Tag: commercial-space
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successful in commercial debut
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket lifts off from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday. Credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Spaceflight Now On its second flight, SpaceX’s mammoth Falcon Heavy rocket hurled an Arabsat communications satellite the size of a school bus nearly one-quarter the way to the moon Thursday, days after…
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Israeli probe crashes in attempt to become first privately-funded moon lander
This image was taken by Beresheet at an altitude of 13.7 miles (22 kilometers) above the moon and relayed to mission controllers through NASA’s Deep Space Network. Credit: SpaceIL An Israeli-built spacecraft seeking to become the first privately-developed probe to land on the moon crashed on descent Thursday, but the mission was widely lauded as…
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Watch the Falcon Heavy go upright at launch pad 39A
The Falcon Heavy is lifted upright at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on April 10, 2019, in this time-lapse video. The rocket is being readied for its first operational mission carrying the Arabsat 6A satellite. Our video coverage is made possible by the support of Spaceflight Now members. Become a member today…
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Live coverage: Israel’s Beresheet lander lost during descent to the moon
Live coverage of the final descent and landing of the privately-funded Israeli Beresheet spacecraft on the moon. Text updates will appear automatically below. SpaceIL’s live video webcast of Beresheet’s landing on the moon begins at 1845 GMT (2:45 p.m. EDT) Thursday.
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Privately-funded Israeli probe set for daring moon landing attempt
An Israeli-built spacecraft financed through donations from billionaire philanthropists is set to make history Thursday when it tries to become the first privately-funded probe to land on the moon. If successful, the landing will make Israel the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface, and the first non-superpower to achieve the…
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Launch timeline for Falcon Heavy’s second flight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after SpaceX scrubbed Wednesday’s launch attempt. SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy rocket is set for liftoff Thursday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the heavy-lift launcher will head on an easterly course over the Atlantic Ocean atop more than 5 million pounds of thrust. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket is poised for launch…
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Live coverage: Falcon Heavy launches, three boosters land safely
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. Text updates will appear automatically below. Spaceflight Now Members can watch a live view of the launch pad. Become a member and support our coverage. Follow…
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy ready for first commercial launch
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after SpaceX scrubbed Wednesday’s launch attempt. The Falcon Heavy rocket stands vertical at pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday. Credit: SpaceX A little more than a year after the Falcon Heavy rocket’s first test flight, SpaceX teams on Florida’s Space Coast are readying the world’s most powerful…
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Photos: Falcon Heavy raised vertical at pad 39A
SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy, outfitted to produce more thrust than the heavy-lifter’s debut flight last year, was raised vertical at launch pad 39A in Florida on Wednesday ahead of a launch attempt with the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket rolled out of SpaceX’s hangar at pad 39A, the site at NASA’s Kennedy…
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Watch the Falcon Heavy fire up its engines
The second Falcon Heavy fires its first stage engines as part of a routine pre-flight test for the upcoming launch of the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. Video: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now.