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Starship SN11 prepares for rollout as SpaceX plans for the futureIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Mar 8, 2021• 1 min read
Starship SN11 prepares for rollout as SpaceX plans for the futureJust days after SN10 completed the first – albeit hard – Starship prototype landing, SN11 is set to rollout to the launch site for its own attempt. Incremental progress is being made with the test flights, with another tweak to the landing sequence set to be implemented, based on data gained from SN10. Meanwhile, the first Super Heavy prototype continues stacking operations while parts for up to Starship SN20 are being staged at the Production Site.
Watch live: Spacewalk underway to continue assembly of solar array fixturesIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Mar 5, 2021• 1 min read
Watch live: Spacewalk underway to continue assembly of solar array fixturesNASA astronaut Kate Rubins and Soichi Noguchi, a Japanese astronaut who last walked in space more than 15 years ago, ventured outside the International Space Station Friday to continue solar power system upgrades and to finish wiring up a European experiment platform.
SpaceX sticks 75th Falcon rocket landing after launching 60 more Starlink satellitesIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Mar 4, 2021• 1 min read
SpaceX sticks 75th Falcon rocket landing after launching 60 more Starlink satellitesLaunching through a blanket of low-hanging clouds and light mist, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket thundered into the sky over Florida’s Space Coast early Thursday and delivered 60 more Starlink internet satellites to orbit. The rocket’s first stage touched down on SpaceX’s floating landing platform in the Atlantic Ocean to complete its eighth trip to space and back.
SpaceX nails Starship landing, but rocket explodes minutes laterIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Mar 3, 2021• 1 min read
SpaceX nails Starship landing, but rocket explodes minutes laterThe latest prototype of SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle — Starship SN10 — took off from the company’s South Texas test site and flew to an altitude of more than 30,000 feet Wednesday, then descended to a controlled vertical landing after two previous test vehicles crashed at touchdown. Minutes later, the 16-story test rocket exploded in a fireball, but the test flight appeared to be a major step forward in the early stages of the Starship test flight program.
Starship SN10 successfully lands before RUD’ing on the padIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Mar 3, 2021• 1 min read
Starship SN10 successfully lands before RUD’ing on the padSpaceX’s Starship SN10 launched – and nailed the landing – Wednesday. However, likely due to the failure of some of the landing legs, the slightly tilted Starship caught fire on the landing pad and then blew up a few minutes later.
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Boeing’s next Starliner test flight delayed after SpaceX crew rotationIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Mar 2, 2021• 1 min read
Boeing’s next Starliner test flight delayed after SpaceX crew rotationAn unpiloted test flight of Boeing’s Starliner crew capsule to the International Space Station will be delayed from its previous target launch date of April 2 until at least May, after the arrivals of Russian Soyuz and SpaceX Crew Dragon ships bringing fresh crew members to the orbiting complex, NASA officials said Monday.
Component fatigue caused early shutdown of Merlin engine on last SpaceX launchIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Mar 1, 2021• 1 min read
Component fatigue caused early shutdown of Merlin engine on last SpaceX launchSpaceX has concluded fatigue on an engine cover caused one of the nine Merlin 1D first stage engines on the company’s most recent launch to shut down early during ascent, leading to the loss of the booster during an offshore landing attempt in the Atlantic Ocean, an official said Monday.
Indian rocket launches Brazilian satellite to track Amazon deforestationIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Feb 28, 2021• 1 min read
Indian rocket launches Brazilian satellite to track Amazon deforestationAn Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle placed Brazil’s Amazonia 1 satellite into orbit Sunday to begin a mission monitoring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, then released 18 smaller spacecraft at a lower altitude, marking a successful start to India’s 2021 launch schedule that could see as many as seven orbital-class rocket missions.
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Indian rocket set for liftoff with Brazilian satelliteIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Feb 26, 2021• 1 min read
Indian rocket set for liftoff with Brazilian satelliteA Brazilian satellite designed to track deforestation in the Amazon rainforest will rocket into orbit on top of an Indian launcher late Saturday (U.S. time).
NASA to Begin High-Voltage Ground Testing on All-Electric X-57IMAGE
nasa.gov• Feb 25, 2021• 1 min read
NASA to Begin High-Voltage Ground Testing on All-Electric X-57NASA is set to start high-voltage functional ground testing of the agency’s first all-electric X-plane, the X-57 Maxwell, which will perform flights to help develop certification standards for emerging electric aircraft. NASA is also supporting these new electric aircraft by developing quiet, efficient, reliable technology these vehicles will need
Northrop Grumman supply carrier delivers to International Space StationIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Feb 22, 2021• 1 min read
Northrop Grumman supply carrier delivers to International Space StationA Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply ship arrived at the International Space Station on Monday with more than 8,000 pounds of cargo, including new astronaut sleeping quarters, parts for the station’s toilet, and numerous biomedical and technology experiments.
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Progress freighter docks with space station to help discard Russian moduleIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Feb 17, 2021• 1 min read
Progress freighter docks with space station to help discard Russian moduleA Progress supply ship completed a two-day trip to the International Space Station early Wednesday, successfully guided in by cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov using a remote control console inside the station after an automated rendezvous system ran into trouble moments before docking.