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SpaceX launches third Starship test flight
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 9:02 AM ET (1302 GMT)
Starship liftoff on third flight (SpaceX) SpaceX launched Starship on a third, mostly successful test flight Thursday. The Starship/Super Heavy vehicle lifted off from the company's Starbase facility in South Texas at 9:25 am EDT (1325 GMT). The launch placed Starship on its planned suborbital trajectory, where it performed tests such as opening a payload bay door and starting a propellant transfer demonstration. The vehicle reentered over the Indian Ocean but appeared to break up at an altitude of about 65 kilometers nearly 50 minutes after liftoff. The Super Heavy booster also broke up during a landing burn over the Gulf of Mexico. Although the vehicle did not complete all its test objectives, SpaceX still considered the flight successful, an assessment shared by NASA.


Chinese launch of lunar satellites malfunctions
Posted: Sun, Mar 17 8:56 AM ET (1256 GMT)
A malfunction during a Chinese launch Wednesday may have doomed two lunar spacecraft. A Long March 2C rocket lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center at 8:51 am EDT (1251 GMT), but there was no official report of the launch until early Thursday, when Chinese media said there was a malfunction with the rocket's Yuanzheng-1S upper stage. The rocket was carrying the DRO-A and -B satellites, intended to test lunar navigation technologies, likely in a distant retrograde orbit around the moon. It's unclear what orbit the spacecraft are in now and if their mission can be salvaged.
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First launch of Japanese Kairos rocket fails seconds after liftoff
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:48 AM ET (1548 GMT)
The first launch of a privately developed Japanese rocket ended in an explosion seconds after liftoff. The Kairos rocket lifted off at 10:01 pm...


Rocket Lab launches Synspective SAR satellite
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:46 AM ET (1546 GMT)
Rocket Lab launched a Japanese radar imaging satellite Tuesday. The company's Electron rocket lifted off from its New Zealand launch site at 11:03...


Crew-7 returns to Earth
Posted: Sat, Mar 16 11:45 AM ET (1545 GMT)
A Crew Dragon spacecraft returned four people from the International Space Station Tuesday morning. The spacecraft Endurance splashed down off the Florida coast near Pensacola...





Monday, March 18
For Space Force to Succeed, It Needs Starships from SpaceX
The National Interest — 5:28 am ET (0928 GMT)
Scientists discover first long-lasting radio bursts above sunspots
NasaSpaceFlight.com — 5:14 am ET (0914 GMT)

Sunday, March 17
Coalition For Deep Space Exploration Applauds President’s Budget Request
Coalition for Deep Space Exploration — 12:16 pm ET (1616 GMT)
Ghostly Stellar Tendrils Captured in Largest DECam Image Ever Released
National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Research Laboratory — 12:07 pm ET (1607 GMT)
Kanyini satellite successfully completes critical testing milestone
Government of South Australia — 11:53 am ET (1553 GMT)


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