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Top Stories Tamfitronics A timelapse of the return of the Starship Super Heavy booster to the launch site to be caught by the launch tower on the vehicle’s fifth integrated flight Oct. 13. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX has scheduled its next Starship test flight for as soon as Nov. 18, making incremental changes since […]
Top Stories Tamfitronics SpaceX launches NROL-167. Credit: SpaceX livestream WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Oct. 24 launched the NROL-167 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 1:13 p.m. Eastern. NROL-167 was the fourth batch of satellites of a new imaging satellite […]
Top Stories Tamfitronics Vast’s Haven-1 space station will use Starlink for broadband connectivity. Credit: Vast MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Given its dominance in the launch market and Starlink’s explosive growth in satellite communications, what impact will SpaceX have on the optical terminal business? At the Satellite Innovation conference here, panelists discussed SpaceX’s plans, announced in […]
Technology tamfitronics NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick, and Jeanette Epps and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin are returning to Earth after months aboard the International Space Station conducting scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-8 mission. The four launched on March 3 aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]
NASA Space Technology NASA astronaut Nick Hague, left, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are pictured as they leave the Operations and Checkout Building on their way to Launch Complex 40 for a mission to the International Space Station on Saturday in Cape Canaveral, Fla. John Raoux/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raoux/AP Two astronauts are […]
NASA Space Technology NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission is due to liftoff on Saturday, sending two astronauts zooming toward the International Space Station, with the hopes of returning two more astronauts stuck in space. The astronauts aboard the Dragon capsule—NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov—are scheduled to be launched into space using a […]
NASA Space Technology SpaceX static fires its Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) in preparation for the Crew-9 mission on Saturday, Sept. 28. The test came following a dry dress rehearsal of launch activities earlier in the day. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now NASA and SpaceX pushed ahead with planned prelaunch activities Cape […]
Top Stories Tamfitronics EchoStar’s colossal Jupiter-3 satellite launches on a Falcon Heavy July 28, 2023. Credit: SpaceX PARIS — SpaceX fired back at the Federal Aviation Administration over the agency’s proposed fines for launch license violations, blaming the FAA for dragging its heels on what the company considered minor changes. SpaceX released Sept. 19 a […]
NASA Space Technology The radiation dose for the 2.5 year round trip between Earth and Mars should give approximately a 1% lifetime increase of a fatal cancer. SpaceX Starship will totally change the situation on payload and travel times. The Starship will be refueled in Earth Orbit. All NASA missions to Mars have launched with […]
