Elon Musk-led SpaceX finally launched its Falcon 9 reusable rocket with 54 Starlink satellites, following several weather-induced cancellations last week. What Happened The private aerospace company launched the Starlink satellites on Sunday night from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. About nine minutes after the launch, the Falcon 9’s first-stage booster landed on…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launches 54 More Starlink Satellites: ‘Meant For Peaceful Use Only’
NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket After Fixes
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA aimed for a Saturday launch of its new moon rocket, after fixing fuel leaks and working around a bad engine sensor that foiled the first try. The inaugural flight of the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket—the most powerful ever built by NASA—was delayed late in the countdown Monday. The Kennedy Space Center clocks started…
NASA Moon Rocket on Track for Launch Despite Lightning Hits
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—NASA’s new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA. It’s poised to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, a…
Snap Launches Tools for Parents to Monitor Teens’ Contacts
Snap Inc., owner of the popular messaging app Snapchat, rolled out its first parental control tools on Tuesday, which will allow parents to see who their teens are talking to, but not the substance of their conversations. The new feature called Family Center is launching at a time when social media companies have been criticized…
SpaceX Is Launching 10 Rockets for Each Launched by Its Main US Rival—Elon Musk Says ‘It’s Just a Start’
Elon Musk-led SpaceX has been prolific in sending its Falcon rockets to the International Space Station and the Tesla, Inc. CEO says this is just a start. Musk’s space company launched two Falcon 9 rockets over the weekend and these carried about three tons of supplies to the International Space Station, Ars Technica reported. The second rocket launched Sunday…
SpaceX Launches New Batch of Starlink Satellites
SpaceX launched a new batch of 53 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Friday—the first of three planned launches in three days for the company. The satellites were deployed to low-earth orbit after being carried on the company’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket for its record 13th launch. After stage separation, the rocket’s first stage returned…
Boeing’s Starliner Capsule Docks With Space Station in Uncrewed Flight Test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule docked for the first time with the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, completing a major objective in a high stakes do-over test flight into orbit without astronauts aboard. The rendezvous of the gumdrop-shaped CST-100 Starliner with the orbital research outpost, currently home to a seven-member crew, occurred…
Astronauts Arrive for SpaceX Crew-4 Flight
SpaceX Crew-4 arrived at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Monday. The launch is targeted for 5:26 a.m. ET Saturday, April 23, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, dubbed by Crew-4 as Freedom, is scheduled to dock to the space station at 6…
SpaceX Launches 3 Visitors to Space Station for $55 Million Each
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination. It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there…
Blue Origin Launches, Lands Its 4th Human Flight
Blue Origin launched and landed its fourth human flight for the New Shepard program, blasting off Thursday from rural Texas. This was Blue Origin’s fourth flight with passengers on board. The passengers are CEO and investor Marty Allen; Sharon and Marc Hagle; teacher and entrepreneur Jim Kitchen, George Nield, a former NASA manager who has…
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