The private spaceflight company SpaceX test fired a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday , setting the stage for a commercial satellite launch next week. SpaceX conducted the Falcon 9 static test fire at Launch Pad 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida to ensure that the rocket is ready to launch the communications satellite EchoStar 23 on Tuesday .
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NASA photos of Seattle, the Northwest: From space, ‘the…
Consider the one called “Earthrise,” taken by astronaut Bill Anders on Dec. 24, 1968, and called by Time magazine one of the 100 most influential images of all time . A recording at the time has Anders exclaiming , “Oh, my God! Look at that picture over there! Here’s the Earth coming up.
Fly me to the moon: SpaceX taking 2 ‘private citizens’ into lunar orbit
Two private citizens will join a crew of SpaceX astronauts on the first-ever mission to orbit the moon in decades, the space flight company announced Monday. SpaceX says it’s planning a mission for blast-off in late 2018, using one of its as-yet untested Falcon Heavy rockets to carry the capsule into space.
NASA’s Jupiter-circling spacecraft stuck making long laps
This Dec. 11, 2016 image made available by NASA shows Jupiter’s northern latitudes made by the spacecraft Juno as it performed a close flyby of the gas giant planet. On Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, NASA said its the spacecraft is stuck making long laps around the gas giant because of sticky valves.
SpaceX makes good on space station delivery a little late
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. >> SpaceX made good on a 250-mile-high delivery at the International Space Station on Thursday, after fixing a navigation problem that held up the shipment a day.
Mayo doc’s stem cell experiment blasts into space
The SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday. In addition to supplies for the International Space Station, the payload included a Mayo Clinic experiment involving stem cells.
Social media reacts to another historic SpaceX rocket launch
Social media has been ablaze today with praise for SpaceX, after the company successfully landed one of its reusable rockets at a launch pad in Florida. The Falcon 9 rocket was tapped to fly a cargo of supplies and equipment out to the International Space Station over the weekend, when it launched from the Cape Canaveral Launch Sector 39 on Saturday.
SpaceX launches rocket from NASA’s historic moon pad
A Space X Falcon9 rocket sits on the launch pad, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla Last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX on Saturday to delay its inaugural launch from NASA’s historic moon pad. SpaceX halted the countdown with just 13 seconds remaining.
SpaceX, NASA Hail 1st Falcon 9 Rocket Launch from Pad Steeped in History
SpaceX’s historic launch from NASA’s Launch Complex 39A Sunday was a complete success. So it’s no surprise that when the time came to discuss the flight, the post-launch press conference was short, sweet and full of smiling faces.
SpaceX successfully launches on voyage to International Space Station
Just hours before blastoff, the first ever SpaceX Falcon 9 set to soar to the space station from historic pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center , the rocket went vertical below delightfully dark skies on the Florida Space Coast. Russia, meanwhile, plans to launch a supply ship to the International Space Station on Wednesday.
SpaceX launches from historic Kennedy Space Center pad
In this image from NASA TV, the SpaceX Falcon rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. It’s carrying a load of supplies for the International Space Station.
SpaceX launches and lands another rocket
It was the first SpaceX launch from Florida since a Falcon 9 exploded on a launch pad on September 1, 2016. Sunday’s launch was also the first from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39 since the NASA Space Shuttles was retired in July 2011.
Space X delays launch to space station
The rocket was on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, when the mission was scrubbed. Standing down to take a closer look at positioning of the second stage engine nozzle. 9:38am ET tomorrow is next earliest launch opportunity
Last-second launch delay for SpaceX at historic moon pad
This photo provided by NASA shows a Space X Falcon9 rocket on the launch pad, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. SpaceX is launching space station supplies from the exact spot where Americans flew to the moon almost a half-century ago.
SpaceX aborts launch to space station due to technical trouble
U.S. space company SpaceX aborted in the last minute the lift-off of its Falcon rocket and Dragon capsule to the International Space Station on Saturday morning due to technical trouble. A SpaceX Falcon 9, carrying a Dragon cargo capsule loaded with nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station , was supposed to blast off from U.S. space agency NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center for the first time at 10:01 a.m. EST , but the launch was called off with just 13 seconds left in the countdown, NASA TV showed.
SpaceX Aborts Flight Due to Rocket Issues
The private space firm plans to try its unmanned mission to the international space station again at 9:38 am ET on Sunday. SpaceX decided to halt its launch plans Saturday in order to “take a closer look at positioning of the second stage engine nozzle,” the company tweeted.
The Latest: SpaceX cancels rocket launch from NASA moon pad
This photo provided by NASA shows a Space X Falcon9 rocket on the launch pad, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017 at Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. SpaceX is launching space station supplies from the exact spot where Americans flew to the moon almost a half-century ago.
SpaceX just delayed a historic rocket launch due to a familiar glitch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket with a Dragon cargo capsule on top await launch from Pad 39A, the same Cape Canaveral, Fla. launch pad that the moon missions lifted off from.
SpaceX aborts flight due to rocket issues
The private space firm plans to try its unmanned mission to the international space station again at 9:38 am ET on Sunday. SpaceX decided to halt its launch plans Saturday in order to “take a closer look at positioning of the second stage engine nozzle,” the company tweeted.
SpaceX Falcon rocket poised for flight from historic NASA launchpad
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, in a horizontal position, is readied for launch on a supply mission to the International Space Station on historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 17, 2017. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket , is readied for launch on a supply mission to the International Space Station on historic launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 17, 2017.
‘Hidden Figures’ screenwriter Allison Schroeder came to movie following NASA-centric family history
NASA has been part of “Hidden Figures” screenwriter Allison Schroeder’s life for as long as she can remember. Not only did a childhood near Cape Canaveral mean that the space program was an ever-present reality – fire drills in school were timed so the kids could see the launches and the Challenger explosion was one of her earliest memories – it’s also in her DNA.
Moonshot pad roaring back into action with SpaceX launch
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SpaceX set for historic Florida launch
The private space firm is scheduled to launch an unmanned spacecraft to the international space station on Saturday. Liftoff is scheduled for 10:01 a.m. ET with a backup launch time of 9:38 a.m. ET Sunday.
Moonshot pad roaring back into action with SpaceX launch
The launch pad used to send Americans to the moon and shuttle astronauts into orbit is roaring back into action. Dormant for nearly six years, Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center should see its first commercial flight this weekend.
SpaceX prepares to use launch pad that sent astronauts to moon
A once-thriving hub of rocket launches at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is ready for its second life. The SpaceX Falcon 9 makes its way into the port of Los Angeles in mid-January for the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket on a Florida launch pad more than five months ago.
SpaceX Launches Return To Florida Following September Explosion
SpaceX is reportedly resuming launches from Florida’s Space Coast some five months after an explosion at its Cape Canaveral launch pad. The Orlando Business Journal reports that a SpaceX mission to deliver supplies to the International Space Station is scheduled for Feb. 15, with another launch slated for this month to deliver the EchoStar 23 communications satellite to orbit.
Billionaire Peter Thiel, Rocket Lab and Moon Express closer to mining …
Last year, Moon Express announced its plans to set up a mine on the moon to bring back precious resources, including metals and moon rocks. Backed by investors including controversial Trump backer billionaire – and New Zealand citizen – Peter Thiel, it hopes to launch its first craft from Cape Canaveral at the end of this year.
50 years after Apollo 1 tragedy, NASA looks back
Astronauts, from the left, Gus Grissom, Ed White II and Roger Chaffee stand near Cape Kennedy’s Launch Complex 34 during training for Apollo 1 in January 1967. They all died in a fire during a launch pad test.
U.S. human spaceflight’s return grows on ground
They will take the elevator 175 feet above the shoreline, then march 15 steps across the platform and another 13 down the grated gangplank to the double doors that open to a small white room. SpaceX built this hangar for its rockets that will launch from the nearby historic Launch Pad 39A that was once used for Apollo rockets and the space … There the astronauts will make their final preparations, adjust their spacesuits and check their equipment before stepping into the spacecraft.
Remembering Apollo 1, 50 Years Later
I want to draw everyone’s attention to a terrific comment from our fellow commenter DCSCA, who earlier today reminded us that we are observing the 50th anniversary of the tragic launchpad fire which killed the Apollo 1 crew: Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Here is DCSCA’s comment in full: That’s all you have to say to anybody familiar with America’s space program.
NASA displays Apollo 1 capsule hatch 50 years after fire killed three astronauts
A relic from America’s first space tragedy is finally going on display this week, 50 years after a fire on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo moon program. The scorched Apollo 1 capsule remains locked away in storage.
NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fire
A relic from America’s first space tragedy is finally going on display this week, 50 years after a fire on the launch pad killed three astronauts at the start of the Apollo moon program. The scorched Apollo 1 capsule remains locked away in storage.
NASA displays Apollo capsule hatch 50 years after fatal fire
During a launch pad test on Jan. 27, 19… . In this 1966 photo made available by NASA, technicians work on the Spacecraft 012 Command Module at Cape Kennedy, Fla., for the Apollo/Saturn 204 mission.
SpaceX announces cause of blast and next launch date
SpaceX has identified the cause of its September rocket explosion at Cape Canaveral and has set a return-to-flight date. SpaceX says a helium bottle in the rocket’s second stage buckled during fueling, causing extra pressure that made it burst.
SpaceX aims for Jan. 8 return to flight with Falcon rocket
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.: Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to resume flying rockets next week following an investigation into why one of them burst into flames on a launch pad four months ago, the company said on Monday. In a statement, SpaceX said it expected to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base on Jan. 8 to put 10 satellites into orbit for Iridium Communications Inc. SpaceX had suspended flights after the same model rocket went up in a blaze on Sept.
Before you cruise, embark on a fun-finding mission in your port city
When booking a sea cruise vacation, it may seem like a good idea to schedule your flight to the port of departure for the same morning your ship sets sail. A same-day flight might appear to save you time and money, but travel experts warn this could turn into an expensive mistake.
Israel’s Spacecom buys Boeing satellite for $161 million, to launch in 2019
Israeli satellite operator Space Communications said on Wednesday it would launch a new telecommunications satellite in 2019 after losing a prior one in an explosion. The new satellite, Amos-17, is aimed at expanding and strengthening Spacecom’s coverage of growing satellite service markets in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, it said.