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Rocket Roundup for October 6, 2021

Oct 7, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

On this week’s Rocket Roundup: the latest crewed Soyuz launch, MS-19; a Cargo Dragon brings back science for NASA; and a JPL robot competes in a DARPA competition. Plus, this week in rocket history, we cover the grandparent of them all – Sputnik 1.

Rocket Roundup for September 15, 2021

Sep 16, 2021 | Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX, Starlink

The Rocket Roundup this week features two Chinese launches, including one we couldn’t cover last week, a Russian military satellite launch, and some more Starlink and OneWeb internet satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we discuss a groundbreaking mission that sent humans farther from Earth than ever before: Gemini 11.

Rocket Roundup for July 21, 2021

Jul 22, 2021 | Blue Origin, Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft

On this week’s Rocket Roundup, Russia launches a long-delayed ISS module with a new space toilet, New Shepard conducts its first crewed launch, and China launches some more secret satellites. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at Apollo 11.

Rocket Roundup for June 30, 2021

Jul 1, 2021 | Asteroids, Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, OSIRIS-REx, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Soyuz, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

On this week’s Rocket Roundup, a sounding rocket launches with student payloads, the Russian Space Force launches a classified satellite, and finally, a routine ISS resupply mission. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at STS-71 and the first Shuttle-Mir docking.

Rocket Roundup for June 23, 2021

Jun 24, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, JAXA, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Space History, Spacecraft, SpaceX

On this week’s Rocket Roundup, the Chinese send a crewed mission to their new space station, SpaceX launches a new GPS satellite, China adds to their Yaogan satellite constellation, and Japan yeets a CubeSat from the International Space Station on behalf of Mauritius. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the Soviet Salyut 3.

Rocket Roundup for June 16, 2021

Jun 17, 2021 | Crewed Space, Daily Space, Random Space Fact, Rockets, ROSCOSMOS, Space China, Space History, Space Policy, Spacecraft

This Rocket Roundup includes a Chinese launch and two launches from Northrop Grumman, including one for the National Reconnaissance Office. Plus, this week in rocket history, we look back at the first woman in space, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, and Vostok 6.