After jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, Dragon will splash down at one of seven targeted water landing sites off the coast of Florida at 2:42 p.m. EDT (18:42 UTC) on Sunday, August 2. The Demo-2 mission is the final major milestone for SpaceX’s human spaceflight system to be certified by NASA for operational…
SpaceX and NASA are now targeting 7:34 p.m. EDT on Saturday, August 1 for Crew Dragon to autonomously undock from the Space Station, with the two astronauts aboard the spacecraft, and return to Earth. Approximately 19 hours later, after jettisoning its trunk and re-entering Earth’s atmosphere, Dragon will splash down at one of seven targeted…
The technical issue which occurred shortly after the launch of NASA’s latest Mars rover Perseverance was not serious, the agency said. Matt Wallace, the mission’s deputy project manager, said the issue was not overly concerning, adding: “We’ll know more in a bit.” A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket took off on schedule at 7.50am…
NASA and its international partners have assigned crew members for Crew-2, which will be the second operational SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, for the mission. JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration…
Footage from onboard the ISS shows Comet Neowise soaring in space above the Earth’s horizon. A stunning video recorded from onboard the International Space Station (ISS) shows the comet Neowise streaking above Earth. The comet was only discovered on March 27 this year, but since then has been giving sky-gazers dazzling views. In the clip,…
For the second time ever, astronomers have detected a pattern in a mysterious fast radio burst coming from space. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are millisecond-long bursts of radio waves in space, and astronomers have been able to trace some radio bursts back to their home galaxies.They have yet to determine the actual cause of…
SpaceX has successfully deployed 58 additional Starlink satellites and 3 SkySats into low-earth orbit aboard a Falcon 9. Saturday’s launch from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Center was the first mission that included rideshare customers, delivering payloads for two different customers. Starlink is the next-generation satellite network capable of providing Earth’s inhabitants with broadband Internet access.…
On Saturday, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to rise from Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley will be sent toward the International Space Station aboard a Crew Dragon capsule. Hurley’s and Behnken’s lift-off at Kennedy is scheduled for 19:22 UTC. The mission, called Demo-2,…
SpaceX had just conducted yet another static fire test of the Raptor engine in its Starship SN4 prototype launch vehicle on Friday when the test vehicle exploded on the test stand in Boca Chica, Texas. This was the fourth static fire test of this engine on this prototype, so it’s unclear what went wrong vs.…
