Tag: Falcon 9
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SpaceX performs hold-down firing for heavyweight satellite launch Monday
A previously-flown Falcon 9 booster ignited its nine Merlin engines at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad for a test-firing at 1:20 p.m. EST (1820 GMT) Friday. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now A test-firing of a twice-flown Falcon 9 booster Friday at Cape Canaveral paved the way for SpaceX’s next launch, scheduled for Monday night with…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 set for launch Monday from Cape Canaveral
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 the JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 communications satellite for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Credit: Spaceflight Now Check…
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SpaceX to experiment with less-reflective satellite coatings on next Starlink launch
Artist’s concept of a Starlink satellite with its solar array wing unfurled. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s next launch of satellites for the company’s Starlink broadband network — planned in the final days of 2019 — will carry one spacecraft with an experimental coating designed to make it less reflective in orbit, a first step in assuaging…
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Falcon 9 performs extended mission in test for future U.S. military launches
An aft-facing camera on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage captured this view of the Dragon spacecraft with its solar panels extended shortly after arriving in orbit Thursday. The upper stage continued its mission and performed a long-duration coast experiment after releasing the Dragon cargo ship. Credit: SpaceX An extended mission for the Falcon 9…
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After redesigns, the finish line is in sight for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship
A Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen on top of a Falcon 9 rocket earlier this year standing on pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida before launch on an unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX Five-and-a-half years ago, SpaceX founder Elon Musk revealed SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft, a sleek-looking…
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Dragon soars on research and resupply flight to International Space Station
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket soared into space Thursday on a resupply flight to the International Space Station. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A commercial Dragon supply freighter built and owned by SpaceX rocketed into a clear blue sky over Florida’s Space Coast Thursday with a menagerie of research experiments and holiday surprises heading for the International…
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SpaceX launches Dragon cargo craft with mighty mice and a tricky shipment for Seattle’s Spaceflight
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from its Florida launch pad, sending a robotic Dragon cargo ship into space. (SpaceX via YouTube) A fresh SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a recycled robotic Dragon cargo capsule today, carrying 5,700 pounds of supplies, satellites and science to the International Space Station. In contrast with Wednesday’s planned launch…
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CRS-19 Dragon completes journey to the ISS
Following her launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the company’s CRS-19 Dragon spacecraft completed journey to the ISS. The resupply flight launch from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 on Thursday before being captured by the Station’s robotic arm on Sunday morning. The launch began the month-long CRS-19 mission which will see Dragon deliver new research and supplies…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo capsule arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 19th 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”] [tabbyending] NASA TV coverage of the…
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Photos: Falcon 9 in the starting blocks for space station resupply run
EDITOR’S NOTE: Launch attempt scrubbed Dec. 4. Ready for a resupply run to the International Space Station, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday ahead of a planned liftoff with more than 5,700 pounds of science experiments and crew supplies. The 213-foot-tall (65-meter) rocket and a Dragon…