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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon Endurance spacecraft atop, is vertical at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 1, 2022, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 launch. Liftoff is targeted for noon EDT on Wednesday, October 5. Credit: SpaceX NASA will provide live coverage…

Published October 5, 2022 at 1:13 PM CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX was due to launch the next long-duration crew of the International Space Station into orbit on Wednesday, with a Russian cosmonaut hitching a ride with two Americans and a Japanese astronaut as part of…

Home News Spaceflight The next commercial crew is about to head to space, and you can watch all the action live.  SpaceX will send four people to the International Space Station (ISS), including the first Native American woman in space and the first Russian cosmonaut to take a seat on…

Home News Spaceflight Update for Oct. 4: SpaceX stood down from an planned Oct. 3 launch of 52 Starlink satellites to allow more time for prelaunch checkouts, the company announced via Twitter (opens in new tab) on Monday evening. The mission will now launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base today…

From left to right: Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata, NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, NASA commander Nicole Mann, and Russian cosmonaut Anna Kikina arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 1 to prepare for launch to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky The next multinational crew scheduled to ride a SpaceX…

The Hubble Space Telescope might be getting a much needed boost after NASA and SpaceX inked an agreement to explore ways to lift the spacecraft higher into orbit. The 32-year-old orbital instrument has been steadily falling back to Earth since its last service mission in 2009. That’s why NASA and…

by Jeff Foust — September 30, 2022 As part of an unfunded Space Act Agreement, NASA and SpaceX will look at the potential of using a Dragon spacecraft to reboost or even service the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA KIHEI, Hawaii — NASA and SpaceX announced Sept. 29 they will…

NASA and SpaceX are studying whether it would be possible to use a Dragon spacecraft to boost the Hubble Space Telescope’s orbit, extending its lifetime by up to 20 years Space 29 September 2022 By Leah Crane The Hubble Space Telescope NASA Since the Hubble Space Telescope arrived in orbit…

A view from NOAA’s GOES-16 weather satellite of Hurricane Ian making landfall in Southwest Florida on Sept. 28. Credit: NOAA The forecast track of Hurricane Ian across Central Florida has forced SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to postpone several upcoming launches at Cape Canaveral, including the next crew flight to…

The primary drivers of SpaceX revenue is the rate that they can produce Starlink dishes and then sell the dishes and services to customers. They are at 150k per month now in late 2022 which is 1.8M per year but are increasing the speed of sales. September 25, 2022, Elon…