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Cargo Dragon mission launches after Soyuz scrub
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
Falcon 9 launch of CRS-30 (SpaceX) A SpaceX cargo Dragon spacecraft launched to the International Space Station hours after a rare scrub of a Soyuz crewed launch. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral at 4:55 pm EDT (2055 GMT) Thursday and placed the CRS-30 Dragon into orbit. The Dragon, carrying more than 2,800 kilograms of cargo, is scheduled to dock with the ISS Saturday morning. The launch was the first to use a new crew tower at Space Launch Complex 40, which SpaceX built to provide a backup to Launch Complex 39A. Seven and a half hours earlier, a Soyuz rocket aborted its countdown just 20 seconds before liftoff at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. It was to send the Soyuz MS-25 spacecraft, carrying a NASA astronaut and Russian and Belarusian cosmonauts, to the station. A low voltage reading the rocket caused the scrub, delaying the launch to Saturday.


Electron launches NRO mission
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:52 AM ET (1352 GMT)
 Electron launch of NROL-123 (Rocket Lab) Rocket Lab conducted an Electron launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) early Thursday. The Electron rocket lifted off at 3:25 am EDT (0725 GMT) from Wallops Island, Virginia, on the NROL-123 mission for the NRO. The NRO did not disclose details about the mission other than it is "putting research missions into space." The launch was the second Electron flight in as many weeks and fourth Electron launch so far this year.


China launches military weather satellites
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:45 AM ET (1345 GMT)
China launched a set of military weather satellites early Thursday. A Long March 2D rocket launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 1:27...


SpaceX plans next Starship for early May
Posted: Sun, Mar 24 9:43 AM ET (1343 GMT)
SpaceX says it could be ready to launch its next Starship mission in early May. Speaking at the Satellite 2024 conference Tuesday, SpaceX President Gwynne...


China launches lunar data relay satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 23 11:15 AM ET (1515 GMT)
China launched a lunar data relay satellite Tuesday night. A Long March 8 rocket lifted off at 8:31 pm EDT (0031 GMT Wednesday) from...





Thursday, March 28
Saltzman Pushes Need for ‘Actionable’ Space Domain Awareness
Air and Space Forces Magazine — 6:24 am ET (1024 GMT)
Richard Branson was wrong about space travel
Escape — 6:20 am ET (1020 GMT)
Is Space Burnt Orange?
Univ. of Texas Austin — 6:18 am ET (1018 GMT)
Japan moon probe survives second lunar night, JAXA says
Japan Times — 6:14 am ET (1014 GMT)
NASA smashed an asteroid with a rocket. The debris could hit Mars.
National Geographic — 6:12 am ET (1012 GMT)
Mars Express celebrates 25 000 orbits
ESA — 6:07 am ET (1007 GMT)


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