SPACEX BEGINS SECOND STARLINK SHELL WITH VANDENBERG LAUNCH - A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, carrying a total of 51 second-generation Starlink satellites into orbit. This was the first launch in support of deploying the second shell of Starlink satellites. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 4-East (SLC-4E) at 8:55 PM Pacific time (03:55 UTC on September 14).   More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Sep 14)

NASA PICKS SPACEX'S FALCON HEAVY TO LAUNCH GOES-U WEATHER SATELLITE - SpaceX's big Falcon Heavy rocket just got another gig. NASA has picked Falcon Heavy to launch the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U), with a planned liftoff in April 2024 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, agency officials announced on Friday (Sept. 10). The total launch cost for NASA will be about $152.5 million, they added.   More
(Source: Space.com - Sep 13)

INTERNATIONAL ASTRONAUTS COMPLETE POWER SYSTEM MODS SPACEWALK - Astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency) have concluded the first spacewalk conducted by two international partner astronauts out of the International Space Station’s Quest airlock at 3:09 p.m. EDT, after 6 hours and 54 minutes. Hoshide and Pesquet successfully assembled and attached a support bracket in preparation for future installation of the orbiting laboratory’s third new solar array.   More
(Source: NASA - Sep 13)

NASA SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS IMPACT OF 9/11 ATTACKS - 20 years after the September 11 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 men, women and children, NASA is remembering the day, sharing images and memories. In a satellite image provided by the agency, billowing smoke over the Manhattan area can be seen from space after two of the hijacked planes crashed into the towers of New York City's World Trade Center.   More
(Source: Fox News - Sep 12)

20 YEARS AFTER 9/11: HOW SATELLITES TRACKING DISASTERS HAVE CHANGED - As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, satellite images show the devastation caused by the terror attacks that day and the evolution of disaster monitoring from space. The terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 involved four commercial airplanes that were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.    More
(Source: Space.com - Sep 12)

SPACEX CREW-3 COMMERCIAL LAUNCH TO SPACE STATION SET OCT. 31 FROM KENNEDY SPACE CENTER - The third SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket that will carry astronauts to the International Space Station for a long duration mission is targeted for blastoff on Sunday, October 31, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center. The agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission will carry three NASA astronauts – mission commander Raja Chari, pilot Tom Marshburn, and mission specialist Kayla Barron to the space station – as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer, who will serve as a mission specialist.   More
(Source: SpaceCoastDaily.com - Sep 12)

RUSSIA LAUNCHES SOYUZ 2.1V WITH RAZBEG RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITE - At 19:59 UTC on September 9, a Soyuz 2.1v rocket launched from Site 43/4 at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome carrying the Razbeg n°1 satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense. The launch was originally scheduled for mid-July, but multiple launch attempts were canceled due to unknown circumstances, and the vehicle was rolled back to the integration facility prior to this launch attempt.    More
(Source: NASASpaceFlight.com - Sep 12)

SMOKE SETS OFF ALARMS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - Alarms blared aboard the Russian side of the International Space Station (ISS) early Thursday (Sept. 9), and the crew reported seeing smoke and smelling burnt plastic, according to news reports. The incident occurred in Russia's Zvezda module as the station's batteries were recharging, Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, reported, according to the BBC. The systems are now back to normal, and the crew has returned to "regular training," Roscosmos said. The ISS crew activated air filters, which cleared the air, according to the Associated Press.    More
(Source: Space.com - Sep 12)

TRY TO SPOT THE HUMAN-MADE OBJECT HIDING IN THIS NASA ISS PHOTO - Most of us will never get on a spacecraft, blast off this rock and spend time in orbit gazing down at the astounding views of Earth below. So we turn to astronauts like NASA's Mark Vande Hei to share that experience through images. Sometimes the experience involves a little bit of hide and seek. Vande Hei is currently up on the International Space Station. He used his vantage point to offer us Earth-dwellers a visual challenge this week. "Can you find the human-made object in this photo?"   More
(Source: CNET - Sep 11)

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