The mission, which is currently slated to begin at 9:19 p.m. EST, will fly skyward from the SpaceX Launch Complex in Florida. As is often the case, SpaceX will be live streaming the entire event, complete with commentary and a live look at the landing of its Falcon 9 booster. Don'...
Initially scheduled to launch on Wednesday, SpaceX is now targeting Thursday due to weather, the company shared on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter that Musk purchased in 2022. Thursday is also whenJeff Bezos’ Blue Originis set to make a second attempt to get its New...
From CNN's Jackie Wattles SpaceX teams tried to mitigate risks and prepare for every potential challenge through a barrage of tests ahead of the Polaris Dawn launch, according to Isaacman. They even took the spacewalk suits to a testing site at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. ...
But the new deluge system used during this launch shot nearly 360,000 gallons of water upward as the engines ignited during this morning’s launch. When CNN visited the launch site a few hours after takeoff, the stand that the rocket launched from appeared to be unharmed and there were no ...
From CNN Business' Jackie Wattles Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley made it through one of the most dangerous portions of their journey: Getting from the launch pad into Earth’s orbit. The mission so far has gone flawlessly, and SpaceX engineerLauren Lyons, who frequently hosts SpaceX’...
From CNN's Jackie Wattles From left: NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA astronaut Nicole Mann, Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Koichi Wakata right, as they depart for Launch Complex 39A to board the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft for the...