After delays too numrous to mention at SpaceX’s website today they officially announced that: SpaceX is targeting Tuesday, September 10 at 3:38 a.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Polaris […]
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UPDATE: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn no-go on Monday potential new launch date
A new date, Tuesday, September 10th, from 12:38 AM – 4:09 AM PDT, has been named for the Polaris Dawn mission sending astronauts from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida that […]
UPDATE: SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn commercial astronauts’ mission delayed now ’til Monday… or later
A new date, Monday, September 9th, from 12:38 AM – 4:09 AM PDT, has been named for the Polaris Dawn mission sending astronauts from LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida that […]
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn commercial astronauts’ mission launch date moved again
A new date, Saturday, September 7th, from 12:38 AM – 4:09 AM PDT, has been named for the Polaris Dawn mission sending astronauts who will attempt the first spacewalk of […]
SpaceX files new launch schedule with FAA for Polaris Dawn as first available window opens
A new launch date for SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Mission is set after crews were delayed several times due to system checks, a helium leak, and most recently, unfavorable weather. SpaceX […]
SpaceX’s Musk, “Great work…” successful bi-coastal Starlink smallsat launches with three point landings one hour apart
SpaceX was informed it could resume flying the Falcon 9 rocket, after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) announcement on August 30. A predawn Florida launch on Saturday, August 31 […]
SpaceX plans two Starlink smallsat launches Friday as FAA permits flights ‘provided all other license requirements are met’
The SpaceX Falcon 9 vehicle may return to flight operations while the overall investigation of the anomaly that occured on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, remains open, the U.S. Federal Aviation […]
SpaceX finally has a new date for Polaris Dawn to achieve the highest Earth orbit since the Apollo
Weather conditions are anticipated to be clear for a projected launch date of Polaris Dawn, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket that will launch Crew Dragon spacecraft on September 1 at 3:38 […]
SpaceX’s UPDATE: Polaris Dawn still on hold
Weather still remains the reason for the SpaceX Poaris Dawn delay. Late yesterday this announcement was provided. No further information has been provided by SpaceX regarding the upcoming Polaris Dawn […]
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 in fiery demise after successful launch of 21 Starlink smallsats including 13 Direct-to-Cell from Canaveral
On Wednesday, August 28 at 3:48 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities, to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) […]