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September 27, 2022

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[ September 27, 2022 ] Live coverage: NASA’s Artemis 1 rocket rolls back to VAB for hurricane protection Artemis
[ September 26, 2022 ] Live coverage: NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally slams into asteroid Mission Reports
[ September 26, 2022 ] Hurricane Ian prompts NASA to move Artemis moon rocket back to its hangar Artemis
[ September 25, 2022 ] NASA spacecraft on track for asteroid deflection experiment Mission Reports
[ September 24, 2022 ] Delta 4-Heavy rocket deploys spysat on final planned mission from ‘Slick Six’ Delta 4

Cargo Dragon return delayed by poor weather

January 11, 2021

Poor weather in the offshore recovery zone east of Florida forced SpaceX and NASA to delay the departure of an upgraded Cargo Dragon spaceship from International Space Station Monday. The capsule is bringing home several tons of research equipment, specimens, and other equipment.

SpaceX releases preliminary results from Crew Dragon abort test

January 23, 2020

Data from the Jan. 19 in-flight launch escape demonstration of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft indicate the performance of the capsule’s SuperDraco abort engines was “flawless” as the thrusters boosted the ship away from the top of a Falcon 9 rocket with a peak acceleration of about 3.3Gs, officials said Thursday.