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While NASA’s public relations machine is busy painting yesterday’s launch as a \"historic triumph,\" those of us who have been paying attention for the last four years see it for what it actually is: a $93 billion relief m...

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Axiom Space is gearing up for its landmark Ax-3 mission, slated to launch on January 17, 2024. This private spaceflight marks a significant milestone in the commercial space industry, carrying a multinational crew of fou...

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History Made: AX-3 Mission Launches Four Astronauts to International Space Station

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Although Space-X is well known for their booster re-usability, this launch was the maiden voyage of this set of Falcon Heavy's side boosters. It's not every day we get to see a fresh clean set of boosters on the pad so ...

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While most employees are excited to watch NASA try and convince the world that the last several years weren't a total waste of time, money and resources, our opinion on the matter differs and is likely what caused our cr...

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So, it seems a few days ago, NASA rolled out the SLS. Although Max Q News was not provide access, we'd like to at least share our visual representation as to how this might have gone.

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Two days after it should have launched, SpaceX is targeting the Italian Earth-observation satellite to take off no earlier than today Monday the 31st of January, thanks to bad weather. European Space Agency officials sta...

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Friday afternoon (14:00 EST), an Atlas V rocket carrying the USSF-8 mission for the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command lifted off from Space Launch Complex-41. This launch was the 91st Atlas but the very first tim...

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Powered by the RD AMROSS RD-180, This morning, ULA launched an Atlas V rocket carrying the sixth X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. Along with OVT-6, the Atlas' 5-meter diameter payload fairing also contained the FalconSat-8 wh...

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Saturday morning, Space X launched their first crew dragon capsule with only a mannequin a board.  The internet is a blaze with excitement about the success of this 'test' but I somehow I fail to share that excitement.

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It's been a long time in development but certainly worth the wait. NASA has completed its construction of the new mobile launcher and it now sits atop of Pad 39b at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  This structure will n...

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Back in February 2018, Falcon Heavy took a Tesla for a joyride... yesterday, Space-X showed the world this rocket wasn't just a gimmick with its 27 Merlin engines capable of lifting more payload then any other rocket cur...

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The Delta IV has been quite the workhorse for ULA but changes are coming. This 218 foot tall version of the Delta rocket is one launch away from joining the Delta II in retirement.  WGS-10 tried to stay on the pad, it wo...

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It was very nice to see this Falcon 9 finally gets its payload into orbit! Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday's attempts were all scrubbed, marking the most scrubs MaxQ has ever experienced. This just goes to show...

","url":"https://maxqnews.com/max-q-news/f/gps-iii-finally-in-orbit","title":"GPS-III finally in orbit","date_modified":"2018-12-23T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"79th-atlas-v-launch-from-pad-41","html_content":"

United Launch Alliance successfully launched their Atlas V 551 rocket to deliver the fourth communications satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) series for the U.S. Air Force.

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The VAB at NASA is large for a reason.  Not like we needed a reminder but when you look at something like NASA's new Mobile Launcher, the scale of this building really comes into perspective:

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Parker solar probe lifted off at 3:31am on the morning of Sunday the 12th. ULA's latest mission is delivering hardware to within 4 million miles of the Sun to study its corona, solar winds and the mechanisms that acceler...

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SPX-15 was scheduled as an \"instantaneous launch\" which means that if it didn't go off as planned on June 29th at Kennedy Space Center, the NASA Launch would have been delayed until July 1st (no pressure, right?). Well t...

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Having been invited to a special viewing of the newly refurbished 450 ft. long flame trench, we had the opportunity to speak with NASA's Regina Spellman about the progress of LC-39b and what's next. The recent updates, w...

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Antares rocket sits patiently on pad 0-A for launch.  At 4:44 am on May 21st, Orbital ATK sent 7,400 pounds (3,400 kilograms) of supplies, scientific equipment and experiments to the ISS.  Storms stayed at bay just long ...

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Thanks to the kind folks at ULA, we've been provided an opportunity to cover our very first launch from on base at Kennedy Space Center. While stationed at the LC39 observation gantry we got a real unique perspective of...

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