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Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket was "terminated" in an explosive fireball after suffering a failure off the California coast. Investigators are looking into what happened.
In the upcoming week, China will be sending its first three taikonauts to the new Chinese Space Station. They are set to blast off on Thursday morning aboard the Shenzhou 12 spacecraft.
Mar 14, 2021 05:18 EDT with 0 comments In the coming week, it's expected that there will be around five rocket launches from the likes of Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, and Glavkosmos. The most interesting launch will be that of the Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket which is making its maiden flight from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket, which we have been saying will launch for the last two weeks, still hasn’t launched yet but could do on Monday. Firefly Alpha The first launch of Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket will be carrying c...
Col. highlights STEM program in State of VAFB address KSBY and last updated 2021-03-04 22:27:43-05 Col. David Rickards of the U.S. Space Force gave the second annual State of Vanderberg Air Force Base address on Thursday. He highlighted the five launches in 2020 and the handful currently scheduled for 2021. Col. Rickards also mentioned the opening of the Department of Defense's 69th Starbase program in October. The education program lets local 5th-graders explore science, technology, engineering and math careers at the base firsthand. "The goal, no matter what, is to motivate students of all ...
Share this article Share this article MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Space Electric Thruster System (SETS), a Noosphere Ventures aerospace company, will undergo field testing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) as part of the debut launch of the Firefly Aerospace Alpha rocket, which is scheduled for the beginning of 2021 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, U.S.A. "The goal of the first SETS mission is to demonstrate and confirm the space worthiness and performance of the system under real conditions, and receive the necessary telemetry," commented SETS CEO Viktor Serbin. ...