I had an unusually space-centric news week, which led me to think anew about when I could next get on a plane to Florida (or Texas) to see a large rocket launch in person instead of on a screen. 6/4/2024: Sorry, Cable: Fiber and 5G Home Internet Win the ISP Popularity Contest,...
Following a scrubbed launch attempt 24 hours earlier due to weather conditions and a technical issue, NASA and SpaceX successfully launched two missions — SPHEREx and PUNCH — from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Tuesday night. SPHEREx is a space telescope that will map our cosm...
The SpaceX selection was made via NASA's Venture-Class Acquisition of Dedicated and Rideshare (VADR) launch services contract. "This contract allows the agency to make fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awards during VADR's five-year ordering period, with a maximum total value of ...
Watch: SpaceX SES O3b mPOWER launch from Florida Here's the view from the press viewing area at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as two SES O3b mPOWER satellites launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. - SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will deliver the Department ...
SpaceX will live stream the liftoff and also the spectacular moment when the two side boosters come in to land upright close to the launch site shortly after liftoff. Safe landings will allow SpaceX to reuse the Falcon 9 boosters for future flights. It seems there are no plans to recover ...
As we walk into the map library, we are surrounded by Middle-earth. Mordor, the Shire and all points in between are represented. And not just Middle-earth. Karen created works for other fantasy worlds — some never published. How do you scan a collection of maps of varying sizes, some ...
— As SpaceX gears up for the first launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket, the company is backing away from one potential use of the vehicle, launching crewed missions beyond Earth orbit. In a teleconference with reporters Feb. 5, a day before the scheduled inaugural launch of the rocket, ...
The Space Shuttle Program retired in 2011. Today, only two countries can launch a human into orbit—Russia and China. With no capability themselves, the US—the country that once triumphantly put a man on the moon while the world watched—now has to launch their astronauts on Russian rockets...
SpaceX will launch its newly upgraded Cargo Dragon on a mission to the International Space Station today, meaning the ISS will soon have double dragons docked.
SpaceX Dragon meets sunrise at launch pad for Crew-10 flight | Space photo of the day March 11, 2025 Image1of6 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands atop Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida for the CRS-17 cargo mission for NASA on May 4, 2019.(Image ...