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Archive for April 18th, 2014

Falcon 9 lifts off on CRS-3 mission

April 18th, 2014 by

Rocket: Falcon 9 v1.1; Payload: Dragon; Date: 18 April 2014, 1925 UTC; Launch site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, USA. The launch of the third SpaceX commercial resupply services mission (CRS-3) sent the Dragon space freighter on a course to rendezvous with the station on Sunday, 20 April.

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NASA completes LADEE mission with impact on moon’s surface

April 18th, 2014 by

Ground controllers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, have confirmed that NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft impacted the surface of the moon, as planned, between 0430 an 0522 UTC on 18 April.-

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SUVI installed on GOES-R weather satellite

April 18th, 2014 by

Lockheed Martin has delivered a new solar analysis payload that will help scientists measure and forecast space weather, which can damage satellites, electrical grids and communications systems on Earth.

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