SpaceX Set to Try Groundbreaking Booster Catch in Upcoming Starship Mission
Elon Musk is optimistic that his latest rocket will revolutionize space travel. And the biggest and strongest spacecraft ever constructed is that rocket, Starship. The design also aims to be quickly and completely reusable. SpaceX’s firm designed the spaceship to operate more like a plane than a conventional rocket system. It will be able to…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Cleared for Takeoff by FAA for Monday Mission
According to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Sunday, SpaceX’s reliable Falcon 9 rocket can resume flying for a mission scheduled for Monday that will see it launch the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft from Florida. The FAA said in a statement on October 6 that it had given the go-ahead for the Falcon 9…
NASA and SpaceX Postpone Crew-9 Launch to September 28 Amid Weather Worries
Because of anticipated tropical storm conditions in the region, NASA and SpaceX teams have rescheduled the next chance for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida to no sooner than 1:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, September 28. “Teams can now wrap up practicing launch day procedures with the…
The Polaris Dawn crew will be launched by SpaceX on a risky mission into Earth’s radiation belts.
Scientific Asia: The countdown to SpaceX’s most recent mission, a daring and dangerous journey into Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts by a four-person civilian crew hoping to do the first-ever commercial spacewalk, is finally starting. Polaris Dawn was scheduled to launch on Tuesday as early as 3:38 a.m. ET. However, due to adverse weather at…