The Cygnus cargo ship orbited a Northrop Grumman Entrance rocket on Saturday after a picture-perfect launch off the east coast of Virginia, carrying more than 8,000 pounds of supplies and equipment for the International Space Station. The rocket’s two Russian-built RD-181 first-stage engines were ignited at 12:36 p.m., throttle to …
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Four The beginning of astronauts But this weekend a SpaceX Crew Dragon The spacecraft crashed on top of the Falcon 9 rocket at the Kennedy Space Center on Thursday for a dress rehearsal countdown, while engineers reviewed preparations and kept tabs on coastal weather in the wake. Tropical Storm Eta. …
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