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The latter rocket's development continued through 2021 at SpaceX's facility in Boca Chica, Texas, with a suborbital testing campaign continuing from the previous year. Starship prototype SN15 was the first testbed of the future rocket family to survive a launch and soft touchdown on 5 May 2021.
24 May 05:35 [298] Improved Malemute/Improved Malemute MAPHEUS 11 Esrange: DLR: MAPHEUS 11 DLR: Suborbital Microgravity research: 24 May 05:50: Successful First launch of the Improved Malemute/Improved Malemute. Apogee: 221 km (137 mi). 26 May [299] Terrier-Oriole T4-B FS-21 E3a Deep Sea Range: Suborbital Target missile: 26 May: Successful ...
The launch history of NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) since the program formed in 1998 at Kennedy Space Center. The launch of NASA robotic missions occurred from a number of launch sites on a variety of rockets. After the list of launches are descriptions of select historic LSP missions.
Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP; Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks March (TBD) [1] SLS Block 1B Kennedy LC-39B: NASA: Artemis 6: NASA: Selenocentric Crewed lunar landing Crew and Science Airlock Module: MBRSC: Selenocentric Lunar Gateway component June (TBD) [31] TBA: TBA: TBA: VERITAS: NASA ...
The Space Coast saw a record number of launches from the two facilities with 57 in 2022. Space Launch Delta 45 commander Maj. Gen. Stephen Purdy said in January that there could be between 86 and ...
Artemis III is planned to launch in 2026 [16] aboard an SLS Block 1 rocket and will use the minimalist Gateway and expendable lander to achieve the first crewed lunar landing of the program. The flight is planned to touch down on the lunar south pole region, with two astronauts staying there for about one week. [15] [17] [18] [19] [20]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rose into the night sky for an on-time liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 on May 17, 2024. The rocket launch is seen from the Vero Beach High ...
A rocket launch is scheduled overnight — NASA's PACE spacecraft. As of 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, SpaceX and NASA are targeting 1:33 a.m. EST Wednesday to launch PACE atop a Falcon 9 rocket from ...