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NASA Astronaut Mark Vande Hei Discusses Record-Breaking Spaceflight and Russian Crewmates
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei is seen outside the Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft after he landed with Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Wednesday, March 30, 2022. Vande Hei and Dubrov are returning to Earth after logging 355 days in space as members of …
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin auctions spaceflight seat for $28 million
A New Shepard rocket launches on a test flight. Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ space venture Blue Origin auctioned off a seat on its upcoming first crewed spaceflight on Saturday for $28 million. The winning bidder, whose name wasn’t released, will fly to the edge of space with the Amazon founder and his brother Mark on …
Virgin Galactic completes third spaceflight of VSS Unity
Sir Richard Branson stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of Virgin Galactic (SPCE) trading in New York, U.S., October 28, 2019. Richard Branson Virgin Galactic IPO NYSE Virgin Galactic took a step closer to completing development of its space tourism system on Saturday, successfully flying its first spaceflight in …
NASA Drops an Orion Spacecraft Into a Giant Pool
Update 2:25 p.m. ET: Belly flop success! The cables suspending the Orion capsule above the water disconnected, and the researchers got a great look at how the spacecraft would fall in a real-world setting. Future tests will include a drop from a greater height and a “swing test,” in which the module is launched like …
Japanese data relay satellite launches on H-2A rocket – Spaceflight Now
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 5 a.m. EST (1000 GMT) after confirmation of a successful launch. A Japanese H-2A rocket lifts off from the Tanegashima Space Center on Sunday. Credit: MHI A Japanese satellite designed to relay data and imagery from civilian and military Earth observation spacecraft launched Sunday aboard an H-2A rocket. The dual-use communications satellite …
Nasa SpaceX launch set to usher in new era for human spaceflight
Image copyright SpaceX Image caption The Crew Dragon capsule has gone through an arduous development process American space agency (Nasa) astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken will create a piece of history on Wednesday when they launch from the Florida coast. The pair’s trip to the International Space Station (ISS) will be made in a …
China launches four ‘technology experiment satellites’ – Spaceflight Now
A Chinese Long March 2D rocket lifted off Wednesday with four technology experiment satellites, according to Chinese state media. Credit: Xinhua A Chinese Long March 2D rocket carried four “technology experiment satellites” into orbit Wednesday from the Xichang space center in southwestern China, according to the country’s state-run media. Few details about the satellites were …
Rocket Lab’s 10th launch tests booster recovery technology – Spaceflight Now
Rocket Lab’s 55-foot-tall (17-meter) Electron launcher lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at Mahia Peninsula on New Zealand’s North Island at 3:18 a.m. EST (0818 GMT) Friday. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab closed out its 2019 launch schedule Friday with the 10th flight of the company’s Electron small satellite launcher, successfully deploying seven payloads in …
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