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On This Day in Space: April 27, 1961: NASA launches Explorer 11
On April 27, 1961, NASA launched Explorer 11, a satellite that contained the first gamma ray telescope to go to space.
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft will not fly private missions yet, officials say
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is about to make its first launch May 6 with NASA astronauts on board. Unlike SpaceX, however, Boeing has not yet announced any private missions.
SpaceX launching Falcon 9 rocket on record-tying 20th mission today
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch a European satellite-navigation mission today (April 27). It will be the record-tying 20th liftoff for this particular booster.
Boeing Starliner 1st astronaut flight: Live updates
Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024
US Space Force picks Rocket Lab for 2025 Victus Haze space domain awareness mission
A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to enhance national security supporting space domain awareness.
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since 2009.
Laser on NASA's Psyche asteroid probe beams data from 140 million miles away
NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles away.
NASA begins delivering 1st Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across United States
The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there. NASA astronaut Christina Koch presented an "Artemis 1 Moon Tree."
