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May 11, 2024 Search for: Home News Archive Launch Schedule Mission Reports Antares Launcher Ariane 5 Atlas 5 Delta 4 Falcon 9 Falcon Heavy H-2A Soyuz Space Station Members Sign in Become a member Members Content Account Live Shop Breaking News [ May 10, 2024 ] News from the Press Site: New SpaceX spacesuits and China’s Chang’e 6 reaches orbit around the Moon News [ May 8, 2024 ] SpaceX flies 13 more Direct to Cell Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB Falcon 9 [ May 8, 2024 ] SpaceX breaks Space Shuttle pad record with Falcon 9 Starlink mission Falcon 9 [ May 8, 2024 ] Atlas 5 valve repair will delay Starliner’s first crewed mission to May 17 at the earliest Atlas 5 [ May 7, 2024 ] Starliner launch scrubbed by trouble with a valve in the Atlas 5’s Centaur upper stage Atlas 5 Twitter Facebook YouTube News News from the Press Site: New SpaceX spacesuits and China’s Chang’e 6 reaches orbit around the Moon May 10, 2024 In this week’s edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Jeff Foust, senior writer at Space News, and Bill Harwood, space consultant for CBS News. Atlas 5 valve repair will delay Starliner’s first crewed mission to May 17 at the earliest May 8, 2024 United Launch Alliance (ULA) is set to roll its Atlas 5 rocket and the Starliner spacecraft back to the Vertical Integration Facility on Wednesday to begin working on the problematic valve. The new launch date is no earlier than Friday, May 17, at 6:16 p.m. EDT (2016 UTC). Starliner launch scrubbed by trouble with a valve in the Atlas 5’s Centaur upper stage May 7, 2024 An Atlas 5 rocket carrying astronauts for the first time was fueled for blastoff Monday night to boost Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner crew ferry ship into orbit for its first piloted test flight. But trouble with a valve in the rocket’s upper stage forced mission managers to order a scrub just two hours before takeoff. SpaceX flies 13 more Direct to Cell Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket launch from Vandenberg SFB May 8, 2024 The Starlink 8-2 mission from the company’s West Coast launch pad features 13 more satellites boasting a Direct to Cell capability. Liftoff from Vandenberg Space Force Base happened at 9:30 p.m. PDT (12:30 a.m. EDT, 0430 UTC) on Thursday. SpaceX breaks Space Shuttle pad record with Falcon 9 Starlink mission May 8, 2024 SpaceX’s launch of the Starlink 6-56 mission will move the company past the total number of Space Shuttle Program missions from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff is set for 2:42 p.m. EDT (1842 UTC). SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with 23 Starlink satellites from Florida May 6, 2024 SpaceX completed the first of two planned Starlink missions from Florida this week. The first launch lifted off from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral on Monday at 2:14 p.m. EDT (1814 UTC). News from the Press Site: Boeing approaches first astronaut mission with Starliner May 4, 2024 In this week’s edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Rachel Jewett, Senior Managing Editor for Via Satellite, and Joey Roulette, U.S. Business of Space Correspondent for Reuters. SpaceX launches 30th Starlink mission of 2024 on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral May 2, 2024 Prior to launch, SpaceX sent 656 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit so far this year. Liftoff of the Starlink 6-55 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 10:37 p.m. EDT (0237 UTC). SpaceX launches Maxar’s first WorldView Legion satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Vandenberg Space Force Base May 2, 2024 The mission launched the first two of six Earth observation satellites built by Maxar Space Systems. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 4 East happened at 11:36 a.m. PDT (2:36 p.m. EDT, 1836 UTC). SpaceX launches 23 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral April 28, 2024 The addition of these latest satellites will boost the growing constellation to nearly 5,900. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 happened at 6:08 p.m. EDT (2208 UTC). SpaceX launches European Commission’s Galileo satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center April 27, 2024 The mission marked the first time that an American-made rocket launched Europe’s answer to the GPS satellite constellation. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A happened at 8:34 p.m. EDT (0034 UTC) on Saturday, April 27. News from the Press Site: Boeing Starliner gets go ahead for Crew Flight Test April 27, 2024 In this week’s edition of News from the Press Site, Spaceflight Now’s Will Robinson-Smith is joined by Tariq Malik, editor-in-chief of Space.com, and Passant Rabie, space reporter for Gizmodo. NASA astronauts arrive at Kennedy Space Center ahead of Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test April 25, 2024 Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived at the Cape in T-38 jets, the first such arrival since the space shuttle era. The mission is aiming to launch on Monday, May 6, at 10:34 p.m. EDT (0234 UTC). 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