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SpaceX managed a record seven launches in January, and has its first February liftoff slated for early Thursday morning.

The ground team at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre is preparing some surprises to make the astronaut feel at home on the International Space Station

SpaceX managed a record seven launches in January, and has its first February liftoff under its belt with an early morning mission that marked the 200th successful launch for the workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.

On February 1, 2003, as the space shuttle Columbia was re-entering Earth's atmosphere, mission control lost contact with the crew.

NEW HAVEN, CT / ACCESSWIRE / February 1, 2023 / KeyBank announced ConnCORP as the recipient of a $1 million grant from KeyBank Foundation to support the ongoing work of the ConnCORP Lab and its entrepreneurial

The upcoming 1.4-million-gallon liquid hydrogen tank at Kennedy Space Center will increase the rate at which NASA can conduct launch attempts.

On February 1, 2003, as the space shuttle Columbia was re-entering Earth's atmosphere, mission control lost contact with the crew.

Columbia broke apart during reentry on February 1, 2003, killing all seven astronauts on board. For the Shuttle program, it marked the beginning of the end.

NASAs Artemis program successfully launched its first mission to the moon in November 2022, but the launch came months later than expected.

This is the first launch pad thats been constructed, and there will be at least another two on this site. by the time everything is up and running, there will be up to 30 launches a year. its only when you get here that you really get a sense of the scale of this project and just how remote this place is. but shetland isnt the only site in scotland. more spaceports are planned in sutherland on the north coast and benbecula in the outer hebrides. the hope is these could all give a big boost to th...