Rocket Report: Psyched up for Falcon Heavy, another SLS launch delay

Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base. (credit: SpaceX)

Welcome to Edition 2.35 of the Rocket Report! There's lots to get to this week, especially in the realm of heavy-lift rockets. I also want to let readers know that there will be no report next week due to range maintenance, errr, a family vacation. See you in two weeks!

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Relativity Space expands Mississippi testing. In a feature published this week, Ars revealed that Relativity has expanded its portfolio at NASA's Stennis Space Center to encompass two test cells at the E-2 complex. The California-based company now controls two-thirds of the rocket-engine test stands at the NASA facility. Relativity acquired the 20-year leases through a competitive process.

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