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SpaceX Receives NASA Category 3 Certification for Falcon 9; Gwynne Shotwell Quoted
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been certified by NASA to launch high-priority science missions for the space agency under the Launch Services Program, SpaceNews reported Friday. “LSP Category 3 certification is a major achievement for the Falcon 9 team and represents another key milestone in our close partnership with NASA,†Gwynne Shotwell, president of SpaceX, […] More
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Northrop Sets Nov. 7 Launch for NASA’s ICON Satellite Aboard Pegasus Rocket
Northrop Grumman is set to launch on Wednesday, Nov. 7, a NASA satellite built to explore Earth’s space environment aboard its Pegasus XL rocket. The company said Tuesday Pegasus carrying the Northrop-built Ionospheric Connection Explorer satellite will be dropped in mid-air by the Stargazer L-1011 carrier aircraft once the plane takes off from Cape Canaveral Air Force […] More
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NASA Solar Probe to Launch Aboard ULA Heavy Rocket
A NASA spacecraft designed to gather information about the sun is scheduled to take off no earlier than Aug. 4 aboard the United Launch Alliance’s Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The Parker Solar Probe will determine how heat and energy move through the sun’s atmosphere by flying directly […] More
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Report: NASA Authorizes SpaceX to Use Previously-Flown Booster on Next ISS Resupply Mission
NASA has approved SpaceX‘s plan to use a previously-flown Falcon 9 rocket booster on the company’s next cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, SpaceNews reported Thursday. Sam Scimemi, ISS director at NASA, said at a NASA Advisory Council committee meeting that the Dragon spacecraft for SpaceX’s 13th resupply mission will lift-off on Dec. 8 atop […] More
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NASA Taps Lockheed Subsidiary for Commercial Payload Processing Services
A Lockheed Martin subsidiary has landed a potential five-year, $45 million contract to provide commercial payload processing services for the space agency’s missions that launch from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. NASA said Friday that Lockheed’s Astrotech Space Operations business will support pre-launch processing of spacecraft and associated launch vehicle flight hardware for […] More