Starting off the week,SpaceXwill launch theStarlink 11-10group from Space Launch Complex-4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base, in California. A window for liftoff begins at6:46 p.m. ET (0046 GMT, Feb. 11), with backup opportunities on Tomorrow, starting at 6:19 p.m. ET (00...
Tonight's launch was the second attempt for this mission. The first try, on Friday (May 31), ended in a scrub, thanks to an "out-of-family sensor reading." Related: NASA's twin spacecraft will go to the ends of the Earth to combat climate change A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launch...
Virgin Orbit, based in Long Beach, California, is part of a wave of companies targeting the launch market for increasingly capable small satellites, which may range in sizes comparable to a toaster on up to a home refrigerator. Virgin Orbit Girl performed its first-ever drop test today We...
In a posting on the social platform X two hours after launch, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk reported that the rocket had suffered a “RUD” — rapid unscheduled disassembly — while in orbit. “Team is reviewing data tonight to understand root cause,” he wrote. It remained uncertain whether SpaceX...
The Atlas V rocket will launch the Landsat 9 spacecraft for NASA’s launch Services Program next Monday, Sept. 27 at 2:11 p.m. ET from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA – The Atlas ...
The Space Launch System rocket blasts off on the Artemis 1 moon mission, an unpiloted test flight to send an Orion crew capsule around the moon and back.NASA At that instant, four explosive bolts at the base of each booster detonated to free the SLS from its launch stand and the 5.7-mil...
Virgin Orbit to Launch Rocket in Irish Airspace Tonight A large Danger Area has been established off the Southwest coast of Ireland for the planned launch of Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne. This will be the United Kingdom’s first orbital launch and will take place this evening, 9th January at...
we’d be about 1500 feet from the Saturn, which looked about as big though. (Unfortunately, the Saturns were enveloped by a secondary service structure meant to get engineers up to any possible part of the rocket. That would only be rolled away a day or so before launch, so the tours...
There werethree rocket launches scheduled for Wednesdaybut all of those launches were scheduled to launch outside of California. A representative from Vandenberg Air Force Base had no information about the sight in the sky. Travis Air Force Base also did not have information on the light, but ...
NASA is aiming to launch its next-generation Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on a mission to the moon in just a few hours from now.Artemis I Launch to the Moon (Official NASA Broadcast) - Nov. 16, 2022 Following several postponed launch efforts in recent months due to technical issues ...