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September 4, 2025

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[ September 2, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Wednesday sunrise Falcon 9 flight Falcon 9
[ September 2, 2025 ] SpaceX’s Tuesday night Starlink features rare debut of a Falcon booster Falcon 9
[ August 30, 2025 ] SpaceX’s Sunday morning Falcon 9 launch sends 1,900th Starlink to orbit in 2025 Falcon 9
[ August 29, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites into polar orbit Falcon 9
[ August 29, 2025 ] NASA, NOAA prep spacecraft trio to study the Sun and its impacts Mission Reports

Dream Chaser structure arrives at factory for outfitting

October 17, 2019 Stephen Clark

The composite structure of Sierra Nevada Corp.’s first space-rated Dream Chaser space plane has arrived at the company’s Colorado factory for integration with computers, a heat shield and mechanical systems before launch to the International Space Station in late 2021.

NASA to fly CubeSat pathfinder for Gateway in unique lunar orbit

September 26, 2019 Stephen Clark

As soon as next year, NASA plans to launch a CubeSat the size of a microwave oven into a unique elliptical orbit around the moon as a scout for the future lunar Gateway, a mini-space station NASA intends to use as a staging point for crewed lunar landings beginning as soon as 2024.