SpaceX launched its first polar orbit mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in 2020, using the southern launch corridor for the first time since 1969. The OneWeb mission Thursday was SpaceX’s eighth polar orbit launch from Florida, and the first to take off from pad 39A, the his...
NASA on Monday (March 31) announced that it has awarded SpaceX a launch services contract for Starship for future missions.
issue the forecast today, right now we would probably be down to 40% chance of violation," he said. "We have a bit more rain to go here and maybe another round of afternoon thunderstorms tomorrow, but ... it looks like much less (cloud) coverage. So we have some hope for launch ...
NASA and SpaceX will launch astronauts in a U.S.-built spacecraft from American soil for the first time in 9 years. Witness history here.
While it has been called off for today, the historic launch has been rescheduled for 3:22 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 30. As of Wednesday morning, the launch mission's executive forecast for Saturday predicted a 40% probability of violating weather constraints. If weather al...
SpaceX did not release any test objectives before launch other than saying on its website that the suborbital flight was "designed to test a number of objectives, from how the vehicle's three Raptor engines perform to the overall aerodynamic entry capabilities of the vehicle (including its body...
They actually are constructing a Starship launchpad within the boundaries of Pad 39B where they launch Falcon from today. But, it's based on their design at Starbase. It's not "up the hill" on the Saturn/Shuttle pad, but down on the ground. They may have to rethink that after this ...
Elon Musk and SpaceX’s rocket launch plans for the “Starbase” at Boca Chica, TX,have had opposition for quite a while. Still, in light oftoday’s Starship flight test attemptand the recent FAA license issued, some folks have revisited the possible environmental impact. ...
“Teams completed inspections of the rocket’s engines today, but will use the additional time to complete data reviews and analysis before a launch attempt,” NASA said in a brief statement Wednesday night. The SWOT mission is a joint project developed by NASA and CNES, the French space agen...
According to SpaceX, “With a test such as this, success is not measured by completion of specific objectives but rather how much we can learn, which will inform and improve the probability of success in the future as SpaceX rapidly advances development of Starship.” That’s what companies...