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BepiColombo's fifth flyby of Mercury reveals planet's surface in …
Dec 15, 2024 · 825. The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft recently performed its fifth flyby of Mercury on Dec. 1, becoming the first spacecraft ever to observe the planet in mid-infrared light.
Chang Zheng 12, ZhuQue-2E fly maiden missions; Hainan …
Dec 18, 2024 · 770. In late November, two new Chinese rockets took their maiden flights within four days of each other, with the Chang Zheng 12 and Landspace’s enhanced ZhuQue-2E successfully completing their ...
Europe’s Vega-C returns to flight with Sentinel-1C mission
Dec 4, 2024 · 940. Arianespace completed its third and final orbital launch of 2024 on Thursday, Dec. 5, with the successful return of its Vega-C rocket to flight two years after its previous mission failed to ...
Launch Roundup: SpaceX, China, and Russia maintain busy launch ...
Dec 23, 2024 · 669. At the start of this week, Monday, Dec. 23, there had been 24 launch attempts worldwide. There was no let-up during the holiday period, with six further launch attempts taking place.
Over a month into mission, Europa Clipper continues deploying ...
Dec 1, 2024 · 1.1K. On Oct. 14, NASA’s groundbreaking Europa Clipper mission launched from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
Blue Origin launches New Glenn on flight NG-1 and makes orbit
Jan 11, 2025 · 279. After years of development, Blue Origin’s semi-reusable heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle, New Glenn, successfully launched on Thursday, Jan. 16 at 2:03 AM EST (07:03 UTC) after moving from ...
New Glenn approaches hot fire ahead of debut launch
Dec 11, 2024 · The hot fire for GS2 was completed in September with a 15-second burn of the twin BE-3U engines. Not only was this the first time that New Glenn’s launch pad had seen rocket engines firing, but ...
FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps …
Dec 18, 2024 · Flight 7 Regulatory Side. On Dec. 17, the FAA released a statement for the approval of Flight 7 and a minor license modification. This comes a bit earlier than expected and just before the holidays.