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2020, Year in Review

2020 has been a busy year, with SpaceX launching more rockets than ever before, ULA launching quite a bit of Atlas V's and even their mighty Delta IV Heavy, RocketLab succeeding at reusability and much more. This will be a list of what we at Hover Slam Space believe are some the most memorable and most important things to happen for the year of 2020.China National Space Administration CNSA launched a total of 39 launches consisting of 16 different launch vehicles in 2020, with 35 successfully re

Ryan BaleDec 31, 20205 min

NROL-44 Lifts off after multiple delays.

On a cold winter night, after months of delays and a multitude of repairs to the ground support equipment, United Launch Alliance's (ULA) Delta IV Heavy launched off its pad after being there for over a year. It lofted one of the National Reconnaissance Office's satllites, simply designated NROL-44 due to its secrecy.Originally scheduled to launch in August of 2020, it suffered an anomaly just after engine ignition, which forced an abort and and a scrub until the issue could be resolved. One mo

Ryan BaleDec 28, 20201 min

CRS-21 poised for ISS, targeting Saturday morning launch after successful Static-Fire Test

Squeezing in a few more milestone missions before year's end, SpaceX is set to launch their first Cargo Dragon v2 to the International Space Station this weekend under the company's Second Re-supply contract with NASA. Additionally, this will mark the first time two Dragon spacecraft will be docked to the ISS at the same time. The CRS-21 spacecraft joining it's Crew Dragon twin, Resilience, just under three weeks after flying the Crew-1 Astronauts to Orbit. The re-supply payload onb

Ryan BaleDec 3, 20202 min