SpaceX ready for back to back astronaut, Starlink launches
Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets remain on track to attempt back-to-back astronaut and Starlink satellite launches later this week. Both…
2 years ago
Crew Dragon
SpaceX Dragon returns astronauts to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight
After spending almost 200 days in orbit, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft has successfully returned four international Crew-2 astronauts to…
2 years ago
SpaceX, NASA schedule back-to-back astronaut recovery and launch after delays
Poor winter weather on Florida's East Coast and across the Atlantic Ocean has forced NASA and SpaceX to flip the…
2 years ago
SpaceX astronaut launch slips into November
Update: A "minor medical issue involving one of [the] crew members" has forced NASA to delay Crew-3 a bit less…
2 years ago
SpaceX Dragon, Falcon 9 rocket roll out to pad for first launch in six weeks
SpaceX has rolled a Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 to the launch pad for the rocket's first launch in more…
2 years ago
Russia deems SpaceX’s Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 safe to launch cosmonauts
Seven years after Russian bureaucrat and oligarch Dmitry Rogozin - faced with economic sanctions in response to Russia's illegal invasion…
2 years ago
SpaceX’s newest Crew Dragon spacecraft arrives at launch site
Right on schedule, SpaceX has rolled a new Crew Dragon spacecraft to the pad for its first astronaut launch. Known…
2 years ago
SpaceX’s next Crew Dragon astronaut mission settles on Halloween launch
After initially moving forward 24 hours from October 31st to October 30th, SpaceX's next Crew Dragon astronaut mission has slipped…
3 years ago
SpaceX rapidly tests, ships Falcon 9 second stage for next NASA astronaut launch
SpaceX has shipped, tested, and delivered the new Falcon 9 upper stage tasked with carrying the company's next Crew Dragon…
3 years ago
SpaceX to nearly double fleet of reusable Dragon spacecraft by end of 2022
Comments from NASA and SpaceX officials during a briefing ahead of Crew Dragon's third operational astronaut launch have offered a…
3 years ago
Report: SpaceX to launch at least five back-to-back Crew Dragon missions for NASA
Update: Wasting no time at all, NASA has confirmed the Ars Technica report one day later, announcing that rookie astronauts…
3 years ago
SpaceX Crew Dragon to perform first space station “flyaround” in November
A member of a NASA safety advisory panel says that SpaceX's second operational Crew Dragon spacecraft will perform the first…
3 years ago
SpaceX Inspiration4 astronaut shares behind-the-scenes look at largest space window’s ‘first light’
SpaceX Inspiration4 astronaut Sian Proctor has shared the first behind-the-scenes look at what it was like for the world's first…
3 years ago
SpaceX Inspiration4 Dragon, Falcon 9 booster return to port after flawless mission
After acing a flawless commercial astronaut launch debut, SpaceX's Inspiration4 Crew Dragon spacecraft, Falcon 9 booster, and the four private…
3 years ago
SpaceX shows off largest window in space after spectacular Inspiration4 launch
SpaceX has revealed the first on-orbit view of the largest window every launched on a rocket - and provided an…
3 years ago
SpaceX rockets private astronaut crew into orbit for the first time in spaceflight history
For the first time in spaceflight history, a crew of all-private astronauts have rocketed into orbit - and on a…
3 years ago
Watch SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission launch four private astronauts live [webcast]
Update: SpaceX, Falcon 9, Crew Dragon, the crew, and the weather remain on track for the company's historic Inspiration4 mission,…
3 years ago
SpaceX to launch Crew Dragon and Starlink satellites less than 48 hours apart
After launching just once in the last ten weeks, SpaceX appears to be set to return to H1 2021 stride…
3 years ago
SpaceX Crew Dragon, Falcon 9 roll out to the pad for historic Inspiration4 launch
On the morning of September 12th, SpaceX rolled the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft that will support the…
3 years ago
SpaceX Inspiration4 astronauts reveal Dragon’s ‘cupola’ in the flesh
SpaceX's first fully private astronaut crew have revealed the first real look at a unique part of the Crew Dragon…
3 years ago