SpaceX
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From SpaceX's Starbase launch site, near Boca Chica in south Texas, Starship-Super Heavy flew its sixth flight test at 22:00 pm Universal Coordinated Time. This flight test utilized Ship 31 and Super Heavy Booster 13. In a first for the Starship program, a payload was onboard. This
Nov 20, 2024
7 minsA little over a month ago, SpaceX flew the fifth flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy launch vehicle. Since the previous flight test, the company has been working quickly towards the sixth flight test and announced today that this mission could occur as soon as November 18th. This flight test
Nov 7, 2024
5 minsSpaceX's thirty-first Cargo Re-Supply (CRS) mission arrived at the International Space Station on November 5th, at 14:52 pm Universal Coordinated Time. This mission carries 2,762 kilograms of cargo, with 327 kilograms of unpressurized cargo. Notably, for the first time during a Dragon spacecraft's mission
Nov 5, 2024
6 minsAt 16:06 pm Universal Coordinated Time, Europa Clipper began its long journey to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida. Launch lasted for almost an hour to escape Earth's gravity, with the spacecraft separating from Falcon Heavy's second-stage at
Oct 14, 2024
3 minsAt 12:25 pm Universal Coordinated Time, SpaceX launched its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle on its fifth flight test. This test flight once again occurred from Starbase's launch site, near Boca Chica in south Texas. Liftoff of Starship! pic.twitter.com/WyNRN1fLbd — SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024 Super Heavy
Oct 13, 2024
8 minsA little over four months ago, SpaceX flew the fourth flight test of its Starship-Super Heavy vehicle. Since then, the company has been working towards the fifth flight test and today announced that this test could come as soon as October 13th. For this test flight, Ship 30 and Booster
Oct 8, 2024
5 minsNASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at 17:17 pm Universal Coordinated Time with Crew Dragon 'Freedom' atop of a Falcon 9 rocket. On board Crew Dragon 'Freedom' are two astronauts, NASA's Nick Hague and Roscosmos'
Sep 28, 2024
4 minsFalcon 9 has launched its second set of Galileo satellites on behalf of the European Galileo navigation system. This launch occurred from Space Launch Complex 40, in Flordia. Liftoff! pic.twitter.com/yG7YajyF2k — SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 17, 2024 The previous Galileo launch on Falcon 9 had the launch vehicle flying
Sep 18, 2024
4 minsBack on September 10th, the Polaris Dawn mission lifted off from Launch Complex 39A, in Florida, at 09:23 am, Universal Coordinated Time. The mission is utilizing Crew Dragon C207 'Resilience', which was launched atop of a Falcon 9 with its booster, B1083, flying for the fourth time.
Sep 14, 2024
6 minsSpaceX has decided to go on the offensive against the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.
Sep 13, 2024
3 minsAfter a few weather-related launch scrubs, Polaris Dawn lifted off from Launch Complex 39A atop of Falcon 9 at 09:23 am, Universal Coordinated Time, on September 10th. Crew Dragon C207 'Resilience' separated from Falcon 9 at T+12:16 after being delivered to a 195 by 1200
Sep 10, 2024
5 minsSet to launch no earlier than September 24 atop a Falcon-9 is SpaceX's ninth Commercial Crew Program mission and will become the company's 15th crewed flight when it launches. Every crewed mission is special, but this mission will be a little more interesting than usual. The
Aug 29, 2024
5 minsSpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket has suffered its second anomaly of 2024. In response to this, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has grounded the vehicle and is requiring a mishap investigation. This anomaly occurred during the booster landing of the Starlink Group 8-6 mission, with the satellites successfully
Aug 28, 2024
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