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List of probes by operational status

As per your suggestion, I've changed Venucian to Venusian on the List of probes by operational status article. Thanks. --Xiaphias (talk) 03:40, 11 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Signing edit summaries

I notice that you add "~~~~" to the majority of your edit summaries. You don't need to do that; the software automatically timestamps and attributes edits. Just a note. :) Tuvok[^T@lk/_{Improve me}] 07:01, 16 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Self-groups for mental health

Thank you for the edits you made. My writing always comes out a little bumpy, and the recovery inc piece reads much more smoothly now. -- Craigtalbert (talk) 03:19, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Happiness

Hey, good job going back and finding old vandalism!--Cadwaladr (talk) 03:57, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Old question

You asked a question here Talk:Australopithecus afarensis way back in October 2008. I have had a crack at answering what I thought was the question. GameKeeper (talk) 22:34, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Re-pasted from home page for Ryan re Steve Fossett article

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Since the 'crowd sourcing' affected my function primarily, I can speak to that in detail. I'm not sure how to do this within Wikipedia, but would like to add to the body of knowledge.

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	The Downlink	1 October 2020 — 31 October 2020

Volume 2 — Issue 1
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In the News! The Soyuz MS-17 launched on 14 October 2020, 05:45:04 and docked after a "two-orbit rendezvous flight plan" to the ISS only three hours later at 08:48:47 UTC. The OSIRIS-REx probe successfully makes brief touchdown and collects a sample from the asteroid Bennu at 22:13 UTC on 20 October 2020. Expedition 63 ended on 21 October 2020, 23:32 UTC after 187 days, 21 hours and 38 minutes duration. Expedition 64 began on 21 October 2020, 23:32:00 UTC. With ISS commander: Sergey Ryzhikov, and astronauts: Kathleen Rubins & Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Soyuz MS-16 landed on 22 October 2020, 02:54:12 UTC after 195 days, 18 hours and 49 minutes in space.
Article of the month. John Glenn John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman and politician. He was the third person and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at age 77.	Image of the month. Captured on Oct. 20, 2020 during the OSIRIS-REx mission’s Touch-And-Go (TAG) sample collection event, this series of images shows the SamCam imager’s field of view as the NASA spacecraft approaches and touches down on asteroid Bennu’s surface, over 200 million miles (321 million km) away from Earth.
Members New Members: F.Alexsandr (Joined on the 8^th October) Dndlp (Joined on the 18^th October) Path slopu (Joined on the 23^rd October) Wehwalt (Joined on the 24^th October) Whoop whoop pull up (Joined on the 24^th October) Josecurioso (Joined on the 29^th October) Number of active members: 91. Total number of members: 295.	Article Statistics — This data reflects values from the 31 October 2020
October Launches — All times stated here are in UTC. Antares - NG-14 (October 2^nd at 01:16:14) Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L12 (October 6^th at 11:29:34) Long March 3B - Gaofen 13 (October 11^th at 16:57) Soyuz - ISS 63S (October 14^th at 05:45:04) Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L13 (October 18^th at 12:25:57) Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L14 (October 22^nd at 15:31:34) Soyuz - GLONASS-K (October 25^th at 19:08:42) Long March 2C - Yaogan 30-07 (October 26^th at 15:19) Electron - In Focus (October 28^th at 21:21:27)
November Launches — Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Atlas V - NROL-101 Falcon 9 - GPS 3 SV04 PSLV - RISAT 2BR2 Long March 6 - ÑuSat 9-18 Delta IV Heavy - NROL-44 Long March 3B - Tiantong 1-02 Falcon 9 - NROL-108 Falcon 9 - SXM 7 Falcon 9 - Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich Vega - SEOSat-Ingenio & TARANIS Falcon 9 - Crew-1 Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L15 Electron - STP-27RM LauncherOne - ELaNa-20 Angara A5 - Test Flight Falcon 9 - Türksat 5A Soyuz - Falcon Eye 2
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In the News! The ISS has been continuously occupied for the last 20 years! Expedition 1 arrived on 2 November 2000 with the first long-term residents. That’s longer then Wikipedia has existed. Crew-1 successfully launched from LC-39A on 16^th November 2020, at 00:11:15 (UTC). Later, on 17^th November 2020, 04:00 (UTC) Michael S. Hopkins, Victor J. Glover, Soichi Noguchi and Shannon Walker joined Expedition 64 and the crew of MS-17 on the ISS. Arianespace had a launch failure after liftoff of its Vega rocket on the 17^th November. Two satellites were lost due to an integration error of the fourth stage.
Article of the month. Apollo 12 Apollo 12 was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, four months after Apollo 11. Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad and Apollo Lunar Module Pilot Alan L. Bean performed just over one day and seven hours of lunar surface activity while Command Module Pilot Richard F. Gordon remained in lunar orbit. The landing site for the mission was located in the southeastern portion of the Ocean of Storms.	Image of the month. This is an image of the ISS from December 9, 2000. Almost 20 years ago, this image is one of a series of 70mm frames taken onboard Space Shuttle Endeavour. With the ISS being continuously occupied for the last 20 years, this shows how the space station has developed over the years.
Members New Members: Springfield2020 (Joined on the 2^nd November) Helwr (Joined on the 12^th November) Hportfacts5 (Joined on the 28^th November) Number of active members: 94. Total number of members: 298. November Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Falcon 9 - GPS 3 SV04 (5^th at 23:24:23) Success Long March 6 - ÑuSat 9-18 (6^th at 3:19) Success Ceres-1 - Tianqi-11 (7^th at 7:12) Success PSLV-DL - EOS 1 (7^th at 9:41 Success Long March 3B - Tiantong 1-02 (12^th at 15:59:04) Success Atlas 5 - NROL-101 (13^th at 22:32) Success Falcon 9 - Crew-1 (16^th at 00:27:17) Success Vega - SEOSat-Ingenio & Taranis (17^th at 01:52:20) Failure Electron - "Return to Sender" (20^th at 01:44) Success Falcon 9 - Sentinel 6-Michael Freilich (21^st at 17:71:08) Success Long March 5 - Chang’e 5 (23^rd at 20:30:12) Success Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L15 (25^th at 02:13:12) Success H-IIA - Optical Data Relay Satellite (29^th at 7:25) Success December Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Soyuz - Falcon Eye 2 Soyuz - Gonets M Falcon 9 - SpaceX CRS 21 Long March 11 - GECAM Falcon 9 - Turksat 5A Soyuz - Progress 77P Angara A5 - Test Flight Electron - The Owl's Night Begins PSLV-XL - CMS 1 Soyuz - OneWeb 4 LauncherOne - ELaNa 20 Long March 8 - XJY 7 Soyuz - CSO 2 Delta 4 Heavy - NROL-44 Delta IV Heavy - NROL-82 Falcon 9 - NROL-108 Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L16 Falcon 9 - SXM 7 SSLV - Demonstration Launch	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 30 November 2020 Monthly Changes Since October, 43 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. There has been 2 more images which have reached FM class, both GA and B classes have 1 more article. 5 more lists have been added to the project. While 25 articles have been improved to C class as well as 24 articles reaching start class and 5 new articles added to stub class.
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The Downlink Volume 2 Issue 3

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	The Downlink	1 December 2020 — 31 December 2020

Volume 2 — Issue 3
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In the News! The Chang’e 5 lander landed on the moon on December 1^st, and started to gather lunar samples. The Chang’e 5 ascent module launched from the moons surface on December 3^rd and later docked with the service module in lunar orbit. Hayabusa-2 has successfuly returned samples it collected from the asteroid 162173 Ryugu. It landed in South Australia on 5^th December after a 6 year mission. SpaceX Starship SN8 completed a 12.5km flight and successfully made it back to the launch pad however was unable to slow down and hit the ground creating an impressive fireball. China becomes the third country to terurn samples from the moon. After the Chang'e-5 return capsule lands in Inner Mongolia at 01:59 local time on December 13^th.
Article of the month. Mary Jackson Mary Jackson (née Winston, April 9, 1921 – February 11, 2005) was an American mathematician and aerospace engineer at NACA, which was succeeded by NASA. She worked at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, for most of her career. She started as a computer at the segregated West Area Computing division in 1951. She took advanced engineering classes and, in 1958, became NASA's first black female engineer.	Image of the month. With China becoming the third country to return moon samples back to earth, this is an image of the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander being worked on by Buzz Aldrin. This mission was the first time moon samples were brought back to earth. This image was taken over 51 years ago on July 21, 1969.
Members New Members: ExoEditor (Joined on the 14^th December) XFalcon2004x (Joined on the 16^th December) PythosIsAwesome (Joined on the 17^th December) Number of active members: 97. Total number of members: 301. December Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Soyuz - Falcon Eye 2 (2^nd at 01:33:28) Success Soyuz - Gonets-M (3^rd at 01:14:36) Success Chang'e 5 (3^rd at 15:10) Success Long March 3B - Gaofen 14 (6^th at 03:58) Success Falcon 9 - SpaceX CRS 21 (6^th at 15:17:08) Success Long March 11 - GECAM (9^th at 20:14) Success Delta 4 Heavy - NROL 44 (11^th at 1:09) Success Falcon 9 - SXM 7 (13^th at 17:20) Success Angara A5 - Test Flight (14^th at 5:50:00) Success Electron - The Owl's Night Begins (15^th at 10:09:27) Success Rocket 3 - Test Flight (15^th at 20:55) Failure PSLV-XL - CMS1 (17^th at 10:11) Success Soyuz - OneWeb 4 (18^th at 12:26:26) Success Falcon 9 - NROL-108 (19^th at 14:00) Success Long March 8 - XJY 7 (22^nd at 04:37:37) Success Long March 4C - Yaogan 33 (27^th at 15:$4) Success Soyuz - CSO 2 (29^th at 16:42:07) Success January Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 - Türksat 5A Falcon 9 - Transporter 1 LauncherOne - ELaNa 20 Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L16 Falcon 9 - Starlink V1.0-L17 Firefly Alpha - Dream 1 Hyperbola-1 - (Second Flight) Jielong 1 - Hainan-1	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 31 December 2020 Monthly Changes Since November, 99 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. 1 new file, with 2 more files reaching FM class. There 3 more articles have reached FA class, with an increase of 2 GA class articles. 4 more lists have been added to the project. While 13 articles have been improved to C class as well as 2 articles reaching start class and 66 new articles added to stub class.
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The Downlink – January 2021

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	The Downlink	1 January 2021 — 31 January 2021

Volume 2 — Issue 4
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In the News! The NASA Space Launch System test-fire of the core stage on 16 January triggered a shutdown due to an hydraulic system issue. The test which was intended to last eight minutes, lasted just over one minute. Space X sets a new world record for the number of satellites launched. 143 small satellites were launched on a Falcon 9 on 24 January.
Article of the month. Pete Conrad Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected in NASA's second astronaut class in 1962.	Image of the month. This is an image of Dr. von Braun standing infront of the five F-1 engines of the Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The engines measured 19-feet tall by 12.5-feet at the nozzle exit and burned 15 tons of liquid oxygen and kerosene each second to produce 7,500,000 pounds of thrust.
Members New Members: Tell284 (Joined on the 10^th January) N828335 (Joined on the 12^th January) Alpacaaviator (Joined on the 13^th January) BugWarp (Joined on the 18^th January) Jogesh 69 (Joined on the 23^rd January) giolibreak (Joined on the 24^th January) Jared.h.wood (Joined on the 25^th January) Number of active members: 98. Total number of members: 308. January Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Falcon 9 – Türksat 5A (8^th at 02:15) Success LauncherOne – ELaNa-20 (17^th at 19:38:51) Success Long March 3B/E – Tiantong 1-03 (19^th at 16:25) Success Electron (rocket) – Another One Leaves the Crust (20^th at 07:26) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L16 (20^th at 13:02) Success Falcon 9 – Transporter 1 (24^th at 13:02) Success Long March 4C – Yaogan 31-02 (29^th at 04:47) Success February Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L17 Soyuz-2.1b – Lotos-S Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L18 Long March 3B/E – Tianhui-3 Soyuz-2.1a – Progress 77P Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L19 PSLV – Amazônia 1 Antares – NG 15	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 31 January 2021 Monthly Changes Since December, 23 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. Including 1 new file. Unfortunately there are 8 less GA class articles however there was an incrase of 13 articles at C class.
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The Downlink – March 2021

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	The Downlink	1 February 2021 — 28 February 2021

Volume 2 — Issue 5
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In the News! The Hope orbiter reached mars on 9 February 2021. Seven months after its launch on 19 July 2020. Confirmation of the Perseverance rover successfully landing on Mars was recieved at 20:55 UTC on 18 February 2021. With the first photo from the same day.
Article of the month. Mars Pathfinder The Mars Pathfinder is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, and a lightweight wheeled robotic Mars rover named Sojourner, which became the first rover to land and operate on Mars.	Image of the month. The first 360-degree panorama taken by Mastcam-Z, on Perseverance.
Members New Members: Acronymical (Joined on the 11^th February) RedemptionVision (Joined on the 12^th February) Yitzilitt (Joined on the 12^th February) Number of active members: 100. Total number of members: 313. February Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Hyperbola-1 – Multi-payload (1^st at 08:15) Failure Soyuz-2.1b – Lotos S1 (2^st at 20:45:28) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L18 (4^st at 06:19) Success Long March 3B/E – TJS 6 (4^st at 15:36) Success Soyuz-2.1a – Progress 77P (15^st at 04:45:05) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L19 (16^st at 03:59:37) Success Antares 230+ – NG-15 (20^st at 17:36:50) Success Long March 4C – Yaogan 31 (24^st at 02:22) Success PSLV – Amazônia-1 (28^st at 04:53) Success Soyuz-2.1b – Arktika-M 1 (28^st at 06:55:01) Success March Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L17 Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L20 Long March 7A – Yanzheng 6 Firefly Alpha – DREAM 1 Electron – They Go Up So Fast Soyuz-2.1a – CAS500-1 Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 5 Jielong 1 – Hainan 1 LauncherOne – STP-27VP Long March 4C – Gaofen-12	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 28 February 2021 Monthly Changes Since January, 44 new pages have been added to Spaceflight and 1 file has become featured. There are 2 new files as well as 1 more C class, 4 more start class and 3 more stub class articles, with an additional 3 list articles.
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The Downlink – April 2021

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	The Downlink	1 March 2021 — 31 March 2021

Volume 2 — Issue 6
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In the News! On March 7 the Wide Field Camera 3 on Hubble Space Telescope entered safe mode after a software error was detected. And took days until the camera was fully active again. read more The Space Launch System completed a full-duration (8 minutes and 20 seconds) static fire of the core stage on March 18, after an earler test in January failed to complete the test. Featured Content The Apollo 12 article was promoted to a Featured Article on March 27, 2021. After being nominated by Wehwalt who is a significant contributor to the article.
Article of the month. Hubble Space Telescope The Hubble Space Telescope was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation. It was not the first space telescope, but it is one of the largest and most versatile, renowned both as a vital research tool and as a public relations boon for astronomy. The Hubble telescope is named after astronomer Edwin Hubble and is one of NASA's Great Observatories.	Image of the month. Astronaut Roger B. Chaffee is shown at console in the Mission Control Center, Houston, Texas during the Gemini-Titan 3 flight.
Members New Members: Bop34 (Joined on the 2^nd March) Ninney (Rejoined on the 16^th March) Askeuhd (Joined on the 22^nd March) Ben MacTavish (Joined on the 27^th March) Number of active members: 104. Total number of members: 316. March Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L17 (4^th at 08:24:54) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L20 (11^th at 08:13:29) Success Long March 7A – 7A-Y2 (11^th at 17:51:28) Success Long March 4C – 4C-Y42 (13^th at 02:19) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L21 (14^th at 10:01:26) Success Soyuz-2.1a – CAS500 1 (22^nd at 06:07:12) Success Electron – "They Go Up So Fast" (22^nd at 22:30) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L22 (24^th at 08:28:24) Success Soyuz-2.1a – OneWeb 5 (25^nd at 02:47:33) Success Long March 4C – 4C-Y36 (30^th at 22:45) Success April Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L23 Soyuz-2.1a – Soyuz MS-18 GSLV Mk II – GISAT 1 Vega – Pléiades Neo 1 Falcon 9 – Crew-2 Soyuz – OneWeb 6 Delta IV Heavy – NROL-82 Long March 5B – Tianhe 1	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 31 March 2021. Monthly Changes Since February, 28 new pages have been added to Spaceflight and Apollo 12 has been promoted to featured article! 1 more article has reached GA-class, with 1 more file, 6 more C-class, 14 more start-class and 8 new stub class articles.
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The Downlink – May 2021

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	The Downlink	1 April 2021 — 30 April 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 7
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In the News! On April 9 at 07:42:41 (UTC), Soyuz MS-18 successfully launched from Baikonur Site 31 with Oleg Novitsky, Pyotr Dubrov and Mark T. Vande Hei arriving at the ISS 3 hours later to join Expedition 64 members. April 12 marks the 60^th year of human spaceflight, since Vostok 1 launched in 1961 with Yuri Gagarin onboard. April 12 also marks 40 years since the first space shuttle launch. STS-1 spent 2 days, 6 hours in space in 1981 landing on April 14. On April 16, NASA selected the SpaceX Starship Human Landing System for crewed landing on the Moon. On April 17 at 01:34 (UTC), Soyuz MS-17 departed from the ISS and landed at Kazakh Steppe over 3 hours later ending Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, Kathleen Rubins mission of 184 days and 23 hours. Also on the 17^th, Expedition 64 on the ISS ended marking the start of Expedition 65. On April 19, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity completed the first powered flight using atmospheric lift on another planet. Earth Day came around for another year, 51 years after it was first held on April 22, 1970. On April 23 at 09:49:02 (UTC), SpaceX Crew-2 launched at LC-39A with Shane Kimbrough, K. Megan McArthur, Akihiko Hoshide and Thomas Pesquet arriving at the ISS 1 day later to join Expedition 65 members. Michael Collins who was the Apollo Command Module pilot, dies on April 28, 2021 aged 90. On April 29, China launched a Tianhe station core module to low Earth orbit, starting a 2 year effort to build a space station.
Article of the month. Michael Collins Michael Collins was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface. He was selected as part of NASA's third group of 14 astronauts in 1963 and flew in space twice.	Image of the month. The unofficial flag of earth day which is made of the "Blue Marble" image taken onboard of the Apollo 17 spacecraft with a blue background.
Members New Members: Anshuman~Potu~Tipu (Joined on the 1^st April) DrifAssault (Joined on the 6^th April) BeachFire (Joined on the 13^th April) Wong Wei Hao (Joined on the 15^th April) Canopyspaceadmirer (Joined on the 19^th April) ThePolarcub (Joined on the 20^th April) TheColourOfFear (Joined on the 27^th April) StarshipSLS (Joined on the 29^th April) Number of active members: 112. Total number of members: 325. April Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L23 (7^th at 16:34:18) Success Long March 4B – Shiyan 6-02 (8^th at 23:01) Success Soyuz-2.1a – MS-18 (9^th at 07:42:40) Success Falcon 9 – Crew-2 (23^rd at 22:14:08) Success Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 6 (25^th at 22:14:08) Success Delta IV Heavy – NROL-82 (26^th at 20:47) Success Long March 6 – Qilu 1 & Qilu 4 (27^th at 03:20) Success Vega – Pléiades Neo 3 (29^th at 01:50:00) Success Long March 6 – Tianhe 1 (29^th at 03:23:15) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L24 (29^rd at 03:44) Success Long March 6 – Yaogan 34 (27^th at 03:20) Success May Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L25 GSLV Mk.2 – GISAT 1 Long March 7 – Tianzhou 2 Atlas 5 – SBIRS GEO Flight 5 Soyuz – OneWeb 7	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 30 April 2021. Monthly Changes Since March, 39 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. There is 1 less GA-class, with 3 more files, 4 more B-class, 6 more C-class, 7 more start-class and 5 new stub-class articles.
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The Downlink – June 2021

	The Downlink	The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
	The Downlink	1 May 2021 — 31 May 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 8
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
In the News! The Crew of SpaceX Crew-1 had a successful splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on 2^nd May at 06:56:33 UTC. After they launched in November 2020 and had spent 167 days in space. A LongMarch 5B rocket had an uncontrolled re-entery into the atmosphere on 4^th May. With any debris being reported to have landed in the Indian Ocean. One of Rocket Labs Electron rockets expierienced a launch malfunction 2:30 into launch causing the mission to result in failure. Images have been released after the landing of Zhurong rover on Mars on 14^th May. Featured Content The Apollo 7 article was featured as Today's featured article on May 16, 2021. The Lisa Nowak article was promoted to Featured Article status on May 6, 2021. After being nominated by Neopeius & Hawkeye7. The image: "Buzz Aldrin.jpg" was promoted to Featured Media status on May 16, 2021. After being nominated by TheFreeWorld.
Article of the month. Katherine Johnson Creola Katherine Johnson was an American mathematician whose calculations of orbital mechanics as a NASA employee were critical to the success of the first and subsequent U.S. crewed spaceflights. The space agency noted her "historical role as one of the first African-American women to work as a NASA scientist".	Image of the month. Astronaut Clayton Anderson wis shown as a water bubble floats in the middeck of space shuttle Discovery during the STS-131 mission.
Members New Members: NightWolf1223 (Joined on the 13^th May) LemonSlushie (Joined on the 13^th May) Dulliman (Joined on the 22^nd May) The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Joined on the 29^th May) Number of active members: 116. Total number of members: 329. May Launches All times stated here are in UTC. Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L25 (4^th at 19:01:07) Success Long March 2C – Yaogan 30-08 (6^th at 18:11) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L27 (9^th at 06:42) Success Electron – "Running Out of Toes" (15^th at 11:11) Failure Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L26 (15^th at 22:56) Success Atlas 5 – SBIRS-GEO 5 (18^th at 17:37) Success Long March 4B – Haiyang 2D (19^th at 04:03) Success Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L28 (26^th at 18:59) Success Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 7 (28^th at 17:38:39) Success Long March 7 – Tianzhou 2 (29^th at 12:55:29) Success June Launches Launch dates can change. See a current list: here. Long March 3B/E – Fengyun 4B Falcon 9 – CRS-22 Falcon 9 – SXM 8 Minotaur 1 – NROL-111 Falcon 9 – GPS 3 SV05 Atlas 5 – STP 3 Soyuz-2.1a – Progress MS-17 Long March 2F – Shenzhou 12 GSLV Mk.II – GISAT 1 Falcon 9 – Transporter 2	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 31 May 2021. Monthly Changes Since April, 45 pages have been added to Spaceflight. 1 article reached FA-Class and 1 image reached FM-Class. There is 1 more GA class article, with 2 more B-class, 8 more C-class, 1 less start-class and 5 new stub-class articles.
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The Downlink – July 2021

	The Downlink	The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
	The Downlink	1 June 2021 — 30 June 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 9
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
Featured Content! The Shuttle-Centaur article was promoted to Featured Article status on June 10, 2021. After being nominated by Hawkeye7. The Spaceflight before 1951 list was promoted to Featured List status on June 21, 2021. After being nominated by Neopeius. The image: "Timothy Peake, official portrait.jpg" was promoted to Featured Media status on June 11, 2021. After being nominated by RoanokeVirginia. The image: "Ilan Ramon, NASA photo portrait in orange suit.jpg" was promoted to Featured Media status on June 11, 2021. After being nominated by TheFreeWorld.
Article of the month. Lisa Nowak Lisa Marie Nowak is an American aeronautical engineer, and former NASA astronaut and United States Navy captain. Nowak was selected by NASA for NASA Astronaut Group 16 in 1996. She flew in space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-121 mission in July 2006. In 2007, Nowak was involved in an incident that led to her dismissal from NASA and the Navy. This article was promoted to featured status last month!	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 30 June 2021.
Image of the month. Offical portrait of Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. (Buzz Aldrin) who was the pilot on the Apollo 11 mission. This image was promoted to featured status last month! Members New Members: Schujack (Joined on the 3^rd June) Frozenprakash (Joined on the 7^th June) Number of active members: 118. Total number of members: 331.
Monthly Changes Since May 28 pages ahve been added to Spaceflight. 1 article reached FA-Class, 1 list reached FL-class & 2 images reached FM-Class. There is 1 more GA class article, as well as 1 more file page. There are 4 more B class articles, 20 more C class articles, 10 less start class articles & 1 less stub article. BOOKS are no longer supported by the WikiProject and are in the process of being deleted! See WP:BOOKSDEP & here for more.
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The Downlink – August 2021

	The Downlink	The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
	The Downlink	1 July 2021 — 31 July 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 10

Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink

In the News!

On 11^th July Virgin Galactic had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Richard Branson onboard in SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity.
On 17^th July NASA announced that scientific observations from the Hubble Space Telescope had resumed on a backup computer after being placed in a "safe mode" since June 13.
On 20^th July Blue Origin had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Jeff Bezos onboard in a New Shepard capsule.
On 26^th July The Pirs module was the first permanent ISS module to be decommissioned. After docking to the ISS on 17^th September 2001, just under 20 years ago.
On 29^th July The ISS was moved out of its normal orientation after the Nauka module (a new Russian module) was docked and started firing its thrusters.

Article of the month.

Shuttle-Centaur

Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle. Two variants were developed: Centaur G-Prime and Centaur G. The powerful Centaur upper stage allowed for heavier deep space probes, and for them to reach Jupiter sooner. However, neither variant ever flew on a Shuttle.

Image of the month.

This is an Extreme Deep Field image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, released by NASA on September 25th, 2012. With exposure dates from July 2002 to March 2012.

Members

New Members:

Itsfullofstars (Joined on the 10^th July)
James Denesuk (Joined on the 31^st July)

Number of active members: 120. Total number of members: 333.

July Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.

Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 8 (1^st at 12:48:33) Success
Long March 2D – Jilin-1 (3^rd at 02:51) Success
Long March 4C – Fengyun 3E (4^th at 23:28) Success
Long March 3C/E – Tianlian I-05 (6^th at 15:53) Success
Long March 6 – Ningxia 1 (9^th at 11:59) Success
Long March 2C – Yaogan 30-10 (19^th at 00:19) Success
Proton-M – Nauka (21^st at 14:58:25) Success
Long March 2D – Tianhui-1D (29^th at 04:01) Success
Electron – Monolith (29^th at 06:00) Success
Ariane 5 ECA – SO-D2 & Eutelsat (30^th at 21:00) Success

August Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.

Atlas V N22 – Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2
Long March 3B/E – ChinaSat 2E
Antares 230+ – Cygnus NG-16
Falcon 9 Block 5 – Starlink 2-1
GSLV Mk II – GISAT 1
Vega – Pléiades Neo 4
Long March 4C – Gaofen-3 02
EcoRocket – TBA
Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 9
Falcon 9 Block 5 – CRS-23

Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 31 July 2021.

Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	7	19	5	7			38
FL		1	4	4			9
FM					102		102
GA	11	24	34	54			123
B	2	48	40	52			142
C	56	160	545	510		12	1,283
Start	36	157	1,106	2,244		374	3,917
Stub		9	244	2,188		233	2,674
List	14	126	79	218		1	438
Category					1,032		1,032
Disambig					49		49
File					207		207
Portal					55		55
Project					68		68
Redirect		2	1	1	1,134	1	1,139
Template					501		501
Other					31		31
Assessed	126	546	2,058	5,278	3,179	621	11,808
Unassessed				3	1	74	78
Total	126	546	2,058	5,281	3,180	695	11,886

Monthly Changes

Since June: 24 pages have been added to spaceflight. There are 4 more files. There is 1 more B class article, 5 more C class articles, 10 more start class articles & 2 more stub class articles.
The 2 additional FM class have been FM for a few years, they just registered this month.

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The Downlink – August 2021

	The Downlink	The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
	The Downlink	1 July 2021 — 31 July 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 10

Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink

In the News!

On 11^th July Virgin Galactic had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Richard Branson onboard in SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity.
On 17^th July NASA announced that scientific observations from the Hubble Space Telescope had resumed on a backup computer after being placed in a "safe mode" since June 13.
On 20^th July Blue Origin had their first fully crewed mission to the edge of space with Jeff Bezos onboard in a New Shepard capsule.
On 26^th July The Pirs module was the first permanent ISS module to be decommissioned. After docking to the ISS on 17^th September 2001, just under 20 years ago.
On 29^th July The ISS was moved out of its normal orientation after the Nauka module (a new Russian module) was docked and started firing its thrusters.

Article of the month.

Shuttle-Centaur

Shuttle-Centaur was a version of the Centaur upper stage rocket designed to be carried aloft inside the Space Shuttle. Two variants were developed: Centaur G-Prime and Centaur G. The powerful Centaur upper stage allowed for heavier deep space probes, and for them to reach Jupiter sooner. However, neither variant ever flew on a Shuttle.

Image of the month.

This is an Extreme Deep Field image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, released by NASA on September 25th, 2012. With exposure dates from July 2002 to March 2012.

Members

New Members:

Itsfullofstars (Joined on the 10^th July)
James Denesuk (Joined on the 31^st July)

Number of active members: 120. Total number of members: 333.

July Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.

Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 8 (1^st at 12:48:33) Success
Long March 2D – Jilin-1 (3^rd at 02:51) Success
Long March 4C – Fengyun 3E (4^th at 23:28) Success
Long March 3C/E – Tianlian I-05 (6^th at 15:53) Success
Long March 6 – Ningxia 1 (9^th at 11:59) Success
Long March 2C – Yaogan 30-10 (19^th at 00:19) Success
Proton-M – Nauka (21^st at 14:58:25) Success
Long March 2D – Tianhui-1D (29^th at 04:01) Success
Electron – Monolith (29^th at 06:00) Success
Ariane 5 ECA – SO-D2 & Eutelsat (30^th at 21:00) Success

August Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.

Atlas V N22 – Boeing Orbital Flight Test 2
Long March 3B/E – ChinaSat 2E
Antares 230+ – Cygnus NG-16
Falcon 9 Block 5 – Starlink 2-1
GSLV Mk II – GISAT 1
Vega – Pléiades Neo 4
Long March 4C – Gaofen-3 02
EcoRocket – TBA
Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 9
Falcon 9 Block 5 – CRS-23

Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 31 July 2021.

Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	7	19	5	7			38
FL		1	4	4			9
FM					102		102
GA	11	24	34	54			123
B	2	48	40	52			142
C	56	160	545	510		12	1,283
Start	36	157	1,106	2,244		374	3,917
Stub		9	244	2,188		233	2,674
List	14	126	79	218		1	438
Category					1,032		1,032
Disambig					49		49
File					207		207
Portal					55		55
Project					68		68
Redirect		2	1	1	1,134	1	1,139
Template					501		501
Other					31		31
Assessed	126	546	2,058	5,278	3,179	621	11,808
Unassessed				3	1	74	78
Total	126	546	2,058	5,281	3,180	695	11,886

Monthly Changes

Since June: 24 pages have been added to spaceflight. There are 4 more files. There is 1 more B class article, 5 more C class articles, 10 more start class articles & 2 more stub class articles.
The 2 additional FM class have been FM for a few years, they just registered this month.

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The Downlink – September 2021

	The Downlink	The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
	The Downlink	1 August 2021 — 31 August 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 11

Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink

In the News!

On 12^th August a GSLV Mk.2 rocket with the EOS-03 Earth observation satellite as a payload encountered a third stage failure and crashed back into the ground after reaching a maximum altitude of 140km (87 miles).
On 20^th August a 5 hour 55 minute spacewalk was completed by chinese astronauts Nie Haisheng and Liu Boming on the Tiangong space station.
On 28^th August an Astra rocket had an engine failure at launch, but managed to recover and fly to the upper atmosphere before leaving its flight corridor, resulting in flight temination.

Article of the month.

Apollo 7

Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts. The Apollo 7 crew was commanded by Walter M. Schirra, with command module pilot Donn F. Eisele and lunar module pilot R. Walter Cunningham.

Image of the month.

Official portrait of Ilan Ramon, an astronaut killed during the failed re-entry of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

Members

New Members:

Akrasia25 (Joined on the 21^st August)

Number of active members: 122. Total number of members: 335.

August Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.

Hyperbola-1 – Jilin-1 (3^rd at 07:39) Failure
Long March 6 – KL-Beta A/B (4^th at 11:01) Success
Long March 3B/E – ChinaSat 2E (5^th at 16:30:05) Success
Antares 230+ – Cygnus NG-16 (10^th at 22:01:05) Success
GSLV Mk II – EOS-03 (GISAT-1) (12^th at 00:13) Failure
Vega – Pléiades-Neo 4 (17^th at 01:47:06) Success
Long March 4B – Tianhui-2 02 (18^th at 22:32) Success
Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 9 (21^st at 22:13:40) Success
Long March 2C – RSW-01 (24^th at 11:15) Success
Long March 3B/E – TJSW-7 (24^th at 15:41) Success
Rocket 3 – STP-27AD1 (28^th at 22:35) Failure
Falcon 9 – CRS-23 (29^th at 07:14:49) Success

September Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.

Firefly Alpha – DREAM
Long March 4C – Gaofen-5 02
Long March 3B/E – ChinaSat 9B
Ceres-1 – Fangzhou-2F (SPARK-02F)
Long March 2C – Yaogan 32-02A
Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb 10
Falcon 9 – Inspiration4
Kuaizhou – Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F
Long March 7 – Tianzhou 3
Atlas V – Landsat 9
Kuaizhou – Jilin-1 Gaofen-02D
Electron – BlackSky
Falcon 9 – Starlink
Long March 4C – Daqi-1 (Atmosphere-1)
PSLV-XL – EOS-04 (RISAT-1A)
Soyuz-2.1v – Razbeg №1 (Kosmos 2551)

Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 31 August 2021.

Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	7	19	5	7			38
FL		1	4	4			9
FM					102		102
GA	10	24	34	54			122
B	4	48	41	53			146
C	57	160	546	530			1,293
Start	34	157	1,106	2,262		374	3,933
Stub		9	244	2,197	1	234	2,685
List	14	124	79	225		1	443
Category					1,033		1,033
Disambig				1	49		50
File					206		206
Portal					55		55
Project					58		58
Redirect		2			1,140		1,142
Template					504		504
Other					22		22
Assessed	126	544	2,059	5,333	3,170	609	11,841
Unassessed						53	53
Total	126	544	2,059	5,333	3,170	662	11,894

Monthly Changes

Since July: 8 pages have been added to spaceflight. There is 1 less file. There is 1 less GA class article and are 4 less B-class, 10 more C-class, 17 more start-class and 11 new stub-class articles.

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The Downlink – October 2021

	The Downlink	The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
	The Downlink	1 September 2021 — 31 October 2021

Volume 1 — Issue 12

Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink

Featured Content!

The NASA Astronaut Group 2 article was promoted to Featured Article status on . After being nominated by Hawkeye7.
The Apollo 16 article was promoted to Featured Article status on . After being nominated by Wehwalt.
The Apollo 4 article was promoted to Featured Article status on . After being nominated by Wehwalt.
The 1951 in spaceflight list was promoted to Featured List status on 23 October 2021. After being nominated by Neopeius.
The image: "Mars Pathfinder Presidential Panorama.jpg" was promoted to Featured Media status on 19 October 2021. After being nominated by Artem.G.

Members

New Members: No new members.

Kilawyn Punx (Joined on the 5^th September)
CactiStaccingCrane (Joined on the 6^th September)
Rainclaw7 (Joined on the 15^th September)
KarenWrite (Joined on the 16^th September)
ColtHood08 (Joined on the 20^th September)

Number of active members: 127. Total number of members: 340.

October Launches
All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here.

Soyuz-2.1a – Soyuz MS-19 (5^th at 08:55:02) Success
Soyuz-2.1b – OneWeb (14^th at 09:40:10) Success
Long March 2D – Solar Explorer (14^th at 10:51) Success
Long March 2F – Shenzhou 13 (15^th at 16:23:56) Success
Atlas V – Lucy (16^th at 09:34:00) Success
Nuri – Dummy payload (21^st at 08:00) Failure
Long March 3B/E – Shijian-21 (24^th at 01:27:03) Success
Ariane 5 – SES-17 (24^th at 02:10) Success
H-IIA – QZS-1R (26^th at 02:19:37) Success
Kuaizhou – Jilin-1 Gaofen-02F (27^th at 06:19) Success
Soyuz-2.1a – MS-18 (28^th at 00:00:32) Success

November Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.

Falcon 9 – SpaceX Crew-3
Long March 2C – Yaogan 32-02A
Rocket 3 – STP-27AD2
Epsilon – RAISE-2
Electron – BlackSky 10
Vega – CERES × 3
Falcon 9 – CSG-2
Atlas V – STPSat-6
Falcon 9 – DART
Soyuz-2.1b – Prichal (Progress M-UM)
Electron – BlackSky 12
Falcon 9 – Starlink Group 2-2
Falcon 9 – Starlink Group 2-3
RS1 – Orbital Test Range × 2
Soyuz-2.1a – Neitron №1

Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 31 October 2021.

Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
Quality	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	7	21	6	7			41
FL		2	4	4			10
FM					103		103
GA	11	27	36	54			128
B	4	47	40	56			147
C	58	159	560	587			1,364
Start	33	160	1,108	2,331		334	3,966
Stub		11	243	2,186		217	2,657
List	15	126	85	230		1	457
Category				1	1,042		1,043
Disambig					51		51
File					212		212
Portal					55		55
Project					59		59
Redirect				1	1,147		1,148
Template					505		505
Other					23		23
Assessed	128	553	2,082	5,457	3,197	552	11,969
Total	128	553	2,082	5,457	3,197	552	11,969

Monthly Changes

Since August: 75 pages have been added to spaceflight. There are 3 more FA class articles, 1 more FL class page and 1 more FM class file. There are 6 less files. There are 6 more GA class articles and 1 more B-class article, 71 more C-class, 33 more start-class and 28 less stub-class articles.

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Downlink special issues notice

Hello! This is an announcement that The Downlink has been revived. Rather than simply start again, I have chosen to create two special issues recapping the past three years. The first special issue spans November 2021 to December 2023, while the second special issue spans January 2024 to December 2024.

Due to the size of these pages, as well as the fact that they are non-standard issues, I have instead had this notice sent out. The following issues of volume 3 (Jan - Dec 2025) should be significantly smaller.

Please be aware that, for a variety of reasons, the issues that I create may be published late.

Here are the issues:

First special issue

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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 1

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	The Downlink	2025 1 – 31 January

Volume 3 — Issue 1
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
Introduction to Volume 3 Initially launched in late 2010/early 2011 for a run of four months, The Downlink was unpublished for more than nine years, after which a second volume was published from October 2020 to October 2021. This second volume was very different from the first volume, both in style and structure. A December issue was planned (for some reason, the second volume became volume 1 in April 2021), but was never finished. Like with volume 2, this volume 3 was intended to come with changes, though primarily to style. Volume 3 will not feature any significant changes to style or structure. This both provides continuity with the previous volume and allows the contributors to construct each issue relatively easily. However, following volumes may see changes to style, format, and upload schedule. As it is still very early in the year, a discussion on this is not yet necessary, but suggestions of all kinds are always welcome at the talk page.
In the News Blue Ghost Mission 1 and Hakuto-R Mission 2 were launched from Kennedy Space Center on 15 January. They are planned to land in March and April, respectively. On 30 January, Sunita Williams broke Peggy Whitson's record for most time spent on spacewalks by a woman, at 62 hours and 6 minutes total. ISRO successfully docked two SpaDeX satellites on 16 January, making India the fourth country (including the EU) to dock two vehicles in space. Blue Origin's New Glenn launch vehicle completed its maiden flight on 16 January. The payload was successfully placed in orbit, while the first staged failed to land on the recovery ship.
Featured Content The image Jupiter clouds was promoted to Featured Media status on 4 January. It was nominated by MER-C.
Article of the Month Soyuz programme Artist's impression of the Soyuz 19 spacecraft from the Apollo–Soyuz mission The Soyuz programme (/ˈsɔɪjuːz/ SOY-yooz, /ˈsɔː-/ SAW-; Russian: Союз [sɐˈjus], meaning "Union") is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s. The Soyuz spacecraft was originally part of a Moon landing project intended to put a Soviet cosmonaut on the Moon. It was the third Soviet human spaceflight programme after the Vostok (1961–1963) and Voskhod (1964–1965) programmes. The programme consists of the Soyuz capsule and the Soyuz rocket and is now the responsibility of Roscosmos. After the retirement of the Space Shuttle in 2011, the Soyuz was the only way for humans to get to the International Space Station (ISS) until 30 May 2020 when Crew Dragon flew to the ISS for the first time with astronauts.	Image of the Month Gene Cernan on the Moon Gene Cernan was the eleventh and (as of 2025) last person to ever step foot on the moon. In addition to being an astronaut, he was an aviator in the US Navy and engineer. Apollo 17 was his second Apollo mission, as he served as Apollo 10's lunar module pilot. He died in Houston on 16 January, 2017. He was the first astronaut to be buried at Texas State Cemetery.
Members New members: Joost van Assenbergh (9 January) TheCosmicNebula (25 January) Number of active members: 200. Total number of members: 426. Launches All times stated here are in UTC. For a complete list, see here: List_of_spaceflight_launches_in_January–June_2025#January. New Glenn — DarkSky-1 (16 Jan. at 07:03) (success) SpaceX Starship — 10 Starlink simulators (16 Jan. at 22:37) (launch failure)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 31 January 2025. Monthly Changes Since December 2024, five new high-importance, eight new mid-importance, forty new low-importance, and 1,522 new NA-importance articles have been created. Fifteen unknown-importance articles have been removed, for a total of 1,560 more articles. One article has been promoted to Good Article status. There are also three more B-class articles, eleven more C-class articles, 23 more Start-class articles, four more Stub-class articles, 4 more lists, and 34 more files.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 2

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	The Downlink	2025 1 — 28 February

Volume 3 — Issue 2
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In the News On 17 February, as part of a Commercial Lunar Payload Services mission, Intuitive Machines' lunar lander IM-2 was launched on board a Falcon 9. It was also launched with Lunar Trailblazer and Brokkr-2. The European Space Agency's space telescope INTEGRAL was retired on 28 February after 22 years, five months, and one day. It is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in 2029.
Article of the month Family Portrait (Voyager) The Family Portrait of the Solar System taken by Voyager 1 The Family Portrait, or sometimes Portrait of the Planets, is an image of the Solar System acquired by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990, from a distance of approximately 6 billion km (40 AU; 3.7 billion mi) from Earth. It features individual frames of six planets and a partial background indicating their relative positions. The picture is a mosaic of 60 frames. The frames used to compose the image were the last photographs taken by either Voyager spacecraft (which continued to relay other telemetry afterward). The frames were also the source of the famous Pale Blue Dot image of the Earth. Astronomer Carl Sagan, who was part of the Voyager imaging team, campaigned for many years to have the pictures taken.^{[failed verification]}	Image of the month STS-98 following liftoff Launched on 7 February 2001, STS-98 delivered to the Destiny laboratory module of the International Space Station. Flown by Atlantis, it was the first human spaceflight mission of the 21st century. The shuttle landed at Edwards Air Force Base on 20 February after being docked with the ISS for almost seven days. The crew consisted of Kenneth Cockrell, commander, Mark L. Polansky, pilot, Robert Curbeam, mission specialist 1, Marsha Ivins, mission specialist 2 and flight engineer, and Thomas David Jones, mission specialist 3.
Members New Members: No new members. Number of active members: 200. Total number of members: 426. February Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here. Soyuz 2.1v and Volga — Kosmos-2581/-2582/-2583 (5 Feb. at 03:59) (success) Long March 8A — 9 Hulianwang Digui (11 Feb. at 09:30) (success) Falcon 9 Block 5 — 23 Starlink (18 Feb. at 23:21) (success) Falcon 9 Block 5 — multiple (27 Feb. at 00:02) (launch success)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 28 February 2025. Monthly Changes Since January 2025, one new high-importance, sixteen new low-importance, nineteen new NA-importance, and twelve new unknown-importance articles have been created, for a total of 58 new articles. One article has been demoted from Good Article status. There are also one more A-class article, one more B-class article, nine fewer C-class articles, thirteen more Start-class articles, three more Stub-class articles, and one more list.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 3

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	The Downlink	2025 1 — 31 March

Volume 3 — Issue 3
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In the News Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to successfully achieve a soft landing on the moon on 2 March with the landing of Blue Ghost Mission 1 near Mons Latreille. It lasted the intended length of one lunar day before losing power on 16 March. It was launched with the Hakuto-R Mission 2 lander Resilience and rover Tenacious, which are planned to land in the Mare Frigoris. On 6 March, the IM-2 mission's lunar lander Athena landed on Mons Mouton. Although intact, it landed sideways, preventing it from generating enough power to operate as designed. The mission was declared over the following day. SpaceX Crew-9 splashed down near Tallahassee, Florida on 18 March. Initially planned to launch with a full complement, the extension of Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams' stay on the ISS resulted in it being launched with only two crew members.
Article of the month Phootprint The Phootprint mission was conceived as a candidate for the Mars Robotic Exploration Preparation Programme 2 (MREP-2) at ESA. In 2014, ESA funded Footprint's pre-phase A feasibility study and an 8-month industrial system study. The mission would have lasted about 3.5 years, including the cruise time to Phobos, orbit mapping, 7 days on the surface, and finally, the sample return cruise time. The spacecraft would be powered by solar arrays. In August 2015, the ESA-Roscosmos working group, after cooperation on ExoMars, completed a joint study for a possible future Phobos Sample Return mission, and preliminary discussions were held.	Image of the month InSight lander testing The InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) lander was selected from among three options in August 2012. Initially planned to launch in March 2016, an instrument issue delayed the launch to May 2018, the next Earth-Mars launch window. It was successfully launched on 5 May, and landed on Elysium Planitia on 26 November 2018. Taking seismographic and thermographic readings, InSight operated for a total of 4 years and 19 days instead of its planned 2 year mission. The mission was declared over on 21 December, 2022 after contact was lost on 15 December. A re-analysis of some of its data indicates that there may be significant amounts of groundwater in Mars' crust.
Members New Members: Desertroseflora (6 March) Nowhed (13 March) 4-RAZOR 01 (15 March) Orion.Project (28 March) Number of active members: 206. Total number of members: 430. March Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here. Ariane 62 — CSO-3 (6 Mar. at 16:24 UTC) (success) SpaceX Starship — four Starlink simulators (6 Mar. at 23:30 UTC) (launch failure) Rocket Lab Electron — QPS-SAR 9/SUSANOO-1 (15 Mar. at 00:00 UTC) (success) Spectrum — no payload (30 Mar. at 10:30 UTC) (launch failure)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from the 28 February 2025. Monthly Changes Since February 2025, six new low-importance and one new unknown-importance articles have been created. One NA-importance article has been removed, for a total of six new articles. There are also five more C-class articles, three more Start-class articles, two more Stub-class articles, and one more list.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 4

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In the News On 1 April, Fram2 became the first crewed mission to enter into a retrograde orbit around Earth's poles.
Article of the month Apollo Abort Guidance System The Apollo Abort Guidance System (AGS, also known as Abort Guidance Section) was a backup computer system providing an abort capability in the event of failure of the Lunar Module's primary guidance system (Apollo PGNCS) during descent, ascent or rendezvous. As an abort system, it did not support guidance for a lunar landing. The AGS was designed by TRW independently of the development of the Apollo Guidance Computer and PGNCS. It was the first navigation system to use a strapdown Inertial Measurement Unit rather than a gimbaled gyrostabilized IMU (as used by PGNCS). Although not as accurate as the gimbaled IMU, it provided satisfactory accuracy with the help of the optical telescope and rendezvous radar. It was also lighter and smaller in size.	Image of the month Falcon 9 Full Thrust Starting development in 2014, the Falcon 9 Full Thrust is a variant of the Falcon 9 that is the first orbital rocket to have a first stage successfully land vertically after launch. The stage shown here is from the April 2016 SpaceX CRS-8 mission, after landing on the autonomous spaceport drone ship Of Course I Still Love You.
Members New Members: Willbill6272 (14 April) Elleh3113 (16 April) Number of active members: 208. Total number of members: 433. April Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 Block 5 — Fram2 (1 Apr. at 00:46 UTC) (success) Long March 2F/G — Shenzhou 20 (24 Apr. at 09:17 UTC) (success) Atlas V 551 — 27 KuiperSats (28 Apr. at 23:01) (success) Firefly Alpha — LM-400 Demo (29 Apr. at 13:37) (launch failure)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 30 April 2025. Monthly Changes Since March 2025, four new high-importance, two new mid-importance, twenty new low-importance, and two new NA-importance articles have been created. Four unknown-importance articles have been removed, for a total of 24 new articles. One article has been promoted to Featured Article status. There are also five more B-class articles, eighteen more C-class articles, eleven more Start-class articles, six fewer Stub-class articles, and six more lists. Special thanks to Neopeius for significantly working on some of the Timeline of spaceflight articles (specifically 1953, 54, 55, and most recently 56). Thanks also to Sotakarhu for table work in the latter.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 5

	The Downlink	The WikiProject Spaceflight Newsletter
	The Downlink	2025 1 — 31 May

Volume 3 — Issue 5
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In the News On 6 May, Hakuto-R Mission 2 successfully entered lunar orbit. The Soviet probe Kosmos 482 crashed into the Indian Ocean after 53 years in orbit on 10 May. According to Roscosmos, this happened at 06:24 UTC.
Article of the month 2001 Mars Odyssey Artist's impression of the Mars Odyssey spacecraft 2001 Mars Odyssey is a robotic spacecraft orbiting the planet Mars. The project was developed by NASA, and contracted out to Lockheed Martin, with an expected cost for the entire mission of US$297 million. Its mission is to use spectrometers and a thermal imager to detect evidence of past or present water and ice, as well as study the planet's geology and radiation environment. The data Odyssey obtains is intended to help answer the question of whether life once existed on Mars and create a risk-assessment of the radiation that future astronauts on Mars might experience. It also acts as a relay for communications between the Curiosity rover, and previously the Mars Exploration Rovers and Phoenix lander, to Earth. The mission was named as a tribute to Arthur C. Clarke, evoking the name of his and Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. Odyssey was launched April 7, 2001, on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and reached Mars orbit on October 24, 2001, at 02:30 UTC (October 23, 19:30 PDT, 22:30 EDT). As of March 2025, it is still collecting data, and is estimated to have enough propellant to function until the end of 2025. It currently holds the record for the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, ahead of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (served 14 years) and the Mars Express (serving over 20 years), at 24 years, 2 months and 29 days. As of October 2019 it is in a polar orbit around Mars with a semi-major axis of about 3,800 km or 2,400 miles.	Image of the month International Space Station after LF1 Starting with Zarya in November 1998, the assembly of the International Space Station continued on a regular basis until the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, which resulted in a nearly three-year pause from November 2002 to July 2005. This image shows the ISS following the installation of the second External stowage platform. ESP-2 was launched on 26 July 2005 on board Discovery as part of STS-114.
Members New Members: Animalculum (1 May) Luckytent (21 May) Number of active members: 209. Total number of members: 434. May Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here. Starship — 8 Starlink Simulators (27 May at 23:36:28 UTC) (partial failure) Long March 4B — Tianwen-2 (28 May at 04:00 UTC) (success)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 30 May 2025. Monthly Changes Since April 2025, three new mid-importance, nine new low-importance, and three new unknown-importance articles have been created, for a total of 15 new articles. There is also one less B-class article, 14 more C-class articles, six more Start-class articles, four less Stub-class articles, and three more lists.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 6

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	The Downlink	2025 1 — 30 June

Volume 3 — Issue 6
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In the News On 5 June, Hakuto-R Mission 2 crashed attempting to land in Mare Frigoris. The Parker Solar Probe achieved its 24th perihelion on 19 June.
Article of the month Gaganyaan-1 Gaganyaan-1 (from Sanskrit: gagana, "celestial" and yāna, "craft, vehicle") is the first planned uncrewed test flight of the Gaganyaan programme. ISRO has scheduled the mission for March 2026. The spacecraft will carry Vyommitra, a half-humanoid robot, to simulate astronaut conditions and provide critical data on life-support and environmental systems. The mission will demonstrate the performance of the crew module and service module in low Earth orbit, serving as a precursor to future human spaceflight under the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. The launch was originally scheduled for December 2020, then in December 2021, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flight plan was finally ready by April 2022 and the launch is expected to take place in early 2025, after the TV-D1, TV-D2, TV-D3 and TV-D4. It was proposed in April 2022 that the crew module should be depressurized, something kept in the final planning. The Gaganyaan spacecraft will be launched, with the humanoid robot Vyommitra, by a Human-rated LVM 3 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre and inserted into a 170 x 408 km orbit. The circularisation maneuver will be performed at the third orbit. The landing should follow the same pattern as the TV-D1. The mission will also validate the life-support system, crew escape mechanism, and re-entry technologies.	Image of the month Hybrid-Propellant Rocket Fuel Rocket engines typically use one of two types of propellant: Solid or liquid. Hybrid-propellant rockets use a combination of these two forms of fuel, and lack some of the disadvantages of both. Their specific impulse is usually between solid-propellant and liquid-propellant rockets. The image shown here is of a 3D-printed grain, designed for a small hybrid rocket engine which would be used to demonstrate rocket combustion. On the left are two helical fuel ports, on the right a de Laval nozzle.
Members New Members: SpaceNerd13 (2 June) Canadien1867 (2 June) Number of active members: 210. Total number of members: 436. June Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here. Falcon 9 Block 5 — 26 Starlink (13 Jun. at 01:30) (success) Angara A5 — 2 Kosmos (19 Jun. at 03:00) (success) Falcon 9 Block 5 — Axiom Mission 4 (25 Jun. at 06:31) (success) H-IIA — GOSAT-GW (28 Jun. at 16:33:03) (success)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 30 June 2025. Monthly Changes Since May 2025, one new high-importance, two new mid-importance, ten new low-importance, four new NA-importance, and twelve new unknown-importance articles have been created, for a total of 29 new articles. There is also one fewer A-class article, one more GA-class article, six more B-class articles, 13 more C-class articles, ten more Start-class articles, seven fewer Stub-class articles, and five more lists.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 7

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In the News The first launch attempt of an Australian-made rocket, Gilmour Space Technologies' Eris-1, was made on 29/30 July. The launch vehicle crashed 14 seconds after launch due to insufficient thrust. The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite launched on 30 July. The first radar imaging that uses dual frequencies, it is a joint project between NASA and ISRO, and believed to cost ~US$1.5 billion, making it one of the most expensive Earth-imaging satellites.
Featured Content The image LVM3 M4 carrying Chaandrayan-3 during lift-off was promoted to Featured Media status on 16 July. It was nominated by UnpetitproleX
Article of the month Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments Artist's conception of AREE on the surface of Venus, showing the wind turbine inside the rover's frame. Automaton Rover for Extreme Environments (AREE) is a NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts project to design a rover that can operate in the environment of Venus, controlled by a wind-powered mechanical computer. Venus's atmosphere is about 90 times denser than Earth's and the surface temperature is at least 462 °C (864 °F), conditions which would prevent a standard electronic computer from operating for any significant period of time. While AREE is being designed for operation on Venus, the rover's design could be re-purposed for use on Mercury, which has a comparably high surface temperature, on Jovian moons Europa or Io, where high radiation makes use of traditional electronics difficult, or on lava flows or highly radioactive areas on Earth. The project was first proposed in 2015, and funded by the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program with a phase-I study in 2016, and a phase-II study from 2017 to 2018.	Image of the month Buzz Aldrin's bootprint on the Moon In July of 1969, Apollo 11 successfully fulfilled John F. Kennedy's goal of a person landing on, and returning from, the moon before the 1970s. Taking off on 16 July, the lunar lander, Eagle, touched down on the evening of the 20th (UTC). Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin exited the lander six hours later, becoming the first men on the moon. The pair stayed on the lunar surface for about 21 hours. This image is actually the second of a pair of images, taken by Aldrin so that the lunar surface's ability to bear weight could be measured.
Members New Members: Abdullah1099 (9 July) Manav2311 (25 July) Space.tracker.nerd (29 July) Number of active members: 213. Total number of members: 439. June Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list: here. Long March 4C — Shiyan 28B-01 (3 Jul. at 09:35) (success) Soyuz-2.1a — Progress MS-31 (3 Jul. at 19:31) (success) Falcon 9 Block 5 — Dror-1 (PR-8000) (13 Jul. at 05:04) (success) Hyperbola-1 — Kunpeng-03 (Enshi Xidou Shanquan/HS-9) (29 Jul. at 04:10) (success) Eris Block 1 — Jar of Vegemite (29 Jul. at 21:30) (launch failure) Long March 8A — 9 Guowang (30 Jul. at 07:49) (success) GSLV Mark II — NISAR (30 Jul. at 12:10) (success)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 31 July 2025. Monthly Changes Since June 2025, there are seven fewer high-importance, six new mid-importance, three new low-importance, three new NA-importance, and 29 new unknown-importance articles, for a total of 34 more articles. There is also one GA-class article, three more B-class articles, three more C-class articles, 18 more Start-class articles, two fewer Stub-class articles, and one fewer lists.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 8

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In the News The VC4S configuration of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur launch vehicle had a successful maiden flight on 13 August.
Article of the month NAOS (satellite) NAOS (National Advanced Optical System) is a high-resolution Earth observation satellite developed by OHB Italia for the Luxembourg Directorate of Defence as part of the Luxembourg Earth Observation System (LUXEOSys). Designed for dual-use governmental and military purposes, NAOS provides very high-resolution optical imagery for applications in defense, security, and humanitarian efforts, supporting organizations such as NATO, European Union, and the United Nations. The satellite was launched on August 26, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. NAOS will be operated by LUXEOPs, consortium consisting of RHEA System Luxembourg, LUXSPACE, OHB and RHEA System.	Image of the month Apollo 15 Lunar Module Launched on 26 July, 1971, Apollo 15 was the fourth Apollo mission to successfully land on the moon, and the first of the longer, more science-focused J Missions. Landing at Hadley–Apennine on the 30, Commander David Scott and Lunar Module Pilot James Irwin (Irwin on left) stayed on the moon's surface until 2 August, while Command Module Pilot Alfred Worden stayed in orbit, collecting a variety of data on the moon. Apollo 15 was the first mission to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle (on right), which allowed Scott and Irwin to travel farther from the Lunar Lander (center) than previously possible. On 4 August, the lunar orbiter departed from orbit at the end of Apollo 15's 74th lunar orbit. On the 5, Worden performed an EVA which lasted 39 minutes. This was the first of three deep-space EVAs, all performed during J Missions. The command module landed in the North Pacific Ocean on the 7, with the command module and crew being recovered by USS Okinawa. Apollo 15 was the longest Apollo mission, lasting for a total of 12 days and 7 hours, until Apollo 17, which lasted 12 days, 13 hours, and 52 minutes.
Members New Members: No new members Number of active members: 213. Total number of members: 439. August Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list here. Ariane 62 — MetOp-SG A1 (13 Aug. at 00:37) (success) Vulcan Centaur VC4S — NTS-3 (13 Aug. at 00:56) (success) Soyuz-2.1b — Bion-M No.2 (20 Aug. at 17:13) (success) SpaceX Starship — 8 Starlink simulators (26 Aug. at 23:30) (success)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 31 August 2025. Monthly Changes Since July 2025, there is one new top-importance, one fewer high-importance, two new mid-importance, 13 new low-importance, 47 new NA-importance, and seven new unknown-importance articles, for a total of 69 more articles. There is also one more GA-class article, two more B-class articles, 18 more C-class articles, 12 more Start-class articles, and 16 fewer Stub-class articles.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 9

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	The Downlink	2025 1 — 30 September

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In the News OSIRIS-REx performed a gravity assist around Earth at an altitude of 3,442 kilometres (2,139 mi) on 23 September.
Article of the month Project POSTAR Project POSTAR was the first space experiment created entirely by members of the Boy Scouts of America. On September 12, 1992, Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-47 carried 10 Get Away Special (GAS) canisters. Amongst these GAS cansisters was G-102 sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America's Exploring Division in cooperation with the TRW Systems Integration Group, Fairfax, Virginia. The project was named Project POSTAR. (The name was a combination of the words "Post" and "Star").	Image of the month Space Shuttle Enterprise The Space Shuttle Enterprise (OV-101) was the first orbiter built in the Space Shuttle program. Designed for atmospheric test flights, it lacked both engines and a heat shield, making it unable to go to space. Rolled out on 17 September 1976, it was initially named Constitution, but was renamed following a large letter-writing campaign from Trekkies. Unlike its eponym, the USS Enterprise from the original Star Trek series, OV-101 never achieved spaceflight; originally intended to be refitted to become the second space-rated orbiter after Columbia, changes to the design of the Space Shuttle made it both simpler and cheaper to instead construct a new shuttle, Challenger, around a test article. It was later considered for refitting following the Challenger disaster, but it was instead decided to build a replacement, Endeavour, out of spare parts from the construction of Discovery and Atlantis. Enterprise flew a total of five times, from 12 August to 26 October, 1977. It was then flown to Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama, where it was placed into the Saturn V dynamic test stand for the Mated Vertical Ground Vibration Testing, in order to test the Space Shuttle's launch stack. It was then used for a variety of fit checks at Kennedy Space Center and Vandenberg Air Force Base, between which it toured Europe and North America, including a showing at the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition. It was then moved to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum on 18 November 1985. It was then moved to its present location aboard the USS Intrepid museum ship on 12 December 2011.
Members New Members: BalaM314 (7 September) Squawkconspicuity (29 September) Number of active members: 214. Total number of members: 440. September Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list here. Falcon 9 Block 5 — 28 Starlink (5 Sept. at 13:56) (success) Falcon 9 Block 5 — 24 Starlink (6 Sept. at 18:06) (success) Falcon 9 Block 5 — Nusantara Lima (12 Sept. at 00:56) (success) Long March 2D — Shiyan 30A/B (29 Sept. at 03:00) (success)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 30 September 2025. Monthly Changes Since August 2025, there are seven fewer high-importance, seven more mid-importance, 28 more low-importance, three more NA-importance, and twelve more unknown-importance articles, for a total of 43 more articles. There is also one more GA-class article, 11 fewer B-class articles, 28 fewer C-class articles, 65 more Start-class articles, 42 fewer Stub-class articles, and two more lists.
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In the News On 13 November, the ESCAPADE spacecraft SIMPLEx-4A (Blue) and SIMPLEx-4B (Gold) were launched on board a New Glenn rocket. They will orbit Earth at its L₂ point until the Mars transfer window opens in late 2026. On the second flight of New Glenn, the first stage, "Never Tell Me the Odds," landed on the drone ship Jacklyn on 13 November. This made New Glenn the first orbital-class booster capable of landing propulsively not manufactured by SpaceX. As a result of damage caused by space debris, China's Shenzhou 20 was rendered unusable for returning its crew back to Earth. The crew instead returned on board the Shenzhou 21 craft on 14 November, with Shenzhou 22 being launched uncrewed on 25 November to serve as a return vessel for the crew of Shenzhou 21. On 27 November, Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31, the only launch site used by Russia to reach the ISS, was significantly damaged during the launch of Soyuz MS-28.
Featured Content The image "NASA's Ingenuity helicopter on Mars" was promoted to Featured Media status on 23 October. It was nominated by WhatADrag07.
Article of the month Zond 6 Zond 6 was a formal member of the Soviet Zond program, and an unpiloted version of the Soyuz 7K-L1 crewed Moon-flyby spacecraft. It was launched on a lunar flyby mission on November 10, 1968, from a parent satellite (68-101B) in Earth parking orbit. The spacecraft carried a biological payload of turtles, flies, and bacteria. It also carried scientific probes including cosmic ray, micrometeoroid detectors, and photographic equipment. The mission was a precursor to a crewed circumlunar flight which the Soviets hoped could occur in December 1968, thus beating the American Apollo 8. However, after rounding the Moon on November 14, Zond 6 crashed on its return to Earth, due to a parachute failure when the parachute was detached from the capsule too early.	Image of the month Explosion on the Cygnus CRS Orb-3 On 28 October, 2014, Cygnus Orb-3 was launched at 22:22:38 UTC. 15 seconds after liftoff, one of the launch vehicle's AJ26 (modified NK-33s) ruptured, resulting in the craft falling. The mission was scrubbed eight seconds later at 22:23:01 UTC. The subsequent investigation found that the liquid oxygen turbopump exploded, severing nearby propellant lines. This resulted in a fire that damaged various engine components. The cause of the LOX turbopump's failure remains unknown.
Members New Members: Hal Nordmann (1 October) R-Beepy (3 November) Number of active members: 217. Total number of members: 444. October–November Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See a current list here. Long March 8A — 9 Guowang (16 Oct. at 01:33:00) (success) H3-24W — HTV-X1, various cubeSats (26 Oct. at 00:00:15) (success) Long March 2F/G — Shenzhou 21 (31 Oct. at 15:44:00) (success) LVM3 — GSAT-7R (2 Nov. at 11:56:00) (success) New Glenn — ESCAPADE Blue and Gold (13 Nov. at 20:55:01) (success) Atlas V 551 — Viasat 3 EMEA (14 Nov. at 03:04:00) (success) Soyuz-2.1a — Soyuz MS-28 (27 Nov. at 09:27:57) (successful launch; spaceport damaged)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 30 November 2025. Monthly Changes Since September 2025, there are one more high-importance, three more mid-importance, 56 more low-importance, eleven more eight NA-importance, and 42 more unknown-importance articles, for a total of 113 more articles. There are also eight more B-class articles, 43 more C-class articles, 28 more Start-class articles, 25 more Stub-class articles, and three more lists.
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The Downlink Volume 3, Issue 11

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	The Downlink	2025 1 — 31 December

Volume 3 — Issue 11
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In the News The International Space Station's eight compartments were fully occupied for the first time on 1 December, with the rebirthing of Cygnus NG-23 to Unity. On 3 December, China's Zhuque-3 made the first non-American attempt at landing a booster. The booster failed to land following a landing-burn anomaly. A second attempt on the 23rd, this time using the new Long March 2A launch vehicle, also failed. On 6 December, contact with NASA's MAVEN Mars orbiter was lost. The last received telemetry was from the 4th, with the fragmented transmission of the 6th suggesting that the craft was rotating in an unintended way, and possibly having changed orbit. As of 16 January 2026, the mission has not yet been officially ended, although reestablishing communications with MAVEN is considered highly improbable.
Featured Content The article "Gordon Cooper" was promoted to Featured Article status on 9 December. It was nominated by Hawkeye7.
Article of the month PROCYON PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) was an asteroid flyby space probe that was launched together with Hayabusa2 on 3 December 2014 13:22:04 (JST). It was developed by University of Tokyo and JAXA. It was a small (70 kg, approx. 60 cm cube), low cost (¥500 million) spacecraft. It was intended to flyby the asteroid (185851) 2000 DP107 in 2016, but the plan was abandoned due to the malfunction of the ion thruster.	Image of the month STS-116 spacewalk STS-116 was the 33rd mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery. Launched in the late evening of 6 December, the main aims of the mission were the installation of one of the International Space Station's Integrated Truss Structure segments, rewiring of the power system, and personnel exchange. Also known as ISS-12A.1, STS-116 was the first mission to include a Swedish astronaut, Christer Fuglesang. It returned to Earth in the evening of 22 December. This image, of the first of three EVA sessions, was taken on the fourth day of the mission. Flight engineer Robert Curbeam is on the left, opposite mission specialist 3 Christer Fuglesang. The image was taken over New Zealand; the South Island is visible on the left, while the southern portion of the North Island, mostly consisting of the Wairarapa region, is visible in the top-right.
Members New Members: none Number of active members: 218. Total number of members: 445. December Launches All times stated here are in UTC. See the complete list here. Zhuque-3 — no payload (3 Dec. at 04:00) (success) HANBIT-NANO — various (22 Dec. at 12:45) (launch failure) Long March 12A — mass simulator (23 Dec. at 02:00:00) (success) LVM3 — BlueBird-6 (24 Dec. at 03:25:30) (success) Soyuz-2.1b (1st stage), Fregat-M (2nd stage) — various (28 Dec. at 13:18:05) (success)	Article Statistics This data reflects values from 31 December 2025. Monthly Changes Since November 2025, there are one more mid-importance, 29 more low-importance, two more NA-importance, and 20 more unknown-importance class articles, for a total of 52 more articles. There are also one more FA-class articles, one less GA-class articles, ten more C-class articles, 20 more Start-class articles, eleven more Stub-class articles, and four more lists.
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