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U.S. Space Force’s next missile warning satellite arrives at Florida launch base

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The SBIRS GEO 5 satellite enters a thermal vacuum chamber last year at Lockheed Martin’s factory in Sunnyvale, California. Credit: Lockheed Martin A billion-dollar missile warning satellite built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Space Force arrived at Cape Canaveral earlier this month to kick off final preparations for launch May 17 aboard a United …

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Testbed for NASA moon mission rides to orbit with six other satellites

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Rocket Lab’s Electron launcher lifts off from New Zealand at 6:30 p.m. EDT (2230 GMT) Monday, or 11:30 a.m. local time Tuesday at the launch site. Credit: Rocket Lab Rocket Lab launched seven satellites Monday from New Zealand on a rideshare mission serving the U.S. and Australian militaries and space services startups. A spacecraft developed …

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Watch live: Soyuz crew to relocate spacecraft to new space station docking port today

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EDITOR’S NOTE: NASA TV’s live coverage begins at 12:15 p.m. EDT (1615 GMT) and will be available on this page. Two Russian cosmonauts and a NASA astronaut are strapping into their Soyuz spacecraft Friday to move the capsule to a different docking port on the International Space Station, clearing the way arrival of a fresh crew …

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Soyuz rocket with special paint scheme rolls out to Baikonur launch pad

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A Soyuz-2.1a rocket stands on the launch pad at Site 31 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan ahead of liftoff Saturday. Credit: Roscosmos Sporting a new blue and white paint scheme to mark the upcoming 60th anniversary of the first human spaceflight, a Russian Soyuz rocket loaded with 38 international satellites has rolled out to its …

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Perseverance rover records sounds of driving on Mars

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NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image using its onboard left Navigation Camera (Navcam) on March 7, the same day the rover’s microphone recorded the sounds of driving. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A microphone aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover has recorded itself driving on Mars, recording the crunching sound of its six metallic wheels rolling over soil and …

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China launches spy satellite triplet for third time this year

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A Long March 4C rocket lifts off Saturday with three Yaogan 31 military satellites. Credit: Xinhua Three Chinese military satellites launched Saturday aboard a Long March 4C rocket, joining six others China has sent into orbit since the start of the year on ocean surveillance missions. The three Yaogan 31-series satellites took off at 0219 …

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SpaceX rocket rolls out to pad 39A for next Starlink mission

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Launch of SpaceX’s next mission is scheduled for 6:01 a.m. EDT (1001 GMT) Sunday. Daylight saving time begins in the United States at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. The Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX’s 22nd dedicated Starlink mission arrived at pad 39A early Saturday. Credit: Spaceflight Now For the third time in 10 days, …

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Garbage pallet jettisoned from space station will stay in orbit two-to-four years

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A pallet loaded with disused batteries was jettisoned from the International Space Station’s robotic arm Thursday. Credit: NASA NASA ground controllers sent commands to the International Space Station on Thursday for release of a 2.9-ton cargo pallet loaded with old batteries, the most massive object ever jettisoned from the orbiting outpost. The garbage carrier is …

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ULA, SpaceX split military launch contract awards

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Artist’s illustration of a Vulcan Centaur launch. Credit: United Launch Alliance The U.S. Space Force announced Tuesday that it awarded $384 million in contracts to United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, giving each company two missions to launch military satellites in 2023. United Launch Alliance won task orders for the USSF-112 and USSF-87 missions. Both launches …

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Stacking complete for SLS boosters

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The twin solid rocket boosters for the Artemis 1 mission are stacked on the SLS Mobile Launcher inside High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building. Credit: NASA/Isaac Watson The twin 177-foot-tall (54-meter) solid-fueled boosters for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System have been stacked inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy …

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