NASA is inviting people to send their names to the surface of the Moon aboard the agency’s first robotic lunar rover, VIPER — short for Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover. […]
Falcon Heavy
UPDATE 6: Success as SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches USSF-52’s secret payload
UPDATE 6: Despite numerous delays, on Thursday, December 28 at 8:07 p.m. ET, Falcon Heavy launched the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at Kennedy Space Center […]
UPDATE 5: New date named for Falcon Heavy’s USSF-52 launch
UPDATE #5: SpaceX is targeting no earlier than Thursday, December 28 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in […]
UPDATE #4 as SpaceX scrubs Heavy Falcon launch of USSF’s top secret mission again
UPDATE #4: SpaceX is currently standing down from a Falcon Heavy launch of USSF-52 to orbit to perform additional system checkouts. The government’s top secret payload remains healthy while teams […]
UPDATE: Yet another scrub for SpaceX Falcon Heavy’s launch of USSF-52
UPDATE #3: Now targeting no earlier than Wednesday, December 13 for Falcon Heavy to launch USSF-52 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The extra […]
UPDATE: Delay again as Falcon Heavy readies for U.S. Space Force’s X-37B launch
UPDATE 2: After a second day delay, SpaceX is now targeting Tuesday, December 12 at 8:14 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch […]
UPDATE: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch on hold for USSF-52 mission
UPDATE: SpaceX is now targeting Monday, December 11 at 8:14 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy […]
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy ready for Sunday launch USSF-52 Mission
SpaceX is targeting Sunday, December 10 at 8:14 p.m. ET for Falcon Heavy’s launch of the USSF-52 mission to orbit from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]
SpaceX’s two launches in a weekend and plans for Falcon Heavy’s test for U.S. Space Force
Making for a a busy weekend, on Saturday, December 2 at 11:00 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at […]
Space Systems Command, SpaceX prepare to launch National Security Payload for the USSF
The Assured Access to Space (AATS) Directorate of Space Systems Command (SSC) and SpaceX are preparing a Falcon Heavy rocket for the National Security Space Launch (NSSL) program. The mission, […]