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US: Falcon 9 Streaks Across Arizona Sky After Vandenberg Launch

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, January 2, deploying Italy’s dual-use Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation Flight Model 3 (CSG-FM3) satellite into low Earth orbit. The mission, delayed by pad issues, marked SpaceX’s first orbital launch in 16 days and included a successful booster landing.

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The Defence Innovation Forum - FID in Paris FA

This photograph shows an orbital air assault at the Defence Innovation Forum (FID) at the Parce des expositions in Paris, on November 28, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Southern Europe and The Northwestern Mediterranean Coast from The ISS

Handout - JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui captured this photo of southern Europe and the northwestern Mediterranean coast from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above Earth on August 30, 2025. At left, the Po Valley urban corridor in Italy shines with the metropolitan areas of Milan and Turin and their surrounding suburbs. Crew members aboard the orbital lab have produced hundreds of thousands of images of the land, oceans, and atmosphere of Earth, and even of the Moon through Crew Earth Observations. Their photographs of Earth record how the planet changes over time due to human activity and natural events. This allows scientists to monitor disasters and direct response on the ground and study a number of phenomena, from the movement of glaciers to urban wildlife. Photo by JAXA/Kimiya Yui/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Radian Aerospace Wants To Reinvent The Space Rocket

Handout Artist’s renditon of Radian One, a "space plane" capable of reaching orbit in a single stage. A Seattle-area startup called Radian Aerospace is fine-tuning the design of its orbital space plane, with an eye toward building a subscale prototype as early as this year. The company is also in the midst of a fresh round of fundraising, following up on $ 27.5 million in investment that was announced in 2022, according to Livingston Holder, Radian’s co-founder and chief technology officer. “That round will be larger,” Holder said. Over the past two years, Radian has made progress on an ambitious plan to create a reusable winged space plane that would be launched toward low Earth orbit by a rocket-propelled sled and its own rocket engines. The single-stage-to-orbit concept, or SSTO, has been called a “holy grail” for cheap access to spacePhoto by Radian Aerospace via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Radian Aerospace Wants To Reinvent The Space Rocket

Handout Artist’s renditon of Radian One, a "space plane" capable of reaching orbit in a single stage. A Seattle-area startup called Radian Aerospace is fine-tuning the design of its orbital space plane, with an eye toward building a subscale prototype as early as this year. The company is also in the midst of a fresh round of fundraising, following up on $ 27.5 million in investment that was announced in 2022, according to Livingston Holder, Radian’s co-founder and chief technology officer. “That round will be larger,” Holder said. Over the past two years, Radian has made progress on an ambitious plan to create a reusable winged space plane that would be launched toward low Earth orbit by a rocket-propelled sled and its own rocket engines. The single-stage-to-orbit concept, or SSTO, has been called a “holy grail” for cheap access to spacePhoto by Radian Aerospace via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Radian Aerospace Wants To Reinvent The Space Rocket

Handout Artist’s renditon of Radian One, a "space plane" capable of reaching orbit in a single stage. A Seattle-area startup called Radian Aerospace is fine-tuning the design of its orbital space plane, with an eye toward building a subscale prototype as early as this year. The company is also in the midst of a fresh round of fundraising, following up on $ 27.5 million in investment that was announced in 2022, according to Livingston Holder, Radian’s co-founder and chief technology officer. “That round will be larger,” Holder said. Over the past two years, Radian has made progress on an ambitious plan to create a reusable winged space plane that would be launched toward low Earth orbit by a rocket-propelled sled and its own rocket engines. The single-stage-to-orbit concept, or SSTO, has been called a “holy grail” for cheap access to spacePhoto by Radian Aerospace via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Radian Aerospace Wants To Reinvent The Space Rocket

Handout Artist’s renditon of Radian One, a "space plane" capable of reaching orbit in a single stage. A Seattle-area startup called Radian Aerospace is fine-tuning the design of its orbital space plane, with an eye toward building a subscale prototype as early as this year. The company is also in the midst of a fresh round of fundraising, following up on $ 27.5 million in investment that was announced in 2022, according to Livingston Holder, Radian’s co-founder and chief technology officer. “That round will be larger,” Holder said. Over the past two years, Radian has made progress on an ambitious plan to create a reusable winged space plane that would be launched toward low Earth orbit by a rocket-propelled sled and its own rocket engines. The single-stage-to-orbit concept, or SSTO, has been called a “holy grail” for cheap access to spacePhoto by Radian Aerospace via ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Will Return Stranded Astronauts Next Year

Handout file photo dated June 27, 2024 NASA's Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore prepare orbital plumbing hardware for installation inside the International Space Station’s bathroom, also known as the waste and hygiene compartment, located in the Tranquility module. Two Nasa astronauts who have been stuck in space for over two months will return to Earth in February 2025 with SpaceX. Nasa said the Boeing Starliner spacecraft the astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore had travelled to International Space Station (ISS) on would return to Earth "un-crewed". The pair took off on what was planned to be an eight-day mission on 5 June but will now spend around eight months in orbit. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Terminus Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Terminus Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open on June 13th

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 (Ligne 11) extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on June 4, 2024. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UK: Massive Fire Erupts In Cannock, Staffordshire Sending Huge Plumes Of Smoke 3

A massive fire broke out near A460 Orbital Island in Cannock, Staffordshire on Thursday morning, May 9. Smoke could be seen for miles. Residents were advised to stay inside, and businesses were ordered to evacuated by the fire service.

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UK: Massive Fire Erupts In Cannock, Staffordshire Sending Huge Plumes Of Smoke 2

A massive fire broke out near A460 Orbital Island in Cannock, Staffordshire on Thursday morning, May 9. Smoke could be seen for miles. Residents were advised to stay inside, and businesses were ordered to evacuated by the fire service. This aerial footage shows the area reached by the plume of smoke.

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UK: Massive Fire Erupts In Cannock, Staffordshire Sending Huge Plumes Of Smoke

A massive fire broke out near A460 Orbital Island in Cannock, Staffordshire on Thursday morning, May 9. Smoke could be seen for miles. Residents were advised to stay inside, and businesses were ordered to evacuated by the fire service.

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US: Fiery Re-Entry Of Suspected Space Debris Witnessed Over California 2

Skygazers in California witnessed a fiery object re-entering from space and breaking up as it streaks across the sky on early Tuesday, April 2. Witnesses saw the object around 1:30 a.m. and many suspected it had something to do with the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch the previous evening. Some on social media said that it may be from the Chinese Shenzhou 15 Orbital Module that was predicted to re-enter near Los Angeles at 01:45 local time.

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US: Fiery Re-Entry Of Suspected Space Debris Witnessed Over California

Skygazers in California witnessed a fiery object re-entering from space and breaking up as it streaks across the sky on early Tuesday, April 2. Witnesses saw the object around 1:30 a.m. and many suspected it had something to do with the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch the previous evening. Some on social media said that it may be from the Chinese Shenzhou 15 Orbital Module that was predicted to re-enter near Los Angeles at 01:45 local time. This is a developing story.

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A Intelligent Manufacturing Plant in Wuhai

WUHAI, CHINA - MARCH 29, 2024 - An orbital robot inspects a production area of a company in Wuhai city, Inner Mongolia, China, March 29, 2024.

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New five-car MP14 rubber-tyred trainsets on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Aerial Station of Coteaux Beauclair on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paris Metro Line 11 Extension To Open Soon

New Station of Rosny-Bois-Perrier on Paris Metro Line 11 extension in Rosny Sous Bois near Paris, France on January 11, 2023. Currently running from the city centre hub at Chatelet to Mairie des Lilas on the eastern side of the capital, Line 11 is in the process of being extended to Rosny-Bois-Perrier, providing interchange with RER Line E and the Grand Paris Express orbital network expected to open in spring 2024. Photo by Christophe Geyres/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

Handout photo dated March 5, 2011 shows the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, USA. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely returning them to Earth. Boeing photo/Paul Pinner via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

Handout photo shows the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, or OTV, is an experimental test program to demonstrate technologies for a reliable, reusable, unmanned space test platform for the U.S. Air Force. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely returning them to Earth. U.S. Air Force photo courtesy of Boeing via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

Handout photo dated May 7, 2017 shows the U.S. Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 4 is seen after at NASA 's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely returning them to Earth. U.S. Air Force courtesy photo via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

Handout photo dated December 3, 2010 shows the U.S. Air Force X-37B, named Orbital Test Vehicle 1 (OTV-1), sits on the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., runway during post-landing operations. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely returning them to Earth. U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Stonecypher via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

rHandout photo shows October 27, 2019 shows the Air Force’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 successfully landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Oct. 27, 2019. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely returning them to Earth. U.S. Air Force photo via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

Handout photo dated March 5, 2011 shows the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV), the Air Force's unmanned, reusable space plane, landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base at 5:48 a.m. (PDT) June 16. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely returning them to Earth. Photo by Boeing/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

Handout photo dated May 7, 2017 shows the U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle 4 landed at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely returning them to Earth. U.S. Air Force courtesy photo via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Air Force To Launch Seventh X-37B Mission

Handout photo dated May 20, 2015 shows the Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the AFSPC-5 mission aboard the Space and Missile Systems Center procured United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.,. The Atlas V rocket carried into low Earth orbit an X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle, marking the fourth space flight for the X-37B program. The U.S. Space Force is preparing for the launch of the enigmatic X-37B space plane aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Taking place at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on December 7th, the upcoming mission, known as USSF-52, marks a significant milestone as it will be the first time the X-37B launches on a Falcon Heavy. While the X-37B’s capabilities and operations remain shrouded in secrecy, the Space Force has shed some light on its mission objectives. The upcoming flight will build upon previous missions that utilized the X-37B as a platform for launching and testing experimental payloads before safely return

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Astronaut Scrubbed From Apollo 13 Dies At 87

Handout file photo dated May 11, 1982 shows two astronauts will man the space shuttle Columbia for NASA's fourth and final (STS-4) orbital flight test. Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, right, is crew commander. Henry W. Hartsfield Jr., is pilot. Ken Mattingly, astronaut scrubbed from apollo 13, is dead at 87. He later orbited the moon, but in 1970 he was bumped from the Apollo flight after being exposed to measles. Then, from mission control, he helped it avert disaster. Photo by Nasa via ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov onboard, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov launched at 3:27 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov onboard, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov launched at 3:27 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov onboard, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov launched at 3:27 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SpaceX Crew-7 Launch - Cape Canaveral

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov onboard, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Moghbeli, Mogensen, Furukawa, and Borisov launched at 3:27 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center to begin a six month mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo by Joel Kowsky/NASA via CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Latest Images From Space Station

Handout photo dated July 15, 2023 shows from left, Expedition 69 Commander Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg of NASA each contemplate their next move during an orbital game of chess inside the International Space Station's cupola. The orbital lab was soaring 259 miles above the Colombia-Venezuela border at the time of this photograph. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-GUIZHOU-FAST-TELESCOPE-BINARY PULSAR-DETECTION (CN)

(230623) -- PINGTANG, June 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 22, 2023 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's FAST telescope identified a binary pulsar with an orbital period of 53.3 minutes, the shortest known period for a pulsar binary system. The research, mainly conducted by a team led by scientists from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), was published in the journal Nature Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)