NASA on Tuesday said it had picked SpaceX to build a vessel to carry the International Space Station back through Earth’s atmosphere and on to a final resting place in the Pacific Ocean after it is retired in 2030. Elon Musk’s company has been awarded a contract with a potential value of $843 million to […]
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SpaceX Dragon capsule on display ahead of joining space shuttle LA exhibit
What do you do when your star attraction — a retired space shuttle — is under wraps and out of view from the public for the next few years? If you’re the California Science Center, you land another spacecraft. The Los Angeles museum and educational destination on Monday (June 24) announced the addition of a […]
Powerful GOES-U weather satellite launches to orbit atop SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket (video)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — A next-gen weather satellite has left its home planet behind. After concerns the weather would not cooperate, a perfect window of opportunity opened today (June 25) for the launch of GOES-U, the fourth and final member of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-R series of Earth-observing craft. GOES-U […]
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches most advanced weather satellite ever made into space
SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches most advanced weather satellite ever made into space Crews at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center successfully launched a critical spacecraft Tuesday afternoon. >> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE
NASA confirms space debris in North Carolina was from SpaceX Crew Dragon reentry
NASA has confirmed that pieces of debris found throughout the mountains of North Carolina are the remnants of SpaceX Crew Dragon hardware that reentered the atmosphere in May 2024. The largest piece of debris was found along a walking trail of a mountaintop resort on May 22; it was about the size of a standard […]
Powerhouse hurricane watchdog satellite to try for ride on SpaceX Falcon Heavy today
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — The last of a series of hurricane-hunting satellites is getting its most powerful ride ever to space today aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. The rocket that is essentially three Falcon 9’s strapped together is set to lift off from KSC’s Launch Pad 39-A at 5:16 p.m. at the opening of a […]
SpaceX rolls Falcon Heavy rocket out to pad for GOES-U weather satellite launch (photos)
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is poised for its 10th-ever liftoff. SpaceX rolled the Falcon Heavy and its payload, the next-gen GOES-U weather satellite, out to Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday (June 24). If all goes according to plan, the powerful rocket will launch on Tuesday (June 25), during a […]
Powerful GOES-U weather satellite cleared for launch today on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The green lights continue to shine leading up to the launch of a powerful U.S. weather satellite. GOES-U, the fourth and final member of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-R series of next-gen weather satellites, has been cleared for its planned Tuesday (June 25) liftoff following an in-depth […]
SpaceX launches Starlink missions in spaceflight doubleheader (video, photos)
SpaceX pulled off another spaceflight doubleheader on Sunday (June 23). The company launched two batches of its Starlink internet satellites Sunday, sending them aloft atop Falcon 9 rockets from both U.S. coasts. The first leg kicked off at 1:15 p.m. EDT (1715 GMT), when a Falcon 9 topped with 22 Starlink craft lifted off from […]
SpaceX conducts two launches, deploying dozens of Starlink Internet satellites
June 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched a pair of Falcon 9 rockets carrying a combined 42 Starlink Internet satellites into low-Earth orbit. The first rocket with its 22 orbitals launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday. The reusable first-stage booster returned to the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the […]
After delay, SpaceX Starlink mission rockets into the Cape Canaveral sky
SpaceX’s Starlink 10-2 mission finally rocketed into the Florida afternoon sky on Sunday. The 230-foot rocket bolted into the white clouds over the Space Coast, getting off the ground before another storm system had the chance to move in. Liftoff came right on schedule, as weather had improved to 70 percent favorable. However, a storm […]
SpaceX launches another round of internet satellites
June 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 22 Starlink internet satellites into low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 1:15 p.m. ET Sunday. The reusable first stage booster returned to the drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic Ocean about 8 minutes after launch. This was the 11th […]