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Charles Boyer
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ULA’s Manifest Keeps Shrinking As NASA Moves SunRISE To SpaceX
The negative effects of two close calls during the ascent of ULA’s Vulcan rocket continue to add up as NASA has announced the SunRISE mission…
SpaceX Nearing Starship Test Flight In Texas
SpaceX is preparing for the 13th integrated flight test of Starship, with a 90-minute launch window opening at 6:45 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, July 16,…
Dream Chaser, The Vehicle Always Just About Ready To Fly
Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser has spent years as the spaceplane that is always just about ready to fly. After 22 years of development, it still…
NASA Opens Draft RFP For Private LEO Stations
NASA released a draft request on Monday seeking proposals for the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destination Contract. CLEODC will determine who builds and operates the…
Blue Origin CEO Reiterates the Company’s Plan to Launch New Glenn This Year
Blue Origin has laid out how it intends to return its New Glenn rocket to flight after the May 28 explosion that destroyed a vehicle…
ULA Launches Atlas V For Amazon Leo
United Launch Alliance launched Atlas V carrying the Amazon Leo LA-08 mission from Cape Canaveral last and into a warm, partly cloudy moonlit summer night….
NASA Announces New CLPS Missions
NASA announced Tuesday that it has picked three companies to carry out four new lunar landing missions in late 2028 under the agency’s Moon Base…
Atlas V’s Last Non-Starliner Flight Scheduled For Thursday Morning
Thursday morning’s launch of Atlas V and Amazon Leo LA-08 will be the last time the venerable rocket flies a mission for anything other than…
SpaceX Set To Test Its Skyfall Orbital Capsule Tomorrow
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, June 23, for its first Starfall demonstration mission. The launch will be aboad Falcon 9 and will be from Space Launch…
43 Years Ago Today: Sally Ride Became the First Female NASA Astronaut
On June 18, 1983, Space Shuttle Challenger climbed off Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center carrying a crew of seven to orbit on a…

