A Falcon 9 rocket stands in launch position at Launch Complex 39A ahead of the Starlink 6-51 mission on April 17, 2024. Image: Spaceflight Now SpaceX is preparing for its latest Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Starlink 6-51 mission comes about a week-and-a-half after the launch of its first …
The CST-100 Starliner spacecraft pauses in front of Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility (C3PF) before it embarks to Space Launch Complex 41 (SLC-41) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Boeing CST-100 Starliner embarked on its last big road trip before its journey to the International Space Station next month. …
This illustration shows a concept for multiple robots that would team up to ferry to Earth samples of rocks and soil being collected from the Martian surface by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover.Credit: NASA/ESA/JPL-Caltech NASA is going back to square one when it comes to many aspects of its Mars Sample Return mission in response to …
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A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready for a record-breaking 20th launch at pad 40 on April 12, 2024. Image: Spaceflight Now. SpaceX is looking to shatter multiple records Friday night as it launches 23 satellites for the company’s Starlink internet service from Cape Canaveral. A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to liftoff from Cape Canaveral …
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The Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) space vehicle was successfully encapsulated April 8, 2024, ahead of its scheduled launch as the U.S. Space Force (USSF)-62 mission from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., marking a major milestone on its upcoming launch into low Earth orbit. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to launch a military weather …
A Falcon 9 rock climbs above Florida’s Space Coast on the Starlink 6-48 mission on April 10, 2024. Image: Spaceflight Now Update 1:58 a.m. EDT: SpaceX launched the Starlink 6-48 mission. SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink satellites during a mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Falcon 9 flight was the company’s …
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United Launch Alliance’s Delta 4 Heavy rocket continues fueling ahead of its planned launch on Thursday, March 28, 2024. An issue with a gaseous nitrogen pump forced a scrub of the NROL-70 mission less than four minutes before launch. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now It’s take two for the finale of the Delta family of rockets. …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch the Bandwagon-1 mission from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on April 7, 2024. Image: Spaceflight Now SpaceX is preparing to launch the first in a new series of rideshare missions that it dubbed “Bandwagon.” The 11 satellites will launch onboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex …
A stack of SpaceX Starlink satellites, which included the first six featuring Direct to Cell capabilities. The batch launched on the Starlink 7-9 mission, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Jan. 2, 2024. Image: SpaceX For a second time this year, SpaceX is preparing to launch another batch of Starlink satellites that …
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is preparing to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Friday morning to kick off a weekend that could see three missions for the company. The Starlink 6-47 mission will liftoff no earlier than 2:14 …
