AMAZING PICTURE....SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched the Arabsat-6A satellite on 11 April 2019 from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read history of #SpaceX. https://t.co/YhUbPmGjIx
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Skylab - America's First #Space#Station was launched in 1973. Visited by astronaut crews from 1973-1974. Fell back to Earth in pieces in 1979 landing near the small town of Esperance, Australia.
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NASA renamed the spacecraft NEAR Shoemaker in honor of renowned geologist Eugene M. Shoemaker (1928–1997).
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NASA's Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to achieve the escape velocity needed to leave the #Solar#System. It was launched in 1972. It was also the first mission to planet Jupiter.
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Dream Chaser is a reusable #spaceplane being that will be used to resupply the International #Space Station with both pressurized and unpressurized cargo. It will be launched vertically on a Vulcan Centaur #rocket.
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Tupolev Tu-2000 was a planned long-range heavy bomber designed by the Tupolev design bureau of the 1980's. It could also function as a single-stage-to-orbit aerospaceplane. https://t.co/Mu5sIFIa6x
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After Wednesday 27 May scrub due to weather, NASA and SpaceX have targeted Saturday 30 May for the next launch attempt. Demo-2 mission is 1st launch of astronauts on an American rocket from American soil since the last Space Shuttle mission in 2011. #space#usa