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SpaceX completes sixth Dragon launch to the Worldwide Area Station
The Falcon 9 efficiently lifted off at 8:28 p.m. ET final night time, sending Cargo Dragon on its approach to the Worldwide Area Station. This was the sixth and remaining Dragon flight of 2023, with 3 of these being Crewed launches and the opposite two resupply missions. This Cargo Dragon is now taking part in […]
SpaceX Cargo Dragon prepared for resupply journey to ISS
NASA and SpaceX are at present focusing on the launch of the CRS-29 resupply mission to the Worldwide Area Station this night at 8:28 p.m. ET (01:28 UTC on the tenth). The CRS-29 mission, the ninth within the Part 2 portion of the contract awarded to SpaceX by NASA, will ship 6,500 lbs (9,600 kg) […]
SpaceX Falcon Heavy aces NASA’s Psyche spacecraft launch
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy efficiently launched NASA’s Psyche spacecraft on Friday morning, finishing the second-ever interplanetary mission for the rocket, with the primary being the Tesla Roadster. Liftoff formally occurred at 10:19 A.M. EDT, as Falcon Heavy’s 27 first-stage Merlin engines launched NASA’s Psyche probe towards an asteroid below the identical identify. Psyche received’t attain the […]
NASA prepares for the return of the Osiris-Rex asteroid pattern mission
The OSIRIS-REx mission is nearing its ultimate stretch because it closes in on Earth after a seven-year spherical journey to the asteroid Bennu. The capsule containing the pattern is scheduled the make the fiery plunge by way of the ambiance on September twenty fourth. The mission, Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Useful resource Identification, Safety-Regolith Explorer, launched […]
SpaceX Crew Dragon: Crew 6 returns to Earth after six months in area
Crew Dragon Endeavour blazed over Central Florida simply after midnight, placing on a present for thousands and thousands under because it headed in the direction of a splashdown off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. After undocking from the Worldwide House Station at 7:05 a.m. ET (11:05 UTC) Sunday, September third, the capsule started firing its […]
Weekly House Recap: August 21 – August 27
Listed here are a few of the tales you might have missed prior to now week. The fourth week of August 2023 featured SpaceX hitting a Starlink milestone, India touchdown on the Moon, Rocket Lab transferring ahead with reusability, and extra Starship testing. SpaceX launches a centesimal devoted Starlink mission – Starlink Group 7-1 launched […]
NASA, SpaceX readies Crew 7 for launch to the Worldwide House Station
NASA and SpaceX are set to launch Crew 7 to the Worldwide House Station early Saturday morning, with lift-off scheduled for 3:27 a.m. ET (07:27 UTC) from Launch Complicated 39A at Kennedy House Middle. NASA and SpaceX held off on the primary try simply previous to crew walkout with a purpose to “reconfirm required elements […]
NASA and SpaceX give GO for Crew 7 launch
Following the Flight Readiness Assessment (FRR), NASA and SpaceX gave the go for Crew 7. The launch is scheduled for August twenty fifth at 3:49 a.m. ET (07:49 UTC). This mission will deliver three astronauts and one cosmonaut to the Worldwide Area Station for a keep of round six months to carry out experiments and […]
Weekly House Recap: August 14 – August 20
Listed here are a few of the tales you could have missed prior to now week. The third week of August 2023 featured SpaceX trying a back-to-back Starlink launch, Starship updates, and Crew 7 preparations for launch to the Worldwide House Station. However first, over the weekend it was confirmed that Russia’s Luna 25 mission […]
Crew Dragon Endurance arrives at LC-39A forward of Crew 7 launch
NASA and SpaceX are transferring nearer to the launch of Crew 7 to the Worldwide Area Station as Crew Dragon has arrived at Launch Complicated 39A to be hooked up to the Falcon 9 second stage. The launch is at present scheduled only one week from now, on August twenty fifth, and is scheduled for […]