By Ben Evans, on January 3rd, 2021
Until the very end of its life, NASA’s space shuttle fleet remained inherently dangerous. But 30yrs ago this month, work began to develop a technology which would make shuttle landings much safer. […]
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By Ben Evans, on January 2nd, 2021
@Space_Station promises to be a busy place in 2021, as @Commercial_Crew hits its stride & @NASA_SLS & #Artemis prepares to return humans to the Moon. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 19th, 2020
@SpaceX has successfully launched #NROL108 for @NatReconOfc, its first national security launch on a previously-flown #Falcon9. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 6th, 2020
SpaceX CRS-21 heads to orbit atop Falcon 9 from Kennedy Space Center on Dec 6, 2020. Photo: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace.com
SpaceX has completed its 100th fully successful Falcon 9 launch, having triumphantly boosted the CRS-21 Dragon cargo ship on the first leg of its day-long journey to the International Space Station (ISS). The […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 5th, 2020
@SpaceX & @NASA plan to launch #CRS21 Dragon to @Space_Station at 11:17 a.m. EST Sunday, 6 Dec. […]
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By Ben Evans, on December 3rd, 2020
@NASA & @SpaceX are aiming to launch #CRS21 mission to @Space_Station at 11:39 a.m. EST Saturday, if the weather gods play ball. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 29th, 2020
As the record-breaking B1049 #Falcon9 core returns to shore, @SpaceX continues to stack up its reusability and frequent-flyer miles. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 26th, 2020
As America celebrates #Thanksgiving, @AmericaSpace looks back at the 1st shuttle crew to celebrate the holiday, OTD in 1985. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 16th, 2020
OTD in 1973, 3 astronauts launched to Skylab for what still stands as America’s longest human space mission flown on a U.S. vehicle. But Crew-1, currently inbound to @Space_Station, aims to break that record. […]
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By Ben Evans, on November 15th, 2020
@SpaceX & @NASA have launched #Crew1 astros @Astro_Illini, @VicGlover, @Astro_Soichi & Shannon Walker to @Space_Station. Docking due on Monday night. […]
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