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VideoSpaceX launches Falcon 9 booster from Cape Canaveral on recording-breaking 18th flight
SpaceX broke another re-flight record on Friday evening with the launch of 23 more Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 booster making its 18th flight. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 8:37 p.m. EDT (0037 UTC on Nov. 4).
Intuitive Machines targets launch to the Moon in mid-January
The first lunar lander aiming for a touchdown at the Moon’s south pole has a new launch date. Intuitive Machines said Friday it is targeting the launch of its Nova-C lander on the IM-1 mission for no earlier than January 12, 2024.
NASA begins to chart path forward on its Mars Sample Return architecture following independent review
NASA is aiming to make a determination about the path forward for Mars Sample Return by the end of March 2024.
Weather delays launch of NASA’s billion-dollar Psyche mission to Friday
Due to a poor weather forecast for the Thursday launch attempt, NASA and SpaceX are rescheduling the Psyche asteroid mission launch to Friday morning at 10:19 a.m. EDT (1419 UTC).
Russian space station laboratory module coolant leak under investigation
An apparent exterior coolant leak from a Russian laboratory module at the International Space Station has been reported by the crew. It follows similar leaks that struck a Russian Soyuz crew ferry craft and a Progress cargo ship within the past year.
VideoNorthrop Grumman leaves behind solo commercial space station venture, partners with Nanoracks on ‘Starlab’
About a year and a half after signing a Space Act Agreement with NASA to develop a commercial space station, Northrop Grumman formally withdrew from its solo plans in order to partner with Nanoracks, a subsidiary of Voyager Space.
VideoCrew-7 mission to the Space Station given green light for launch by NASA, partners
NASA, SpaceX and its international partners met at the Kennedy Space Center on Monday and gave the go ahead for the launch of the seventh operational Crew Dragon mission to the space station.
Delayed Falcon Heavy launch pushes back Crew 7 mission
The next quartet bound for the International Space Station will wait a bit longer before they can punch their ticket to space after Falcon Heavy delays pushed back the launch of the next Crew Dragon mission, NASA said Tuesday.