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September 23, 2021

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[ September 23, 2021 ] Video: Inspiration4 booster returns to SpaceX hangar for refurbishment Falcon 9
[ September 22, 2021 ] NASA official says Starliner demo mission not likely to launch until next year Atlas 5
[ September 22, 2021 ] NASA completes swing arm test on SLS launch platform Mission Reports
[ September 22, 2021 ] NASA announces reorganization of human spaceflight directorate News
[ September 21, 2021 ] Landsat 9 lifted atop launcher to extend unbroken environmental data record Atlas 5

China sends carbon-monitoring satellite into orbit

December 22, 2016

A Chinese satellite designed to track greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere rode into orbit Wednesday aboard a Long March 2D rocket, joining an international fleet of orbiting carbon dioxide monitors aimed at combating climate change.