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Live coverage of the launch begins around 15 minutes before liftoff, so that’s around 8:20 p.m. ET (5:20 p.m. PT) tonight. You can watch the livestream either onSpaceX’s YouTube pageor using the embedded video above. As is typical with SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 rockets, the...
SpaceX confirms the final payload on tonight's Falcon Heavy launch -- Astranis's first MicroGEO communications satellite named Arcturus -- has separated from the rocket.Arcturus will provide internet coverage to Alaska for Pacific Dataport.https://t.co/x0h2tQImUK pic.twitter.com/vu2NEredGR—...
SpaceX reports the Falcon 9, Dragon spacecraft and the Polaris Dawn crew are all go for launch, with only the weather posing a concern for launch tonight. Suit leak checks are underway. September 10, 2024 at 12:54 PM Polaris Dawn astronauts enter Dragon (Image credit: SpaceX) The four...
The historic SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, which includes the first-ever commercial spacewalk, will launch tonight from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Tonight's launch was the first flight of this particular Falcon 9 rocket, making it the sixth time SpaceX has used an unflown rocket in a crewed launch. On the flip side, the Endeavour capsule is a seasoned veteran. Endeavour famously flew on the first crewed test flight of the Crew Dra...
Flash to this week. SpaceX is finally ready for their first launch in six months and the first one sincethe June failure, and here I am in LA. Launch is at 8:33 EST on Monday, 12/21. That’s tonight. The launch will be simulcast live on Wait But Why, starting a little after ...
Tonight’s launch will be performed using one of SpaceX’s used — sorry, “flight proven” — Falcon 9 rockets. The company has made a habit of recovering this hardware and relaunching them later after a brief period of refurbishing. However, the rocket being used tonight will not be rec...
The spacewalk is perhaps the riskiest part of the mission other than launch and re-entry. The Polaris Dawn crew looks up through the hatch of a Crew Dragon simulator, checking out the path Isaacman and Gillis will take to float out of the spacecraft early Thursday.SpaceX ...
Tonight, SpaceX will be launching a rocket from Florida, and the launch will be streamed live so you can watch along from home.