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April 26, 2019

Breaking News

[ April 25, 2019 ] Russia ships X-ray astronomy satellite to launch site Mission Reports
[ April 25, 2019 ] Carbon-monitoring instrument poised for launch to International Space Station Falcon 9
[ April 25, 2019 ] Few details available in early days of SpaceX accident investigation Mission Reports
[ April 24, 2019 ] InSight lander detects first likely ‘quake’ on Mars Mission Reports
[ April 23, 2019 ] Photos: Antares rocket blasts off from Virginia Antares

Watch as Falcon 9 launches with 10 Iridium satellites and its first stage lands

January 15, 2017

Watch the first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch since a catastrophic launch pad explosion at Cape Canaveral. The Falcon 9 first stage was successfully recovered after landing on a floating platform in the Pacific.

SpaceX resumes flights with on-target launch for Iridium

January 14, 2017

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket climbed into orbit from California’s Central Coast on Saturday, resuming service after an explosive setback last year and delivering much-needed reinforcements to Iridium’s satellite constellation providing communications by land, sea and sky.

Space-based airplane tracking demonstrated by ESA satellite

May 7, 2015

An experimental receiver aboard a European satellite has picked up signals from more than 15,000 aircraft in the last two years, paving the way for future missions that could track global commercial air traffic from space.