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    Liftoff of NASA’s EZIE Mission

    A rocket lifts off from a launch pad at night

    NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14 (2:43 a.m. EDT on March 15). The mission is being carried to orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 as part of the Transporter-13 rideshare mission with SpaceX via launch integrator Maverick Space Systems. In the next …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Reaches Orbit, News Conference at 8:30 p.m. EDT

    NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander and Nichole Ayers, pilot, mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, and their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft have reached orbit, and the nosecone has opened.  The crew will spend roughly the next 28.5 hours to rendezvous and dock to the International Space Station.   […]

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    Watch the Launch of NASA’s EZIE Mission

    A small, rectangular satellite with two large solar arrays appears in Earth orbit above green-colored auroras. Four yellow-colored beams extend downward from the spacecraft toward the auroras.

    NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission is poised to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The 17-minute launch window opens at 2:39 a.m. EDT on March 15 (11:39 p.m. PDT on March 14). Follow live launch coverage from SpaceX starting about 15 minutes prior to liftoff, …

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Spacecraft Flying Solo

    The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft has separated from the Falcon 9’s second stage and is flying on its own. The spacecraft is traveling at approximately 17,500 miles per hour (28,200 kilometers per hour). In less than a minute, the Dragon nosecone open sequence will begin. 

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    Max-Q Reached, First Stage Main Engine Cutoff

    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has reached Max-Q, the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket.   The first and second stages have separated.   Next, the rocket’s first stage booster is scheduled to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. 

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    Liftoff! NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Launches From Kennedy Space Center 

     NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission lifted off at 7:03 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA astronauts Anne McClain, commander, and Nichole Ayers, pilot, along with mission specialists JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, are experiencing 2 g while SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 […]

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    NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 Final Preparations Underway

    Fuel loading is complete on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. Everything remains on target for the 7:03 p.m. EDT scheduled launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  In just a few moments, a rapid series of events will take place when the SpaceX Falcon 9 begins engine […]

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