Falcon 9 launches SES-8 on third attempt Posted: Wed, Dec 4 7:00 AM ET (1200 GMT) After two attempts last week were scrubbed by technical glitches, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched its first commercial geosynchronous orbit satellite on Tuesday... China launches Chang'e-3 lunar lander Posted: Mon, Dec 2 7:01 AM ET (1201 GMT) A Long March rocket lifted off early Monday and placed China's first lunar lander mission on a trajectory towards the Moon. The Long March... Indian Mars mission leaves Earth orbit Posted: Sun, Dec 1 9:30 AM ET (1430 GMT) India's first Mars mission fired its main engine early Sunday to boost the spacecraft into a Mars-bound trajectory. The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM),... Progress docks with ISS in manual mode Posted: Sat, Nov 30 9:49 AM ET (1449 GMT) The crew of the International Space Station took control of a Progress cargo spacecraft and docked it manually to the station late Friday after the... Comet ISON fate unclear after perihelion passage Posted: Fri, Nov 29 10:03 AM ET (1503 GMT) At least part of Comet ISON may have survived a close flyby of the Sun on Thursday after astronomers initially thought the comet was completely... Falcon 9 launch scrubbed again Posted: Fri, Nov 29 9:44 AM ET (1444 GMT) SpaceX scrubbed a second attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a commercial satellite, halting the countdown as the first stage engines started to... Comet ISON to fly around Sun on Thursday Posted: Thu, Nov 28 9:11 AM ET (1411 GMT) A comet that, for more than a year, has been billed by many as the "Comet of the Century" will make its closest approach to... China prepares launch of its first lunar lander Posted: Wed, Nov 27 6:59 AM ET (1159 GMT) Chinese officials said they are set to launch that country's first lunar lander and rover, perhaps as soon as this weekend. Officials announced on... Technical glitches scrub Falcon 9 launch Posted: Tue, Nov 26 6:49 AM ET (1149 GMT) A series of technical problems prevented SpaceX from carrying out its launch of a commercial GEO satellite on Monday evening, delaying the launch until at... Soyuz launches Progress spacecraft to ISS Posted: Tue, Nov 26 6:35 AM ET (1135 GMT) A Soyuz rocket successfully launched a Progress cargo spacecraft bound for the ISS early Tuesday. The Soyuz lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan... |
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