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A retired NASA astronaut and three space tourists are right now tucked inside a SpaceX Dragon capsule above Earth for the first-ever purely commercial mission to the International Space Station. Flames billowed from the sky as the four-person crew were carried into space by a Falcon 9 rocket lifting off…

Home News Human Spaceflights CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — SpaceX will launch a former NASA astronaut and three paying customers on a journey to the International Space Station. That mission, called Ax-1, lifts off today (April 8)! Today's launch, which comes a couple of days later than expected after a delay…

Home News Human Spaceflights The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will fly the Ax-1 mission to the International Space Station is seen on its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2022 (at left). At right is NASA's Artemis 1 moon mission, which is…

by Jason Rainbow — April 7, 2022 France’s Conseil d’État revoked Starlink's spectrum license in the country April 5, following an appeal from environmental groups. COLORADO SPRINGS —SpaceX has lost the right to provide Starlink broadband services in France after the country’s highest administrative court revoked its spectrum license.  France’s…

Ax-1 pilot Larry Connor, commander Mike Lopez-Alegria, Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe during a test with SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. Credit: SpaceX The launch of the first all-private crew to the International Space Station has been delayed to Friday, officials announced late…

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk now owns 9.2 percent of Twitter after purchasing $2.89 billion in stock, according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing spotted by CNBC. The purchase follows recent criticism by Musk over the social media site's free speech policies. "Given that Twitter serves…

Actress Megan Fox on Friday treated her fans with a couple of brand new pictures. The "Transformers" star flaunted her toned tummy in a cobalt blue crop top and miniskirt with thigh-high boots for her latest Instagram post.  " SpaceX flight attendant.only 8 months and 6 days left until you…

by Jeff Foust — April 1, 2022 A Falcon 9 lifts off April 1 on the Transporter-4 dedicated rideshare mission. Credit: Space Launch Delta 45 WASHINGTON — SpaceX launched the fourth in its series of dedicated rideshare missions April 1, placing one relatively large satellite and dozens of smallsats into…

Let's do launch — "Investors deserve the protections they receive from traditional IPOs." Eric Berger - Apr 1, 2022 11:00 am UTC Enlarge / The crew of NS-20 view the New Shepard spacecraft and rocket prior to launch. Welcome to Edition 4.37 of the Rocket Report! The big event this…

Home News Spaceflight Update for 9:45 am ET: Rocket Lab has successfully launched its Without Mission a Beat flight to deliver two new BlackSky Earth observation satellites into orbit. Read our full launch recap. Rocket Lab will launch two new Earth-observation satellites into orbit from New Zealand today and you…