Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander, named ‘Odysseus,’ displayed prior to encapsulation inside a pair of SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairings. Image: SpaceX A launch pad billed as the Apollo program’s “Moonport” is once again preparing to send off a mission bound for the Moon. More than 50 years after Apollo 17, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket aims …
File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX While a Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral supporting NASA’s PACE mission remains grounded for now due to poor weather, SpaceX is preparing to launch a batch of Starlink satellites from California. The Starlink 7-13 mission is targeting liftoff from Space …
The Falcon 9 with NASA’s PACE mission atop stands ready for launch at pad 40. Image: SpaceX. SpaceX is preparing to launch its second NASA mission of the year on Tuesday morning. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Earth-observing spacecraft PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is set to liftoff Tuesday morning. After completing a …
NASA’s PACE spacecraft inside a clean room at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, FL. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now From the oceans to the atmosphere, there’s still quite a bit we don’t understand about our planet. NASA’s latest Earth-observing spacecraft hopes to greatly expand our knowledge of the globe in just a few years. The PACE …
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Polaris Dawn Commander Jared Isaacman (left) and Pilot Scott “Kidd” Poteet alongside a SpaceX render of the spacewalk that will be performed during their mission. Photoillustration: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Amid a flurry of astronaut missions scheduled for 2024, a commercial flight is aiming to mark a historic first: a non-governmental spacewalk. This is just one …
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Northrop Grumman Cygnus spacecraft for the first time on the NG-20 mission. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX is gearing up for its second launch bound for the International Space Station this month. But unlike all previous missions targeting the orbiting outpost, this flight doesn’t feature …
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File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX will attempt its second Falcon 9 launch of the night with the Starlink 7-12 mission poised to launch from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) on Sunday, Jan. 28, at 9:02 p.m. PST (11:02 p.m. EST, 0402 UTC). It follows …
A Falcon 9 rocket arrives at launch pad 39A on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024, ahead of a planned Starlink delivery mission. Image: Spaceflight Now. SpaceX is preparing for a busy week to close out the month of January. Two Starlink flights are set to kick things off as the company prepares to launch a Northrop …
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File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX Just over six hours after launching the first crewed mission of 2024 from Florida, SpaceX is preparing for another Falcon 9 rocket launch from California. The Starlink 7-11 mission is set to launch at 8:04 p.m. PST (11:04 p.m. EST (0404 …
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File: A Falcon 9 rocket stands ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX SpaceX is looking to notch its fourth launch in January with another Starlink flight. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 23 Starlink satellites is targeting liftoff at 7:52 p.m. EST (0052 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space …
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