Jerry Ross – Spaceflight Now

January 23, 2022

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[ January 22, 2022 ] Webb closes in on destination with critical mirror alignment on tap Mission Reports
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[ January 21, 2022 ] Science mission begins for NASA’s new eye on the X-ray universe Mission Reports
[ January 21, 2022 ] Live coverage: Atlas 5 rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Atlas 5
[ January 20, 2022 ] ULA’s first launch of 2022 to debut unflown variant of Atlas 5 rocket Atlas 5

‘Slick 6:’ 30 years after the hopes of a West Coast space shuttle

February 8, 2016

It was 1986 and the U.S. Air Force was on the cusp of something unprecedented in human spaceflight — launching a space shuttle crew from California and paving the way for people to fly true polar missions.