By Mike Killian, on August 29th, 2020
Falcon 9 launch off SLC-40. Photo: Jeff Seibert / AmericaSpace
United Launch Alliance scrubbed their latest launch attempt with NROL-44 for a second time overnight, and will now stand down for the next week, giving SpaceX the eastern range to launch their next batch of Starlinks from Kennedy Space Center LC-39A at 10:12 a.m. […]
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By Ben Evans, on May 20th, 2020
From left, Demo-2 crew members Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on May 20, 2020, at the Launch and Landing Facility runway following their arrival to the Florida spaceport. With Demo-2 they will become the first U.S. astronauts to launch aboard a U.S. spacecraft, atop a U.S. rocket, and from U.S. soil, since the end […]
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By Mike Killian, on April 9th, 2019
A year since its spectacular maiden voyage, SpaceX plans as many as two Falcon Heavy launches in 2019. Photo Credit: Mike Killian / AmericaSpace
Upwards of 100,000+ people are expected to descend upon Florida’s Space Coast on Wednesday, all in anticipation of witnessing the second launch of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy, which will fly […]
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By Mike Killian, on February 20th, 2019
Image Credit: NASA
It has been nearly a month since SpaceX conducted a Static Test Fire of the Falcon 9 rocket which will launch the first Crew Dragon, and today NASA provided some more details about the upcoming launch, Demo-1, which will send the spacecraft on an uncrewed orbital shakedown & validation flight test […]
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By Ben Evans, on February 10th, 2019
The penultimate flight of NASA’s space shuttle Endeavour on mission STS-130, launched at 4:14 a.m. EDT on February 8, 2010. Endeavour carried out ISS assembly flight 20A, bringing with it the Tranquility module and the Cupola, which is a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing a 360-degree […]
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By Mike Killian, on January 25th, 2019
SpaceX Falcon 9 test fire for Crew Dragon debut on ‘Demo-1’, currently targeting NET late February 2019 launch from KSC pad 39A in Florida. Photo: SpaceX
SpaceX conducted a long-awaited Static Test Fire yesterday (Jan 24) of the Falcon 9 rocket which will soon launch their first Crew Dragon from Florida, marking the first […]
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By Mike Killian, on December 7th, 2018
NASA and SpaceX have agreed to move the target launch date of the uncrewed Crew Dragon Demo-1 flight test to the International Space Station, to January 17, 2018. Image: NASA
NASA and SpaceX today pushed back the launch date for the debut orbital flight test of Crew Dragon to the International Space Station […]
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By Mike Killian, on October 31st, 2017
Liftoff of Koreasat 5A. Credit: Jeff Seibert / AmericaSpace
Yesterday (Oct 30, 2017) SpaceX launched their third mission just this month, followed shortly after by their third landing in the same timeframe. Their pace in 2017 has now tied them with ULA’s all-time record for most launches in a year, and very soon […]
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By Mike Killian, on October 13th, 2017
The launch of SES-11 / Echotar 105 from KSC pad 39A. Credit: Jeff Seibert / AmericaSpace
One thing about AmericaSpace, which isn’t true of most other space news outlets, we actually have photojournalists staffed to produce our own imagery, and yesterday was no different, as SpaceX pulled off another successful launch, and landing […]
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By Mike Killian, on September 14th, 2017
Launch Complex 39 surrounding areas are seen during an aerial survey of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on September 12, 2017. The survey was performed to identify structures and facilities that may have sustained damage from Hurricane Irma as the storm passed Kennedy on September 10, 2017. NASA closed the center ahead […]
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