Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX set to fly Falcon 9 booster for fifth time on Starlink launch Sunday
The Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX’s next mission was test-fired Friday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now The launch of 60 Starlink Internet satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida will mark SpaceX’s first mission to fly a Falcon first stage for a…
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CRS-20 – Final Dragon 1 arrives at the ISS
Following its ride on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Friday, the company’s CRS-20 Dragon cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Monday. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida occurred at 11:50 pm Eastern time (04:50 UTC), prior to berthing at the ISS early on…
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Live coverage: Dragon supply ship arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 20th operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. [tabby title=”NASA TV”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Webcast”] [tabby title=”SpaceX Mission Audio”] [tabbyending] NASA…
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Axiom strikes deal with SpaceX to ferry private astronauts to space station
The International Space Station viewed in October 2018 from the departing Soyuz MS-08 spacecraft. Credit: NASA/Roscosmos Axiom Space, a Houston-based company with plans to develop a commercial outpost in space, announced Thursday it has signed a contract with SpaceX to ferry a professional astronaut and three paying passengers to the International Space Station as soon…
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SpaceX test-fires rocket, preps for final flight of first-generation Dragon capsule
SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket Sunday on pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Credit: William Harwood/CBS News The Falcon 9 booster for SpaceX’s next mission fired up briefly on a Cape Canaveral launch pad Sunday in a routine pre-flight test before a scheduled launch Friday night to kick off the final…
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SpaceX swaps upper stage for next Falcon 9 launch
In this image from the company’s most recent launch Feb. 17, a Merlin engine is seen firing on the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX is targeting launches March 6 and March 11 for its next two missions after swapping an upper stage for its next Falcon 9 rocket with…
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Space Adventures announces plans to fly private citizens on SpaceX crew capsule
A look inside the cabin of a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX Building on development for NASA’s commercial crew program, Space Adventures announced an agreement Tuesday with SpaceX to fly up to four paying space tourists on a standalone mission aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft in late 2021 or 2022 that could reach an…
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Live coverage: SpaceX launches another batch of Starlink satellites
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch SpaceX’s fifth batch of Starlink broadband satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter.
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SpaceX successfully conducts fifth Starlink launch – booster misses drone ship
SpaceX launched its fifth batch of Starlink internet satellites on Monday, Feb. 17 at 10:05 Eastern (15:05 UTC) from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission featured the fastest turnaround time to-date of a Falcon first stage booster. However, while a secondary objective, the booster missed its landing spot on the drone ship…
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SpaceX delivers more Starlink satellites to orbit, booster misses drone ship landing
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 10:05:55 a.m. EST (1505:55 GMT) Monday with 60 more SpaceX Starlink satellites. Credit: SpaceX Sixty more satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network launched Monday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, bringing the total number of Starlink platforms deployed in orbit since last May to 300. More…