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They shall return next time! Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket ignites its first stage engine seconds after release from the Boeing 747 aircraft that ferried it to the drop zone. The engine shut down a "handful of seconds" later, causing the launch to fail. Credit: Virgin Orbit Cosmic Girl's...

The X-37B is off for another "secretive" mission. |Mission Patch Source: ULA |X-37B inside the payload fairing, April 2020 Source: United Space Space Force (USSF) Launch Profile: Live Webcast: Mission Overview is available here...

Haven't heard some Chinese launches for quite some time. Here's one today. An important one. Full webcast (In Chinese, let me know if you need translation :P): About the New Generation Space Capsule: The Prototype Next Generation Chinese Crew Space Capsule Docking port for the...

She made it solo over New Mexico! Virgin Galactic Article: https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/virgin-galactics-spaceshiptwo-completes-first-flight-from-spaceport-america/ Virgin Galactic on Twitter: "Watch SpaceShipTwo Unity fly freely in New Mexico airspace for the first time...

An important milestone! :thumbup: Press release available here. Blog post available here.

New milestone! :thumbup: Source: SpaceNews.com, Sierra Nevada Corp.

Much respected and sorry to hear of his death. Jim McGrath on Twitter: "Statement by the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, on the passing of his father this evening at the age 94.… https://t.co/YYUB3NVcY2" BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46410225 CNN...

Goodbye, farewell and godspeed Delta-II. :( Mission Press Kit: https://www.ulalaunch.com/docs/default-source/launch-booklets/MOB_ICESat2.pdf Official Livestream: Satellite Mission: About ICESat-2 The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2, will measure the...

JAXA is launching to the ISS again! Live Broadcast: (Launch broadcast by JAXA, stream begins on 7 a.m. JST (GMT +9) 11th of September) (Rendezvous and Docking by JAXA, stream begins on 8:10 p.m. JST 14th of September) Payloads: Major supply goods to be delivered on board are as...

No more SpaceX news? :oh: I will make one. :P :lol: Mission Press Kit is available here.

Mission Press Kit available here. The Nexø II Mission - Mosaic Feeds - YouTube For more about the Nexø II Mission, visit here.

Northrop Grumman’s Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) Northrop Grumman Announces New Mission Extension Pods (MEPs) It seems like the satellite servicing industry is set to boom... :blink:

Brady Kenniston on Twitter: "SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity & WhiteKnightTwo from @virgingalactic are currently on the ramp preparing for today’s early morning test flight. The views are spectacular!… https://t.co/39ZRLDK4Mw" Virgin Galactic on Twitter: "As on all test flights, Unity’s cabin is...

Live broadcast: Launch Kit is available here. Galileo FOC-M8 Galileo is Europe’s own global navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. Currently providing Initial Services, Galileo is interoperable with GPS...

Mission Press-Kit is available here. Live webcast: Weather forecast: 90% Go! Matt Desch on Twitter: "Good news! Your haiku and music is working. Latest weather forecast shows a 90% probability now - the surface winds are improving. Rocket and payload should be ready as well. Let’s...

Mission Press Kit is available here. Static fire: Launch Weather Forecast (Patrick AFB): L-1 Weather Forecast is available here. Launch day probability of violating launch weather constraints: 40% Primary concern(s): Thick Cloud Layer Rule, Cumulus Cloud Rule Delay day probability of...

ISRO carried out a major technology demonstration today (July 05, 2018), the first in a series of tests to qualify a Crew Escape System, which is a critical technology relevant for human spaceflight. The Crew Escape System is an emergency escape measure designed to quickly pull the crew module...

|Launch date:|June 4, 2018 Launch Window Opens:| 12:29 a.m. EDT/4:29 UTC Launch Window Closes:| 4:29 a.m. EDT/8:29 UTC Backup Launch Window:| Tuesday, June 5 (12:29 a.m. EDT/4:29 UTC) Launch site:| Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida...

My third program after venturing into the scientific computing world. Thought it would be nice to share with the rest. https://github.com/AstrodynamicistKang/1959-US-Air-Force-ARDC-Standard-Atmosphere-Model- Take note that the algorithms used may not be the most efficient ones, but one can...

They made it! Source: Spacenews.com, Virgin Galactic