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NASA, SpaceX scrub launch attempt of next quartet to space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first four humans to fly into space in 2023 will have to wait a couple more days as teams scrubbed an early Monday morning launch attempt with less than three minutes before the planned liftoff.

Orlando Sentinel

Technical glitch delays NASA-SpaceX launch of next space station crew

NASA and SpaceX postponed the launch of the next long-duration crew to the International Space Station early on Monday, minutes before the rocket was due to lift off, citing a problem with ground systems used to monitor the flow of an engine-ignition fluid.

Reuters

Piece of Gemini history returns to Cape Canaveral after nearly 60 years

ORLANDO, Fla. — While SpaceX launches and recovers its rocket boosters on a regular basis, it has taken nearly 60 years for NASA’s first-ever rocket stage to be recovered to make its way back to Florida.

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Space Shuttle Columbia launched for the last time 20 years ago in mission that ended in tragedy

ORLANDO, Fla. — It was a cool Thursday morning in Cape Canaveral as the nation’s first space shuttle was about to make its last ever trip into space.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA's going back to the moon and must confront a familiar enemy: Dust

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The moon is incredibly hot, and also incredibly cold.

Los Angeles Times

After hurricanes, gas leaks and delays, NASA’s Artemis I moonshot ready for liftoff

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Artemis I is ready to fly but not without some risk. Hurricane Nicole last week lashed NASA’s $4.1 billion Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft with 100 mph gusts, but the countdown clock is still on for a launch in the wee hours of Wednesday.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA confirms Artemis is on track for its November 14 launch attempt

NASA reiterated on November 3 that its upcoming lunar mission is still set to launch on Monday, November 14 at 12:07 a.m. Eastern from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. It will begin rolling out of the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it was stowed during Hurricane Ian, at…

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SpaceX rocket captured in out-of-this-world photo with huge gold Moon as it blasts off

An incredible new photo from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station shows the moment a SpaceX rocket launched on its latest mission with a massive golden Hunter's Moon in the background

Daily Mirror

SpaceX sunset launch from Canaveral completes Space Coast trio

ORLANDO, Fla. — SpaceX was able to send up a Falcon 9 with a pair of satellites from Cape Canaveral on Saturday at sunset to complete a trio of launches for the Space Coast this week.

Orlando Sentinel

NASA and SpaceX launch 4 more crew to the space station

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The SpaceX taxi service from the Space Coast took flight again Wednesday with NASA’s Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station.

Orlando Sentinel

After Hurricane Ian cleanup, Space Coast back in business this week

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Hurricane Ian forced NASA’s moon rocket to retreat for now, but the business of launching rockets and humans to space is back to full speed this week.

Orlando Sentinel

Fuel leak to delay first launch of NASA's Artemis moon rocket for weeks

For the second time in a week, NASA on Saturday aborted an attempt to launch its giant, next-generation rocketship, citing a stubborn fuel leak that the space agency said could delay the debut mission of its moon-to-Mars Artemis program by at least several weeks.

Reuters

NASA to make second attempt at debut moon rocket launch on September 3

If all goes as hoped, NASA’s giant next-generation moon rocket SLS will blast off from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on September 3 afternoon

The Hindu

NASA delays moon rocket liftoff after engine trouble

Tens of thousands of people gather in Cape Canaveral for launch of NASA’s Artemis mission to return humans to the moon.

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No damage to Relativity Space rocket at Cape Canaveral from fire at launch site, CEO says

New rocket company Relativity Space is gearing up for its first ever launch testing its Terran 1 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, and a fire spotted at the launch site prompted its CEO to reassure people the rocket was fine.

Benzinga

Sidus Space Picks L3Harris Software For LizzieSat Constellation

Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIDU) has selected L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) InControl and OnTime software for command and control and mission planning for LizzieSat Constellation. L3Harris will work collaboratively with the Sidus team in the coming weeks to fully implement the two products at the Cape Canaveral facility in preparation for the LizzieSAT-1 International Space Station (ISS)…

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Black woman Jessica Watkins makes history aboard space station

Four astronauts, including the first black woman to join the International Space Station crew, docked their SpaceX capsule at the ISS Wednesday less than 16 hours after blast off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral.

Orlando Sentinel

Artemis I rocket rolls to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first trip to the moon for NASA’s new rocket has one more major hurdle, but it’s taking the jump nice and slow as Artemis I began its 4.4-mile journey with a top speed of 0.8 mph to the launch pad Thursday.

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The Hindu

Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon

Cape Canaveral The moon is about to get walloped by 3 tons of space junk, a punch that will carve out a crater that could fit several semitractor-trailers.

The Independent UK

Rocket startup's Florida launch debut ends in ocean crash

A rocket startup's big launch debut at Florida's Cape Canaveral has ended with all four mini satellites destroyed

Orlando Sentinel

Astra Space scrubs attempt for 1st Cape Canaveral launch; weather threatens Sunday try

ORLANDO, Fla. — A new rocket company to the Space Coast looked to make its first launch on a mission for NASA Saturday as Astra Space lined up its Rocket 3 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, but an issue on the Eastern Range caused a late scrub at the…

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