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Launch from Vandenberg on Tuesday carried NASA payload

On: November 25, 2021

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday, November 24, shortly before 1:30 a.m. carried a NASA payload to test whether an asteroid headed towards Earth could be knocked off course. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission will crash into an asteroid named Dimorphos, …continue reading

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SpaceX successfully launches rocket from Kennedy Space Center

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On: June 1, 2020

In: Business

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA astronauts Air Force Col. Robert L. Behnken and retired Marine Corps Col. Douglas G. Hurley launches from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, May 30, 2020. Although this was a private-sector launch, the article and photos above were released by …continue reading