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If you've been following Golden Spike Company, you know that the company is planning to launch commercial Lunar exploration missions…
Next Soyuz Crew Will Take 6-Hour Fast-Track to Space Station
The next Soyuz crew will be the first to try out the new abbreviated four-orbit rendezvous with the International Space…
Spotting the Dragon: How to See SpaceX on Approach to the ISS This Weekend
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft may be appearing in a backyard sky near you this weekend. Scheduled to launch this Friday on…
Indian Rocket Launches Swarm of International Mini Satellites
A Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) successfully launched from India today, sending seven different international satellites into orbit. Launch was…
Freaky Fast Delivery: Progress Blasts Off, Docks at ISS Hours Later
The Progress 50 resupply ship has now arrived at the International Space Station, just hours after it launched from the…
Continuing the Landsat Mission: New Satellite Launches to Space
NASA launched a successor to the long-time Landsat satellite Earth-observing program today, sending the Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite to…
Next Generation TDRS Satellite Launches to Orbit
NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System will get an upgrade as the first of a new generation of communications…
Iran Launches a Monkey on a Suborbital Rocket
According to Iran state media, Iran launched a suborbital rocket last week with a passenger aboard: a monkey. A gray…
International Crew Launches to Space Station
The Soyuz TMA-07M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 carrying the Expedition 34…
Russia’s Soyuz Spacecraft: 46 Years and Still Soaring High
In just a couple of days a Soyuz rocket will lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn,…