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[QUOTE="mfb, post: 6819968, member: 405866"] NASA successfully tested atmospheric reentry with an inflatable heat shield: [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-Earth_Orbit_Flight_Test_of_an_Inflatable_Decelerator]LOFTID[/url]. This was the last Atlas V launch from California, the remaining 19 launches will be from Florida. Edit: [url=https://www.reddit.com/user/nasa/comments/yrkvfj/loftid_nasas_new_inflatable_heat_shield_deploys/]Video from space[/url] Starliner's first crewed test flight has been delayed from February to April, the first operational flight has shifted to 2024. This means SpaceX will launch the last flight of the original contract (Dragon Crew-6, February 2023) before Starliner flies any humans, and finish that flight (around September) before Boeing flies its first operational mission. If there are no further delays then Starliner-1 will replace the astronauts of Crew-7 in early 2024, Crew-8 will replace these in late 2024, and then both systems keep alternating until Starliner-6 and Crew-13 in 2029. NASA booked one more Dragon flight, which could happen in early 2030 as last crew of the ISS. At least on paper everything fits perfectly. ABL Space Systems prepares its RS-1 rocket for the first flight next week or so, no specific launch date yet. At 1350 kg to low Earth orbit it's a very large rocket for a startup. Firefly Alpha reached a lower than expected orbit in October, but the rocket for the third flight is being prepared for a launch in late November. [/QUOTE]
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