Aftermath of the liftoff of the SpaceX Crew-2 mission taking four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. In three months, NASA will come upon the 10th anniversary of the final space shuttle flight, a period that was surely melancholy for the space agency. When the big, white, winged vehicles touched down for the […]
Enlarge / At left, a glow can be seen on the horizon just as a Falcon 9 rocket was due to land. (credit: SpaceX webcast) A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Monday night carrying its payload of 60 Starlink satellites. After dropping off the second stage in a parking […]
SpaceX’s Transporter-1 mission is set to liftoff Saturday, January 23rd at 9:40 a.m. EST. [credit: Trevor Mahlmann ] As early as Saturday morning, SpaceX will launch the first dedicated mission of a rideshare program it announced in late 2019. As part of this plan, the company sought to bundle dozens of small satellites together for […]
Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Turksat 5A mission. (credit: SpaceX) SpaceX will seek to kick off what promises to be a busy year of launches on Thursday evening, when a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the Turksat 5A communications satellite. The 3.4-ton satellite will be deployed into […]