On June 28, 2015, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded minutes after launching from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It was on its way to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. This was the third launch failure of a cargo mission in just eight months. Something went wrong about two minutes into […]
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Best spots to watch liftoff
Godspeed, Falcon Heavy! The mammoth SpaceX rocket − more powerful than the space agency’s Falcon 9 − will potentially liftoff this week. Depending on weather, Falcon Heavy should be visible from nearly anywhere on the Space Coast and in areas outside of the county. Here’s more information about the rocket launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space […]
Where to watch mammoth rocket liftoff in Daytona, New Smyrna Beach
Godspeed, Falcon Heavy! The mammoth SpaceX rocket − more powerful than the space agency’s Falcon 9 − will potentially liftoff this week from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Can you see a rocket launch from Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral in near Daytona Beach or New Smyrna Beach? Weather permitting and depending on cloud cover, […]
Where to see liftoff from Daytona, New Smyrna Beach, Oak Hill
A rush-hour rocket launch? At about the time hundreds of motorists will be heading home from work or dinner out, a SpaceX launch window begins. A Florida rocket launch is on the horizon this week — maybe two — and the Fun Coast should get a great view of liftoff, weather permitting. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will potentially lift […]
What time, day is liftoff, best spots to watch
A rush-hour rocket launch? At about the time hundreds of motorists will be heading home from work or dinner out, a SpaceX launch window begins. A Florida rocket launch is set to launch Wednesday, June 12 and — weather permitting — the Space Coast should get a great view of liftoff. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will potentially lift off […]
Boeing’s Starliner launches astronauts for 1st time in historic liftoff (photos, video)
Boeing’s Starliner’s first-ever astronaut mission is underway. Starliner, Boeing’s new astronaut taxi for NASA, soared into space today (June 5) from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, notching a huge milestone after nearly two decades of commercial crew planning. Veteran NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams, both former U.S. Navy […]
Boeing’s 1st Starliner astronaut launch aborted minutes before liftoff (video)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The first crewed launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft has been delayed until no earlier than June 5 after an automatic abort cut short an attempted flight Saturday afternoon just minutes before liftoff. Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft and its Atlas V rocket were less than 4 minutes away from launching two NASA astronauts […]
Boeing calls off historic mission carrying two astronauts minutes before liftoff
Editor’s note: Follow along with CNN’s live updates of the Boeing Starliner launch. The launch of Boeing’s Starliner, which aimed to lift off on its crewed maiden voyage Saturday, has been scrubbed. The new spacecraft was expected to lift off atop an Atlas V rocket at 12:25 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in […]
Boeing space flight aborted just minutes before lift-off
Boeing’s latest attempt to launch astronauts into space has ended in failure after a last-minute problem. Two Nasa astronauts were strapped in to the company’s Starliner capsule when the countdown was halted at three minutes and 50 seconds by the computer system that controls the final moments before lift-off. There was no time to work […]
Starliner capsule’s 1st astronaut mission cleared for June 1 liftoff
Boeing’s new Starliner capsule has been cleared, again, for its first-ever astronaut launch. After a flight readiness review today (May 29), teams from Boeing, NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) polled “go” to proceed toward the Saturday (June 1) launch of the highly anticipated Starliner mission, which is known as Crew Flight Test (CFT). Team […]
Watch liftoff of Starliner capsule carrying 2 NASA astronauts to ISS
Boeing may finally head to space on Monday evening in a planned launch to send two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard its Starliner space capsule. Monday’s launch is the third and final orbital flight test for Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, which serves as a final demonstration before a spacecraft can be approved for […]
How do you grow plants in space? Lower Brule, Chester teachers selected for NASA Liftoff Summer Institute
Apr. 11—Two South Dakota teachers have been selected to participate in a NASA Liftoff Summer Institute program. Bree Oatman, a high school science teacher at Lower Brule High School, along with Mike O’Connell, a middle school science teacher at Chester Area School, were chosen to attend this nationally competitive program sponsored by NASA’s Texas Space […]