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Watch SpaceX’s Triple Booster Rocket Launches Critical Weather Satellite
The fourth and final member of a next-generation weather satellite constellation is getting ready to launch on board a Falcon Heavy rocket to provide constant coverage of both Earth and space weather. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-U mission is slated for launch Wednesday morning AEST during a two-hour launch window that opens…
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How to Watch SpaceX Launch Space Force’s Spaceplane in Australia
For the first time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will attempt to deliver the Pentagon’s spaceplane to low Earth orbit. The mission marks the seventh for the mysterious spacecraft, aiming to expand the Space Force’s knowledge of the space environment and test new technologies. SpaceX aims to launch the Falcon Heavy and X-37B spaceplane payload on…
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What to Know About NASA’s Unprecedented Psyche Mission to a Metallic Asteroid
Wedged between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, the main asteroid belt contains over 1 million rocky objects, but perhaps few of them are as intriguing as Psyche. The metal-rich asteroid might have once been an ancient planetary building block that was stripped of its outer rocky shell as our solar system came to be.…
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The Best Spaceflight Images From July Will Make Your Head Explode
It was another bustling month for spaceflight, the dog days of summer are blazing with the added heat from botched engine tests and a trove of fiery rocket launches. As always, the past month of spaceflight presented a plethora of captivating visuals. July has come to a close, so it’s time for us to review…