Earlier this year the The peace of a Florida neighborhood was disturbed when a piece of junk from the international space station crashed through a house. This was followed in May by a 90-pound piece of a SpaceX Dragon ship crashing into a camping resort in North Carolina, raising the question: are space agencies doing … Read more
A piece of metal found on a remote trail at a luxury camping resort in North Carolina was from a SpaceX Dragon capsule, NASA said, confirming that the mysterious object was yet another piece of space junk that recently landed on Earth. The debris came from the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that had reentered Earth’s atmosphere … Read more
Make your coffee or favorite caffeinated beverage – there’s a terribly late night rocket launch planned for this festive week. Just before July 4, SpaceX has scheduled a new Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral. The launch will take place at a time when most people are asleep. The bright side, however, is this: Night launches … Read more
WASHINGTON — NASA and SpaceX are exploring how to adjust the Dragon spacecraft’s reentry process to limit the amount of debris from the spacecraft’s fuselage that reaches the ground. On several occasions, debris from fuselage parts of the Dragon spacecraft, which were ejected from the capsule before the capsule performs a deorbit burn, have been … Read more
WASHINGTON – European weather satellite operator Eumetsat has shifted the upcoming launch of a weather satellite from an Ariane 6 to a Falcon 9, a move that surprised and frustrated European space officials. In a statement late June 28, Eumetsat said the geostationary weather satellite Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) will now be launched on … Read more
It’s no secret that the International Space Station has an expiration date. The only variable is how it will be delivered to Earth. NASA has now enlisted SpaceX for the mission and is paying the company $843 million to return the ISS safely. SpaceX, a private space venture owned by Elon Musk, will use the … Read more
SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on April 6, 2024. (SpaceX) SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday evening. The rocket lifted off at 8:14 PM PT Friday night’s mission, dubbed NROL-186, involved the transport of a payload for … Read more
The summary Last month, a large piece of space debris was discovered in North Carolina. NASA has confirmed it came from a SpaceX capsule that traveled to the International Space Station and returned in March. The piece came from a part of the vehicle that was discarded and expected to burn up in the atmosphere. … Read more
The trunk, located at the base of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, beneath where the astronauts sit, is typically used to transport cargo. It is covered in solar panels that provide power “during flight and on station,” according to SpaceX’s website. That part of the vehicle is jettisoned shortly before the capsule reenters Earth’s atmosphere. NASA … Read more
14 The Starship program is testing with a possible tower capture in mind for the system’s next flight, a goal that seems more within reach after Flight 4’s successful soft landing on the ocean. In addition to a booster test section – Booster 14.1 – that will move to the orbital launch pad, a second … Read more