"We are, in fact, persevering and we're going to launch this robot to Mars," Bridenstine said in response to a Space.com question during Thursday's briefing. "We are very proud of staying on schedule," added David Gallagher, the associate director for strategic integration at NASA's Jet...
SpaceX launched its 21st commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station at 11:17 a.m. EST December 6, 2020, from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA Television The latestSpaceXDragon resupply spacecraft is on its w...
A reporter who was present at the press conference said that SpaceX’s SAOCOM 1B launch hadn’tofficiallybeen put on on the Eastern Range’s planning schedule, indicating that some work remains before it can truly be said that the Eastern polar launch corridor has been reopened. Nevertheless,...
FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, topped with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on the first operational NASA commercial crew mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper By S...
NASA astronauts Douglas Hurley (left) and Robert Behnken (right) participate in a dress rehearsal for launch at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 23, 2020, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett ...
Booster 1062, which took its first flight in November 2020, will lift off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Friday, April 12, on a mission to deploy 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. ...
The launch is the second Starlink mission so far this month, with one more on the schedule for no earlier than June 22. SpaceX is taking advantage of its fleet of flight-proven Falcon 9 boosters, with plans of launching a record four times in June. Video: SpaceX's dazzling predawn ...
LAUNCH SITE:LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida LAUNCH DATE:March 14, 2023 LAUNCH TIME:8:30:42 p.m. EDT (0030:42 GMT on March 15) WEATHER FORECAST:80% chance of acceptable weather; Moderate risk of upper level winds; Low risk of unfavorable conditions for booster recovery ...
Now that Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley have safely splashed down after the Crew Dragon test mission, NASA and SpaceX are pivoting to the next mission: Crew-1.
NASA’s schedule planning doesn’t stop with the Crew-3 mission, either, with NASA targeting April 15, 2022, for the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-4 launch to the space station. As things stand, Crew-4 comprises NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren and Bob Hines, along with ESA astronaut Samantha ...