By Ben Evans, on March 7th, 2020
CRS-20 launch and Falcon 9 landing for the 50th time. Credit: SpaceX
A twice-used Falcon 9 booster core lifted a three-times-flown Dragon cargo ship towards the International Space Station (ISS) earlier overnight to kick off SpaceX’s fifth mission of 2020. Liftoff of the veteran Falcon 9 core, tailnumbered “B1059”—which saw previous service to launch […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on March 6th, 2020
CRS-20 will feature the third Dragon capsule to record three missions to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: SpaceX/Twitter
A few months shy of a full decade since the first Dragon pathfinder roared into orbit, SpaceX will draw down the curtain Friday on the highly successful first round of its Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Jim Hillhouse, on September 17th, 2019
Integrated Lunar Lander at Shackleton Crater. Image: NASA
We are returning to the Moon by 2024, declared Vice-President Mike Pence in a March 26th announcement and the program, NASA Administrator Bridenstine announced on May 13th will be called Project Artemis.
But, unlike previous efforts to return to the Moon that required years of development […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on June 29th, 2018
A flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule loft the CRS-15 resupply mission into a morning twilight from Cape Canaveral, FL June 29, 2018. Photo: Alan Walters / AmericaSpace
Laden with approximately 5,900 pounds of payloads and supplies for the incumbent Expedition 56 crew of the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX’s CRS-15 […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on June 27th, 2018
This weekend will see the 15th visit of a Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: NASA
A major science instrument to monitor the temperatures and water requirements of plants and a new Latching End Effector (LEE) will be among 5,900 pounds of payloads and supplies heading uphill to […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on April 2nd, 2018
A reused Upgraded Falcon 9 first stage and a reused Dragon take flight at 4:30 p.m. EDT Monday, 2 April 2018. Photo Credit: John Kraus/AmericaSpace
Kicking off a planned month-long run of missions from the East and West Coasts, which could see as many as five Upgraded Falcon 9 boosters spear for the […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on March 13th, 2018
Veteran spacewalker Drew Feustel will serve as EV1 on the 29 March spacewalk outside the International Space Station (ISS). Photo Credit: NASA
Less than a week after their scheduled 23 March arrival at the International Space Station (ISS), Expedition 55/56 astronauts Drew Feustel (EV1) and Ricky Arnold (EV2) will participate in a 6.5-hour […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on December 15th, 2017
LIFTOFF of Falcon-9 with Dragon on the CRS-13 mission for NASA to the International Space Station. The mission marked the first launch off the newly rebuilt Space Launch Complex 40 since the AMOS-6 explosion over a year ago. Photo Credit: John Studwell / AmericaSpace
Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on December 11th, 2017
The CRS-6 Dragon spacecraft is robotically detached from the International Space Station (ISS) in May 2015. Friday’s CRS-13 mission will reuse the pressurized module of the CRS-6 Dragon. Photo Credit: Terry Virts/Twitter/NASA
SpaceX stands ready to launch its fourth Dragon cargo mission of 2017 to the International Space Station (ISS) at 10:35 a.m. […]
Like this:Like Loading...
By Ben Evans, on November 12th, 2017
The launch of Apollo 11 on 16 July 1969 was arguably Pad 39A’s finest hour. Photo Credit: NASA
In a strange twist of irony, Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida was not originally meant to be named “39A” at all. Having supported its first launch, 50 years ago, last […]
Like this:Like Loading...
|
|