Tag: Falcon 9
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Crew training continues for SpaceX’s first launch with astronauts
NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley inside the Crew Dragon spaceship they will ride into orbit as soon as mid-to-late May. Credit: SpaceX During a visit to Cape Canaveral this week, NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken strapped in to the SpaceX crew capsule they will ride into orbit as soon as mid-to-late…
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NASA, JAXA assign two more astronauts to second piloted Crew Dragon flight
JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi on-board the International Space Station in 2010. Credit: NASA Veteran astronauts Soichi Noguchi and Shannon Walker have been assigned to fly to the International Space Station on SpaceX’s second piloted Crew Dragon mission later this year, joining commander Mike Hopkins and astronaut Victor Glover on a planned six-month expedition in orbit.…
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NASA, U.S. military reviewing SpaceX engine malfunction
Nine Merlin 1D engines arranged in an “octaweb” configuration on the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage. Credit: SpaceX NASA and U.S. military officials are reviewing a malfunction that triggered a premature engine shutdown during a flight of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket earlier this month, a cautionary step before upcoming launches with a GPS navigation…
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Coronavirus concerns force postponement of SpaceX launch with Argentine satellite
Ground crews fold the SAOCOM 1B’s radar antenna before shipment from the satellite’s manufacturing and test facility in Argentina to Cape Canaveral. Credit: CONAE Concerns about the coronavirus pandemic have prompted officials to postpone the planned March 30 launch of Argentina’s SAOCOM 1B radar observation satellite from Cape Canaveral aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket,…
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Falcon 9 rocket overcomes engine failure to deploy Starlink satellites
A Falcon 9 rocket takes off from pad 39A Wednesday morning at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket overcame a rare in-flight engine failure soon after launch from Florida’s Space Coast Wednesday to place 60 satellites in orbit for the company’s Starlink Internet network. One of the rocket’s…
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SpaceX successfully launches sixth Starlink launch despite engine issue
SpaceX launched the Starlink V1.0 L5 mission from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday. Falcon 9 (B1048.5) flew for a record fifth time but failed to land after an engine issue late in first stage flight. Falcon 9 is able to continue with an engine out, but it was likely the engine that suffered…
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SpaceX sends sixth batch of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit and marks milestone for rocket reusability
A Falcon 9 rocket sent SpaceX’s sixth batch of 60 Starlink broadband satellites into orbit and set a record for reusability today, but missed making yet another touchdown. The Falcon 9 lifted off right on time at 8:16 a.m. ET (5:16 a.m. PT) from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It…
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SpaceX selected to launch Intelsat telecom satellite, NASA pollution monitor
File photo of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station before a launch in 2018. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch an Intelsat communications satellite with a NASA-funded air pollution monitor to be positioned over the Americas in 2022, officials announced Tuesday. The Falcon 9 will take off…
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SpaceX launch aborted in final second before liftoff
A Falcon 9 rocket stands on pad 39A seconds after an aborted launch Sunday. Credit: SpaceX The countdown for a planned launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida automatically aborted in the last second before liftoff Sunday after an on-board computer detected unexpected data during an engine power…
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Live coverage: SpaceX delivers Starlink satellites to orbit despite engine failure
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 sixth batch of Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Mission Audio”] [tabbyending] Spaceflight Now members can…