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On 23 November 2015, the Blue Origin New Shepard suborbital rocket achieved its first powered soft landing near the launch site, paving the way for full reuse of its propulsion stage. On 21 December, the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 Full Thrust took place, ending with a successful landing of its first stage.
Artemis II, the first crewed mission of the program, will launch four astronauts in 2025 [11] on a free-return flyby of the Moon at a distance of 8,900 kilometers (5,500 mi). [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] After Artemis II, the Power and Propulsion Element of the Lunar Gateway and three components of an expendable lunar lander are planned to be delivered ...
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: Cytherocentric: Venus orbiter
Launch site Payload Payload mass Orbit Customer Launch outcome AV-052 January 21, 2015, 01:04 Atlas V 551: CCAFS SLC-41: MUOS-3: 6,740 kg GTO: DoD: Success [34] Third Mobile User Objective System satellite; 200th Atlas-Centaur launch. AV-053 March 13, 2015, 02:44 Atlas V 421: CCAFS SLC-41: MMS: 1,360 kg HTO: NASA: Success [35] NASA ...
Delta II A Delta II launch vehicle launches from Cape Canaveral carrying the Dawn spacecraft. Function Launch vehicle Manufacturer United Launch Alliance Country of origin United States Cost per launch US$51 million in 1987 (7920-10 model) US$137 million in 2018 before retirement Size Height 38.9 m (128 ft) Diameter 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in) Mass 152,000–286,000 kg (335,000–631,000 lb) Stages 2 ...
A SpaceX rocket launch is on the horizon — and parts of the Treasure Coast may get a nice view of it. SpaceX is potentially targeting Thursday, Nov. 21, to launch a batch of Starlink internet ...
The most recent TDRS launch was in January 2013 (TDRS-K) from CCAFS. Kodiak Star (Athena I) & Lunar Prospector (Athena II) The Athena I vehicle carried NASA's Kodiak Star mission into orbit Sept. 29, 2001, from the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska. NASA's Starshine 3 and three U.S. Department of Defense satellites were launched into different ...
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