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Moskowitz has reported live from rocket launches, space shuttle liftoffs and landings, suborbital spaceflight training, mountaintop observatories, and more.
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2025
The first launch window has target liftoffs at 11:20 p.m. March 31, with backups spilling over into April 1 at 12:53 a.m. and 2:26 a.m.
The first-stage booster is making its sixth flight to space, the same one that launched Crew-9 last September.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
SpaceX has at least two more Crew Dragon missions planned this year with the private company Axiom Space targeting a May liftoff to the International Space Station on what would be its fourth private mission.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2025
The first launch window has target liftoffs at 11:20 p.m. March 31, with backups spilling over into April 1 at 12:53 a.m. and 2:26 a.m.
The first-stage booster is making its sixth flight to space, the same one that launched Crew-9 last September.
—arkansasonline.com, 24 Mar. 2025
SpaceX has at least two more Crew Dragon missions planned this year with the private company Axiom Space targeting a May liftoff to the International Space Station on what would be its fourth private mission.
—Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
The May 6 attempt was scrubbed two hours before liftoff because of valve on ULA’s upper Centaur stage that teams continue to investigate.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Liftoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/liftoff. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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