SpaceX will fly space tourists on Crew Dragon for Space Adventures

SpaceX just inked its first deal to launch space tourists into orbit on a Crew Dragon. The private spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk has signed an agreement with the U.S. space tourism company Space Adventures to launch up to four passengers on an orbital trip aboard a Crew Dragon space capsule. The mission […]

Hackers could shut down satellites — or turn them into weapons

Last month, SpaceX became the operator of the world’s largest active satellite constellation. As of the end of January, the company had 242 satellites orbiting the planet with plans to launch 42,000 over the next decade. This is part of its ambitious project to provide internet access across the globe. The race to put satellites […]

NASA Awards Contract to Launch CubeSat to Moon from Virginia

NASA has selected Rocket Lab of Huntington Beach, California, to provide launch services for the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment (CAPSTONE) CubeSat. Rocket Lab, a commercial launch provider licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration, will launch the 55-pound CubeSat aboard an Electron rocket from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. After […]

SPX Starlink Launch rescheduled for Monday

NEW LAUNCH TIME: MONDAY, 02/17 at 10:10a EST Starlink-4 (a.k.a. Starlink v1.0 Flight 4, Starlink Mission 5, etc.) will launch the fourth batch of Starlink version 1 satellites into orbit aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. It will be the fifth Starlink mission overall. This launch is expected to be similar to the previous Starlink launch […]

Cygnus Launch successful, on its way to ISS

Cygnus CRS NG 13 Launch Is A Go (So Far) At 3:43p EST

This is the 14th planned flight of the Orbital ATK’s uncrewed resupply spacecraft Cygnus and its 13th flight to the International Space Station under the Commercial Resupply Services contract with NASA. This ship is named after Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. who was the first African- American astronaut in June 1967.

Antares Launch Now Set For Saturday 15th at Wallops

Mission: NG CRS-13Vehicle: AntaresTime 3:21 p.m. EST UPDATE The launch of Northrop Grumman’s Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport’s pad 0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility has been re-re-rescheduled for 3:21pm. EST, Saturday , Feb. 15th. —-Previous—-Northrop Grumman and NASA have set the next launch attempt for Feb. 14 to take advantage of an […]

NASA says SpaceX will be first to launch astronauts from American soil since 2011

SpaceX will be the first company to launch American astronauts into space from American soil since 2011, NASA confirmed Friday. In a tweet from the NASA Commercial Crew account, NASA said publicly for the first time that SpaceX is the company that will launch astronauts. Welcome to Florida, #CrewDragon! 🐉 This @SpaceX spacecraft will launch the first crew […]

Former NASA spaceflight chief now consulting with SpaceX

By William Harwood Bill Gerstenmaier, former director of spaceflight at NASA Headquarters and a widely respected aerospace engineer and manager, has taken a consulting position at SpaceX, the California rocket company NASA helped save in 2008 with the award of a $1.6 billion contract to build and launch space station cargo ships. Former NASA Administrator […]

Florida launch base to be renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

By Stephen Clark The military-run spaceport at Cape Canaveral will soon be renamed Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to reflect the facility’s transition from the U.S. Air Force to the newly-created Space Force, military officials said Friday. Officials said Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, home operational launch pads leased by United Launch Alliance and SpaceX, […]