A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ignites its Merlin engines during a static fire test at dawn on August 25, 2024. The test follows a dry suit test on the mission’s flight day. Image: Flight Space Now The SpaceX and Polaris Dawn teams…Read More »
File: A Falcon 9 rocket is ready to launch a Starlink mission. Image: SpaceX Update 5:06 am EDT: SpaceX has launched the mission and landed B1081 on the drone, “Of course I still love you.” After its second flight mission in as…Read More »
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Boeing’s Crew Test Commander and Pilot, respectively, inspect safety hardware aboard the International Space Station. Image: NASA NASA is at a crossroads when it comes to the conclusion of the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test.…Read More »
SpaceX lost its flight head booster, tail number B1062, during its attempted landing on the drone, “A Shortfall of Gravitas.” This was the 23rd flight of the booster. Image: SpaceX Update 5:20 am EDT: SpaceX is scrubbing the Starlink 9-5 launch from…Read More »
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA Test Crew astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, seen through a window on the SpaceX Dragon Endeavor spacecraft. Image: NASA. After weeks of debate, NASA has ruled out returning two astronauts to Earth aboard Boeing’s Starliner…Read More »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and a Crew Dragon spacecraft are ready to launch the Polaris Dawn commercial astronaut mission from Launch Complex 39A. Liftoff from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is set for no earlier than 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC) on…Read More »
A Falcon 9 rocket soars through the skies over Florida’s Space Coast during the Starlink 8-10 mission. This was SpaceX’s return to the flight mission, following a failed booster landing on Wednesday. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now Update 4:04 am EDT: SpaceX has…Read More »
A Starlink 8-6 mission strip showing the Falcon 9 rocket flying away from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on August 28, 2024. Image: Michael Cain/Spaceflight Now SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the Federal…Read More »
Sentinel-2 in the Vega launch tower. Image: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/CSG-T video optics. Leduc Update 10:52 pm EDT: Arianespace has confirmed the successful deployment of the Sentinel-2C spacecraft. The European Space Agency (ESA) has completed its transition to its Vega-C mission with the final launch…Read More »
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Station on the Starlink 8-11 mission on September 5, 2024. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now Update 1:12 pm EDT: SpaceX has confirmed the deployment of all 21 Starlink…Read More »