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NASA Lunar Probe Captures Detailed Photos of Apollo Landing Sites
WEBSep 12, 2011 · The $504 million car-sized spacecraft first captured close-up images of the Apollo landing sites in July 2009, which revealed new details about the sites and even spotted hardware that was left ...
Musk outlines plans to increase Starship launch rate and …
WEBApr 6, 2024 · Updated April 8 with date of presentation. WASHINGTON — SpaceX could attempt to land a Starship booster as soon as the vehicle’s fifth flight as Elon Musk outlined plans to increase both the ...
Amazon expands Kennedy Space Center facility to accelerate …
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Amazon is investing $19.5 million to expand its satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to mitigate delays in deploying its 3,200-strong Project Kuiper broadband ...
SpaceX’s new price chart illustrates performance cost of
WEBMay 2, 2016 · Credit: SpaceX. PARIS — Launch-service provider SpaceX’s new price chart shows the performance cost incurred when making the Falcon 9 Full Thrust and Falcon Heavy rockets partially reusable ...
SLS contract extension hints at additional Artemis delays
WEBAug 22, 2024 · That is a reference to the announcement by the agency of delays in both the Artemis 2 and 3 missions.At a Jan. 9 briefing, NASA said that Artemis 2 would launch no earlier than September 2025 ...
Space Force radar that monitors low Earth orbit to feed
WEBApr 22, 2022 · WASHINGTON – The U.S. Space Force announced April 22 that its tracking radar that monitors low Earth orbit is now able to feed data directly into the military’s cloud platform known as the ...
Planet signs deal with NATO to supply satellite imagery
WEBAug 19, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Earth imaging company Planet announced Aug. 19 it has inked a deal with NATO to supply satellite imagery. The contract, signed with NATO’s Communications and Information Agency ...
Scout Space, Dawn Aerospace partner for spaceplane surveillance ...
WEBAug 22, 2024 · Under the deal announced Aug. 22, Scout will install its space domain awareness sensors aboard Dawn Aerospace’s Mk-II Aurora uncrewed suborbital spaceplane for a test flight targeted for ...
Starship survives reentry during fourth test flight - SpaceNews
WEBJun 6, 2024 · CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX conducted the fourth test flight of its Starship launch system June 6, with both the Super Heavy booster and Starship upper stage making it back to the surface ...