Wearing Boeing spacesuits, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch on June 5, 2024. Miguel J. … Read more
Wearing Boeing spacesuits, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at Kennedy Space Center for Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for the Crew Flight Test launch on June 5, 2024. Miguel J. … Read more
SpaceX’s plans to launch its Starship–Super Heavy two-stage rocket 44 times a year from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida have come under fire from its two biggest rivals: United Launch Alliance (ULA) and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The Spaceship vehicle is the world’s largest rocket. Its two stages are SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster rocket … Read more
On Friday, June 28, 2024, technicians lifted NASA’s Orion spacecraft into space using a 30-ton crane. NASA/Radislav Sinyak This is the spacecraft that NASA will launch to the moon. For the first time since 1972, four astronauts will orbit Earth’s natural satellite. The Orion spacecraft, which will be used for the space agency’s Artemis 2 … Read more
SpaceX’s plan to launch its monstrous Starship-Super Heavy two-stage tandem from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center has drawn attention — and concern — from two competing aerospace companies, who are warning federal officials that the 500-foot-tall rocket would be too untested, too dangerous and too potentially disruptive to the nation’s busiest spaceport and its surrounding area. … Read more
29 SpaceX’s preparations for Starship Flight 5 continue to focus on replacing Ship 30’s heat shield, while crews prepare to deploy Booster 12 for a static fire this coming week. Meanwhile, long-term planning revolves around the construction of Pad B at the launch site. Orbital Launch Platform B SpaceX is busy building Orbital Launch Pad … Read more
Enlarge / In early June, the rocket for SpaceX’s fourth full Starship test flight is ready to launch from Starbase, the company’s private launch site in South Texas. SpaceX In a short video released on Thursday, possibly in honor of the American holiday July 4 featuring the red glow of the largest rocket ever, SpaceX … Read more
NASA has once again chosen Elon Musk’s SpaceX for another project. TOPSHOT – A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U (GOES-U) weather satellite lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, June 25, 2024. (AFP) {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} … Read more
Angle down icon An icon in the shape of a downward pointing corner. The fuselage of SpaceX’s Dragon capsule (left) was designed to burn up upon re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Instead, it crashed in North Carolina. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni In May, a large piece of space debris crashed into the mountains of North Carolina. After investigating … Read more
Launch Summary: Scroll down for live coverage of the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 on Tuesday, June 4. Night owls cheered when a SpaceX rocket launch was scheduled for just before 3 a.m. EDT Wednesday in the middle of the night. However, the launch was delayed until 4:55 … Read more