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Investigation underway following SpaceX Starship explosion
SpaceX’s Starship exploded shortly after separating from the Super Heavy booster following the company’s seventh scheduled test.
Read MoreNew Glenn reaches orbit on first launch
Blue Origin’s New Glenn launch vehicle successfully lifted off on Jan. 16 and delivered its payload to medium Earth orbit.
Read MoreESA’s Proba-3 mission launches to create artificial eclipses in orbit
ESA’s Proba-3 satellite pair will create artificial solar eclipses in orbit to study ejections from the Sun.
Read MoreInternational Space Station moved twice to dodge orbital debris
Crews have maneuvered International Space Station twice in one week to avoid orbital debris, using thrusters to move the research outpost to a higher orbit.
Read MoreEuropa Clipper begins journey to Jupiter’s moon
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission launched Oct. 14 aboard a Falcon Heavy launch vehicle and began its almost six-year journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
Read MoreNASA cheers SpaceX Starship test as lunar deadline looms
NASA leaders cheered SpaceX’s successful fifth Starship test flight on Oct. 13, which demonstrated capabilities the agency plans to use when it returns astronauts to the Moon.
Read MoreNASA lays off 5% of JPL staff amid budget tightening
NASA laid off more than 300 employees at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory amid a shrinking budget and an uncertain federal future.
Read MoreVulcan Centaur successfully launches despite booster anomaly
United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur launched from Cape Canaveral on Oct. 4, completing its second test launch for the U.S. Space Force.
Read MoreFalcon 9 launches Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn private astronaut mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, sending four private astronauts on a five-day mission in Earth orbit.
Read MoreBoeing Starliner lands without astronauts
Boeing Starliner undocks from the International Space Station on its return journey without astronauts.
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