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The
Psyche
mission is now scheduled to launch on 12 October at 14:38 UT (10:38 a.m. EDT).
The
OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule landed successfully on 24 September at
14:52 UT (10:52 a.m. EDT). It was picked up by helicopter and transported to a
temporary clean room, and then flown to Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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The JAXA (Japan)
Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM)
mission launched on September 6 at 23:42:11 UT (7:42:11 p.m. EDT) and
successfully separated 47 minutes later to begin its roughly 5 month journey
to the lunar surface.
- 1942
- Germany successfully launches first full-range A-4 (V-2) rocket, to 85 km from Peenemunde.
- 1962
- Launch of Mercury Atlas 8, Wally Schirra becomes the third American to orbit Earth.
- 2018
- JAXA Hayabusa2 mission successfully deploys the MASCOT lander on asteroid Ryugu.
- 2018
- The Parker Solar Probe makes its first Venus flyby.
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