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SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Crew Dragon to ‘very high’ LEO on Polaris Dawn commercial spacewalk mission
The first commercially funded spacewalk mission, Polaris Dawn, was launched at 0923 GMT on 10 September by a Falcon 9v1.2 Block 5 rocket. The four private astronauts aboard the Crew Dragon capsule included the mission’s sponsor, billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman....
Boeing recovers its empty CST-100 Starliner without its crew
Boeing confirmed that Starliner, its Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission to the International Space Station (ISS), was safely recovered only – to its eternal embarrassment – minus the crew. Starliner undocked from the ISS at 2204 on 6 September. Using an airbag and...
Launches in September 2024
Seradata’s recommended space stories – August 2024
We are cutting through the orbital debris for you. In other words, we're keeping an eye on space news on the web so you don't have to. Here is our round-up of the most important, and interesting, space news stories of August (space orders can be found in another...
Satellite and launch orders in August 2024
There were a number of launch and spacecraft orders ranging from small to big this month. Smallsat launch services company SEOPS has agreed to buy space on future Intuitive Machines lunar missions to sell on to anyone who wants to send smallsats to the Moon. Intuitive...
The woes of Boeing continue after watchdog finds flaws in SLS
In the latest in a string of blows to Boeing, an internal NASA watchdog has pointed out some glaring faults in the SLS Block 1B, the launch vehicle that is supposed to carry four astronauts to the Gateway space station in 2028 for the Artemis IV mission. NASA’s Office...
SpaceX Falcon 9 grounded again after booster landing fails
In what must feel like a déjà vu moment for SpaceX, the prolific rocket launcher has found its Falcon 9 rockets grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after one of them lost a booster in a failed landing. At 0748 GMT on 28 August, a Falcon 9 v1.2FT...
RFA first-stage rocket explodes on SaxaVord launch pad
A German company’s hopes of launching the UK’s first vertical rocket into orbit this year may have been extinguished, after the first stage of its rocket exploded during a hot-fire test at the SaxaVord spaceport in Shetland, UK. Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) conducted...
Starliner astronauts continue to sit in limbo on the ISS
Conversations over dinner with my in-laws usually revolve around the latest cricket game or the best new dish sampled, but last week space affairs made an unexpected appearance between courses. With wide-eyed disbelief, my husband’s father asked if we had heard about...
Launches in August 2024
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