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Nasa poised to return to crewed spaceflight with SpaceX capsule launch
13 Nov 2020 09:40 GMT
… spacecraft,” Jim Bridenstine, the Nasa administrator, said.
“This … an incredible achievement from Nasa and SpaceX that … Kathy Lueders, head of Nasa’s human spaceflight program, … the Atlantic, affecting several abort landing sites that could be needed …
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY: Space Shuttle Columbia Launches from Florida’s Space Coast in 1986
12 Jan 2024 23:22 GMT
… hispanic heritage—and two future NASA Administrators: Charlie Bolden and Bill … bad weather at both transoceanic abort landing sites (Moron, Spain and Dakar, Senegal …
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Air Force Pararescue teams are looking for a new boat to rescue astronauts
03 Jul 2023 20:01 GMT
… for manned space launches by NASA, SpaceX, and other companies. … a launch in 1986, NASA grappled with a grim … Challenger shuttle flights resumed, NASA came up with two fixes … North Africa, fields dubbed Transatlantic Abort Landing sites, or TALs. If disaster …
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Crew-6 launch slips as Progress leak investigation continues
22 Feb 2023 12:12 GMT
… Feb. 26.
Steve Stich, NASA commercial crew program manager, … abort landing sites along the East Coast.
Crew-6 will deliver NASA … 6 briefing, Dana Weigel, NASA ISS deputy program manager, … leaked from.
Gerstenmaier said that NASA, as a precaution, performed …
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Poor weather scrubs SpaceX’s historic launch attempt [Updated]
27 May 2020 20:40 GMT
Enlarge / Skies at 2pm ET Wednesday over the launch site were rather stormy.
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4:20pm ET Saturday: SpaceX scrubbed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft Wednesday a little less …
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SpaceX may launch today, but weather is a huge concern
27 May 2020 16:03 GMT
Enlarge / Weather conditions at Kennedy Space Center are not great this week.
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Now that humans are about to lift off from the United States into orbit again, the constraints surrounding launch weather are …
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Scottish government criticised over US military use of airport
07 Feb 2018 16:18 GMT
… has been earmarked as the “abort landing site” for Dream Chaser, a … supplies recuperation facilities for Nasa astronauts returning to the … say the pitch for Nasa business raises serious questions … space industry firms working for Nasa.
The documents seen by …