The Washington Post reports, “The two Boeing Starliner astronauts kept unexpectedly on the International Space Station since June have had their stay extended yet again because the next crew will arrive later than originally anticipated, NASA said this week. Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Sunita Williams were previously expected to return in February after spending several months longer in orbit than planned.”
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SpaceX Scrubs SDA Satellite Batch Launch
Aviation Week reports that SpaceX “scrubbed the launch of the Space Development Agency’s first official batch of satellites March 30, just prior to its scheduled 7:29 a.m. PDT launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California.”
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SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Saturday, April 1 for a Falcon 9 launch of the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 0 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. .
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US Army Postpones Zephyr Flight Tests After Loss of Prototype
Aviation Week reports that the US Army “has halted further flight tests of the Airbus Zephyr high-altitude pseudo-satellite following the loss of one of the aircraft after a 64-day flight.”
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NASA Delays Commercial Crew Launch to Inspect Space Station Leaks
The Washington Post reports, “NASA said Thursday it was postponing a launch of private astronauts to the International Space Station while it works with its Russian counterparts to investigate persistent leaks on the orbiting laboratory. In a statement, NASA said that Russian cosmonauts recently sealed ‘some areas of interest’ in a module on the Russia side of the space station. As a result, ‘the segment is holding pressure,’ NASA said. It added that crews also noticed a ‘new pressure signature,’ and need additional time ‘to evaluate the situation and determine whether any additional troubleshooting is necessary.’”
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