Due to unfavorable weather forecasted in Dragon’s splashdown areas off the coast of Florida, SpaceX is standing down from Falcon 9’s launch opportunities of Polaris Dawn on Wednesday, August 28 […]
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SpaceX’s Polaris Program Tuesday launch is a first-of-its-kind effort to rapidly advance human spaceflight capabilities
SpaceX’s Polaris Program will launch on Tuesday, August 27 from Kennedy Space Center at 12:38 – 4:09 am PDT. The forecast calls for a temperature of 82°F, clear skies, 8% […]
SpaceX ready to launch crew on Polaris Dawn to reach the highest Earth orbit since the Apollo
SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, August 27 at 3:38 a.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Polaris Dawn to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
UPDATE Boeing has a problem — too many astronauts and not enough ISS parking spaces
NASA will be sending more astronauts to the ISS in the next few weeks shuttled by SpaceX however the two stranded NASA astronauts taken aboard Boeing’s Starliner, and delivered to […]
NASA signs U.S., Saudi Arabia agreement for civil aeronautics, space collaboration
The United States and Saudi Arabia signed a framework agreement that opens new possibilities for cooperation with NASA in areas such as space science, exploration, aeronautics, space operations, education, and […]
Boeing “adjusts” Starliner return, again, of NASA’s astronauts and reluctance to seek SpaceX’s help with Crew Dragon
The first astronaut mission of Boeing’s Starliner capsule has been extended again, with the spacecraft set to remain docked with the International Space Station (ISS) until at least July 2. […]
Space-made fibers + novel biotech among research returning to Earth
Research on a novel vision loss therapy and space-manufactured optical fibers were among the nearly 565 pounds of science and technology payloads sponsored by the International Space Station (ISS) National […]
FINAL UPDATE: SpaceX’s Starship 3 successfully soars
FINAL UPDATE: SpaceX launched its huge Starship rocket for the third time on Thursday from the company’s launch site in South Texas at 9:25 a.m. ET. on a key test […]
SpaceX’s Starship 3 receives FAA’s authorization to launch tomorrow
SpaceX has received the FAA license authorization for its third launch of Starship out of Boca Chica. As of Wednesday morning the Federal Aviation Administration had not yet given license […]
SpaceX’s Crew-7 capsule splashes down returning NASA’s 4 astronauts to Earth
After 199 days in space, Dragon and NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov returned to Earth and splashed down […]