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The upcoming test flight will be the first for both Eris and the spaceport.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 May 2025
In December and again in March, Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 rocket plane launched from the belly of an enormous carrier aircraft over the Pacific Ocean and flew several hundred miles to Vandenberg, a military spaceport about 140 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
—ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025
Soyuz spacecraft docks at space station after launch A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carried the crew to orbit after lifting off at 1:47 a.m. EDT Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport Russia's space agency Roscosmos operates within Kazakhstan.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
If this area becomes its own municipality, SpaceX wants control of the nearby beach and road that leads to the spaceport.
—Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 2 May 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 15 May 2025
In December and again in March, Stratolaunch's Talon-A2 rocket plane launched from the belly of an enormous carrier aircraft over the Pacific Ocean and flew several hundred miles to Vandenberg, a military spaceport about 140 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
—ArsTechnica, 6 May 2025
Soyuz spacecraft docks at space station after launch A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carried the crew to orbit after lifting off at 1:47 a.m. EDT Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, a spaceport Russia's space agency Roscosmos operates within Kazakhstan.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
If this area becomes its own municipality, SpaceX wants control of the nearby beach and road that leads to the spaceport.
—Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 2 May 2025
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“Spaceport.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spaceport. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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spaceport
noun
space·port
ˈspā-ˌspō(ə)rt 
-ˌspȯ(ə)rt
: a place for testing and launching spacecraft
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