OTD In Space - February 26: 1st Launch of Saturn 1B Rocket

On February 26, 1966, NASA launched its new Saturn IB rocket on its first test flight. Also known as the Uprated Saturn I, the Saturn IB was built for the Apollo program. With a more powerful upper ...
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4 bright planets light up March evenings — here's where and when to look

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Mars shine together after sunset in early March, with Mercury at its best of 2026.
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Watch Rocket Lab launch hypersonic scramjet vehicle for the US military today

Rocket Lab's HASTE suborbital rocket will launch a scramjet-powered hypersonic vehicle for the U.S. military today (Feb. 25), ...

NASA's aging crawler is about to haul 18 million pounds on its back, again

In March 2023, Guinness World Records designated that refurbished crawler, known as CT-2, as the heaviest self-powered ...
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Amazon launches Project Kuiper internet satellites

CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION — The United Launch Alliance launched its Atlas V rocket as it carried Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites from Space Launch Complex-31 on Monday night. The Atlas V ...

Recap of the Tuesday afternoon SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral

The launch is set for now no earlier than 6:04 p.m. Tuesday, February 24, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space ...