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March 02, 2023
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SpaceX Dragon crew blasts off for ISS



Cape Canaveral (AFP) March 2, 2023
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Thursday to the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched at 12:34 am (0534 GMT) Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a livestream of the launch showed. The launch had been scrubbed on Monday just minutes before liftoff because of a clog in a filter that supplies ignition fluid to start the rocket e ... read more

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Rocket Lab Signs Multi-Launch Deal to Deploy Satellite Constellation for Capella Space
Long Beach CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) has secured a multi-launch deal for a rapid succession of four Electron missions for Capella Space, an American space tech company and the world's leading provider ... more
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Rocket Lab set for dual launch campaigns in Virginia and New Zealand
Long Beach CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2023
Rocket Lab USA is preparing to launch two dedicated missions in March from the Company's launch sites in the United States and New Zealand - within days of each other. One Electron rocket is ready a ... more
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Successful flight acceptance hot test of CE-20 cryogenic engine
Mahendragiri, India (SPX) Mar 01, 2023
On February 24, 2023, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully conducted a flight acceptance hot test for the CE-20 cryogenic engine, which is set to power the Cryogenic Upper Stag ... more
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Gilmour Space and Atomos Space sign MoU for launch and in-space transfers
Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2023
Gilmour Space Technologies and Atomos Space have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore a multi-year contract for Gilmour and Atomos to ... more
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SpaceX launches new Starlink 'V2 Mini' satellites into orbit
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 27, 2023
SpaceX launched 21 upgraded "V2 Mini" Starlink Internet satellites from Florida's Cape Canaveral on Monday, to boost capacity for the global broadband network. ... more
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Rocket Lab establishes Australian Subsidiary to support rapidly growing Space Sector
Long Beach CA (SPX) Mar 01, 2023
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has established a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Rocket Lab Australia, to explore opportunities to support the expansion of Australia's national space capabilities. The Australian ... more
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ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket is flying for the first time in May
Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 26, 2023
Vulcan Centaur was supposed to blast off in the first quarter of this year. During a press conference on February 23, United Launch Alliance (ULA) President and CEO Tory Bruno stated, "We are now ta ... more
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DoD invests additional $1.5M toward 3D-printed hypersonic rocket engine
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023
The Department of Defense awarded a $1.5 million contract to New Frontier Aerospace to continue its work on a 3D printed rocket engine. ... more
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World's first 3D-printed rocket Terran 1 is ready for its maiden flight
Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 23, 2023
Relativity Space announced on Twitter that their expendable Terran 1 rocket has secured a launch license and is targeting liftoff on March 8 from Space Launch Complex 16 (SLC-16), Cape Canaveral Spa ... more
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NASA, SpaceX delay Sunday Crew-6 flight until Monday
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 22, 2023
NASA and SpaceX announced that its manned Crew-6 flight scheduled to liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center on Sunday has been delayed 24 hours so engineers can work their way through what has been described as "minor issues." ... more
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Flight Crew Arrives at NASA's Kennedy Space Center for Crew-6 Mission
Space Coast FL (SPX) Feb 21, 2023
The crew arrived on a NASA Gulfstream business jet from their home base at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and safely landed at the Launch and Landing Fac ... more
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SpaceX Endeavour's crew arrive at KSC ahead of launch
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 21, 2023
An international team of astronauts and scientists arrived at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, ahead of a six-month science mission to the International Space Station set to blast off on Sunday. ... more

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