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#CapeCanaveral :

β€’ Works on the #Starship launch facility at Pad #39A are proceeding
β€’ #StokeSpace's #Nova is scheduled to fly from #SLC14 as early as next year
β€’ #Relativity’s #SLC16 will support the partially reusable #TerranR
β€’ #ULA is expanding its Spacecraft Processing and Operations Center
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2024/12/cape-flyover-2

#KennedySpaceCenter

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πŸ”΄ October 8, 2024 #RocketLab will challenge the program to hit a πŸ“† 2028 launch window https://spacenews.com/nasa-awards-rocket-lab-study-contract-for-mars-sample-return

πŸ“† December 2, 2024 #SpaceX would rely on #Starship. Canceling #MSR would open the door for #China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ to become the first nation to return samples from #Marshttps://spacenews.com/foust-forward-who-gets-the-final-word-on-mars-sample-return

#Mars#SampleReturn#NASA #commercial#Neutron

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The pace of #space launches has reached the point that lots of stuff is always happening. But some things don't go as planned. @LiveScience was able to make a Top 10 list of mishaps in space in 2024. #Starliner figures prominently on the list. But also 3 #Falcon9 groundings, #Starship explosions, and misc probes and rovers. https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/10-times-space-missions-went-very-wrong-in-2024#NewSpace#NASA#SpaceX#Boeing