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First launch of humans from Cape Canaveral SFS since Apollo 7 in October 1968, first launch of humans on an Atlas vehicle since Gordon Cooper on Mercury-Atlas 9 on May 15 1963 and the first launch of humans on an Atlas V. 6 June 05:00:30 [212] [213] Ceres-1: Y13 Jiuquan LS-95A Galactic Energy: Eros [214] Galactic Energy: Low Earth Space tug: In ...
China's Orienspace's Gravity-1 rocket completed its successful maiden flight on 11 January 2024, debuting on a new mobile sea platform in the Yellow Sea while breaking records as both the world's largest solid-fuel carrier rocket and China's most powerful commercial launch vehicle to date (as of early 2024).
Launch date Mission Shuttle Crew [a] Duration Launch pad Landing site Notes Refs. 1 12 April 1981 12:00:04 UTC 07:00:04 EST STS-1: Columbia: 2 02d 06h LC-39A: Edwards: First orbital flight test; First reusable orbital spacecraft flight; Maiden flight of Columbia; Maiden flight of the Space Shuttle program [18] [19] [20] 2 12 November 1981 15:10 ...
This article lists orbital and suborbital launches planned for the second half of the year 2024, including launches planned for 2024 without a specific launch date. For all other spaceflight activities, see 2024 in spaceflight. For launches in the first half of 2024, see List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2024.
List of spaceflight launches in July–December 2024 This page was last edited on 3 September 2024, at 05:11 (UTC ...
Date and time Rocket Flight number Launch site LSP; Payload (⚀ = CubeSat) Operator Orbit Function Decay (UTC) Outcome Remarks March (TBD) [1] SLS Block 1B Kennedy LC-39B: NASA: Artemis 6: NASA: Selenocentric Crewed lunar landing Crew and Science Airlock Module: MBRSC: Selenocentric Lunar Gateway component June (TBD) [35] TBA: TBA: TBA ...
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Air and Space Center was held in 2022 on the 11th anniversary of Endeavour’s final return from space. The process of assembling the shuttle system in vertical ...
[22] [30] In addition, a 2017 study suggested that a single SLS Block 1B launch vehicle could launch two spacecraft, one to each ice giant, with launch dates suggested from 2024 to 2037 followed by a four-year transit time. [31] Updated versions of the proposal recommend using a Falcon Heavy instead of SLS. [32]