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Archive for June 8th, 2024

At long last: Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket set to debut on July 9

June 8th, 2024 by

Europe’s new Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket is set to launch for the first time on July 9 after a series of delays.

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SpaceX wants to build 1 Starship megarocket a day with new Starfactory

June 8th, 2024 by

During a successful fourth flight test of Starship this week, SpaceX stated another big goal: Building one megarocket a day at its new Starfactory.

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This Week In Space podcast: Episode 114 —Starliners & Starships

June 8th, 2024 by

On Episode 114 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk about the launches of Boeing’s Starliner and SpaceX’s Starship.

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Arrokoth the ‘space snowman’ probably tastes like sweet soap

June 8th, 2024 by

Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth, the farthest object ever explored by a spacecraft, likely tastes sweet — and soapy.

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Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders, who captured ‘Earthrise,’ killed in plane crash

June 8th, 2024 by

Bill Anders, who as an Apollo 8 astronaut was one of the first people to fly to the moon in 1968, was killed on June 7 when the vintage plane he was piloting crashed off the coast of Washington.

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NASA’s wants new ideas for its troubled Mars Sample Return mission

June 8th, 2024 by

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission has faced quite a few hurdles, and the agency has selected ten studies to try and find more affordable and quicker means of going about the project.

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SpaceX launching 22 Starlink satellites from Florida tonight

June 8th, 2024 by

SpaceX plans to launch yet another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida’s Space Coast tonight (June 7).

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Virgin Galactic eyes June 8 for final commercial spaceflight on VSS Unity spaceplane

June 8th, 2024 by

Virgin Galactic aims to launch its seventh commercial spaceflight mission on June 8 during the final flight of its VSS Unity suborbital spaceplane.

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