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Private Space Venture Now Targeting 2026 for Unprecedented Mars Landing
A commercial landing on Mars will have to wait a little longer as two private space companies updated their plan to touchdown on the Red Planet, delaying it by two years for reasons not made explicitly clear.
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NASA Set to Launch Satellite Constellation to Better Track Extreme Storms From Space
NASA is finally, once again, scheduled to get its constellation of small, storm-monitoring satellites into space after a 2022 launch failure tanked two of the six planned cubesats. Launch of the TROPICS mission is set for May 8, at 11:00 a.m. AEST from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s North Island.
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Rocket Lab Will Attempt First Launch With a 3D-Printed Engine That’s Already Flown to Space
Reusability is the key to 21st century spaceflight, with many launch providers now working to make their rockets as recyclable as possible. California-based Rocket Lab is ready to take an important next step in this direction by fitting a previously flown 3D-printed engine onto its Electron rocket.
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Watch Live: Rocket Lab Attempts Second Launch of Electron Rocket From U.S. Soil
After a slight delay due to weather, Rocket Lab is ready to fire off the engines of its Electron rocket and send an Earth-imaging satellite to low Earth orbit.