Tag: Falcon 9
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Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 launch due to weather
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s 13th batch of approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX mission audio”] [tabbyending]
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First operational Crew Dragon launch slips to Halloween
The Crew-1 mission will include mission specialist Shannon Walker, vehicle pilot Victor Glover, commander Mike Hopkins and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi. Credit: NASA NASA announced Monday that the launch of the first operational crew rotation mission to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is set for the predawn hours of Halloween, eight…
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Delta 4-Heavy launch delayed by ground system issue
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Sept. 25, 26 and 27 with launch delays. ULA’s Delta 4-Heavy rocket is revealed during retraction of the launch pad’s mobile gantry before a launch attempt last month. Credit: United Launch Alliance United Launch Alliance’s next launch attempt for its Delta 4-Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral with a top secret U.S. government spy…
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Axiom finalizing agreements for private astronaut mission to space station
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft approaches the International Space Station on May 31 with astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken on-board. Credit: NASA The chief executive of Axiom Space says agreements with NASA, SpaceX, and fare-paying passengers should be finalized in the coming weeks for the launch of the first all-private crew to the International Space…
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SpaceX Manifest Takes Shape as Falcon Heavy Hardware Arrives at McGregor
A new Falcon booster has been installed on the test stand at SpaceX’s Rocket Development and Test Facility in McGregor, Texas. Based on the logos and hardware on the exterior of the booster, the stage has been identified as a Falcon Heavy side booster, slated to support the next flight of SpaceX’s heavy lift rocket…
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Next SpaceX launch will wait for improved ocean conditions
Credit: Spaceflight Now The launch of SpaceX’s next 60 Starlink satellites will wait for better weather and sea conditions after currents were too strong for the company’s rocket landing platform to hold position in the Atlantic Ocean for a launch attempt Thursday. After scrubbing Thursday’s launch attempt, SpaceX initially said it might try again to…
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Live coverage: SpaceX grounds launch to wait for better recovery weather
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s 13th batch of approximately 60 Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter
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Up and down with a Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX has released video from an Aug. 30 launch captured by a camera mounted aboard the first stage of a Falcon 9 rocket, showing the booster’s climb into space from Cape Canaveral and a fiery return to the Florida spaceport, where SpaceX will ready the vehicle for another mission. The Falcon 9 rocket carried…
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SpaceX plans Falcon 9 launch Thursday from Kennedy Space Center
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rolls out of the hangar at pad 39A in this file photo. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters predict a 60 percent chance of favorable weather for launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to carry more Starlink broadband satellites into orbit. The launch —…
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SpaceX launches latest Starlink mission
As SpaceX continued to roll through its 2020 launch campaign, the company launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to help complement the current constellation in low Earth orbit. The mission launched on a flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket from historic LC-39A on Thursday morning. Lead image by Julia Bergeron for NSF. Starlink V1.0 L11 was…