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Wang launched into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night (March 31), leading his four-person Fram2 crew on the world's first astronaut flight over Earth's poles.
U.S. News & World Report |
Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur, hurtled into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
CNN |
This mission is carrying humans into an orbit around the North and South poles for the first time.
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A European Vega-C rocket will launch tomorrow carrying the Sentinel-1C mission into orbit in the rocket's first return to flight since it failed in 2022. The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching this Earth-monitoring satellite from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, and you can watch along as the event is live-streamed.
Rocket Lab secured a $5.6 billion NSSL Phase 3 contract, enhancing its defense and government contract portfolio. See why I rate RKLB stock a strong buy.
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Astronomy on MSNDebut flight of Isar Aerospace Spectrum rocket ends in explosionSpectrum lifted off from Norway’s picturesque Andøya Spaceport and cleared the launch pad. But after about 30 seconds, the vehicle activated its flight termination system, shutting down its engines and sending it tumbling nose-down into the sea “in a controlled manner,” Isar said.
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Space.com on MSN1st-ever orbital rocket launch from European soil falls to Earth and explodes seconds into flightGermany-based Isar Aerospace attempted to launch the first orbital rocket from European soil on Sunday morning (March 30). The company's Spectrum rocket lifted off from Europe's Andøya Spaceport in Norway, but suffered an anomaly 18 seconds into the flight.
A test rocket aimed at kick-starting satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded 40 seconds after its launch from a Norwegian space port.
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The first test flight of Germany-based Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket exploded moments after liftoff Sunday in Norway.
Video from the launch shows the rocket taking off from the pad, flying into the air and then coming back down to crash into the sea in a fiery explosion.
A SpaceX rocket carrying the first all-private polar mission launched Monday night from Florida, marking a new era in human spaceflight. The mission, funded by crypto-entrepreneur Chun Wang, is the first to send a crew over both the North and South Poles.