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Vega rocket fails to reach orbit, losing two payloads

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 Seb O 0 Comments Arianespace, ESA, Faliure, Kourou, Vega, VV17

NOV. 18, 2020-On Monday night, Vega mission VV17 lifted off on an ill-fated flight – losing two payloads and marking the second failure in just three launches for the troubled European smallsat launcher.

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NASA Test Fires Solid Booster for Artemis Missions

September 3, 2020September 3, 2020 Seb O 1 Comment Artemis, Artemis 1, FSB-1, NASA, Northrop, Northrop Grumman, Space Launch System

Things got hot in Utah yesterday with a test firing of the world’s most powerful solid rocket booster.

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ULA and SpaceX win $653m national security contract

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Seb O 1 Comment Air Force, East Coast

AUG. 10, 2020– The United States Space Force has awarded the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) contracts to United Launch

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NASA chooses Astrobotic to land VIPER rover on the Moon

June 13, 2020June 13, 2020 Seb O 2 Comments Artemis, Astrobotic, Moon, NASA, rover, VIPER

JUNE 13, 2020– On June 11th, 2020, NASA announced that Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh robotics company, had been selected to deliver the VIPER rover to the lunar South Pole as part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS), part of the Artemis program, which seeks to land humans on the moon by 2024.

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Rocket Lab plans return to flight

June 2, 2020June 2, 2020 Seb O 0 Comments Electron, NASA, New Zealand, NRO, Rocket Lab, Space Scout

JUNE 2, 2020– Rocket Lab has announced a return to flight of the Electron rocket with a new launch date of Don’t Stop Me Now, Electron’s 12th flight. Electron, will now launch on June 11, 2020.