Tag: Human Spaceflight
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Live coverage: Crew Dragon capsule returns to Earth
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the Crew Dragon spacecraft’s first test flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV’s live video coverage of Crew Dragon’s deorbit burn and splashdown begins at…
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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon ready for first test flight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 7 p.m. EST (0000 GMT) with additional photos, after the Falcon 9 rocket was raised vertical at pad 39A. The Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft roll to pad 39A on Thursday morning. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky SpaceX’s first Crew Dragon spacecraft, fixed to the forward end of a Falcon 9 rocket,…
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Forecasters expect good weather for Crew Dragon test launch Saturday
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket rolls out of the hangar at pad 39A in this file photo. Credit: SpaceX The first official launch weather outlook issued Tuesday by U.S. Air Force meteorologists predicts an 80 percent chance of favorable conditions for the predawn liftoff Saturday of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on a test flight to…
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Take an aerial 4K video tour of the Crew Dragon atop Falcon 9
Take an aerial tour of the Crew Dragon atop the Falcon 9 rocket on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This footage was shot in 4k video resolution by a drone camera during pre-launch testing. The Crew Dragon and Falcon 9 will return to the launch pad this week for its first test…
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Falcon 9 rocket fires engines in key test ahead of Crew Dragon demo flight
A plume of rocket exhaust emerges from the flame trench at launch pad 39A during Thursday’s Falcon 9 hold-down test-firing. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sporting human-rating upgrades such as new composite pressurant tanks briefly ignited its nine Merlin engines Thursday afternoon on a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
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Falcon 9 rocket fires engines in key test ahead of Crew Dragon demo flight
A plume of rocket exhaust emerges from the flame trench at launch pad 39A during Thursday’s Falcon 9 hold-down test-firing. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket sporting human-rating upgrades such as new composite pressurant tanks briefly ignited its nine Merlin engines Thursday afternoon on a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 with Crew Dragon briefly fires engines in test
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with Crew Dragon spacecraft. Text updates will appear automatically below. The crew access arm at launch pad 39A extended to the Crew Dragon spacecraft when the Falcon 9 was on the…
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Dragon cargo craft returns to Earth
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule departs the International Space Station on Sunday. Credit: David Saint-Jacques/NASA/CSA A SpaceX-owned commercial cargo craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California late Sunday, closing out a 39-day mission that delivered 2.8 tons of supplies, experiments and holiday treats to the International Space Station, and returned home with…
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Dragon cargo craft returns to Earth
SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule departs the International Space Station on Sunday. Credit: David Saint-Jacques/NASA/CSA A SpaceX-owned commercial cargo craft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California late Sunday, closing out a 39-day mission that delivered 2.8 tons of supplies, experiments and holiday treats to the International Space Station, and returned home with…
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SpaceX about one month away from first commercial crew test flight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Jan. 10 with NASA statement confirming target launch date in February. The crew access arm at launch pad 39A extended to the Crew Dragon spacecraft shortly after the Falcon 9 rocket was erected vertical Jan. 3. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX founder Elon Musk said this weekend that the company is about one month…