Cape Canaveral, and confirmed the spacecraft's main camera doesn't suffer the same cooling system problem that caused degraded vision in an earlier satellite.
VideoLive coverage: SpaceX launches 53 more Starlink satellites
SpaceX launched another batch of 53 Starlink internet satellites at 5:42 a.m. EDT (0942 GMT) Friday from the Kennedy Space Center. The booster nailed its landing on SpaceX's drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, completing its 12th flight to space.
VideoSpaceX rolls out rocket for another Starlink deployment mission
SpaceX raised a Falcon 9 rocket vertical on pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday, ready for a pre-sunrise blastoff Friday with 53 more Starlink internet satellites, using a booster stage flying for a record-tying 12th time.
VideoLive coverage: Four astronauts return to Earth after six-month mission
Four astronauts closed out a nearly six-month expedition on the International Space Station with an undocking early Thursday on SpaceX's Dragon Endurance spacecraft, heading for splashdown about 24 hours later off the coast of Florida. Departure from the station occurred at 1:20 a.m. EDT (0520 GMT) Thursday, and the crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico at 12:43 a.m. EDT (0443 GMT) Friday.