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A SpaceX Cargo Dragon capsule undocks from the International Space Station on Jan. 23 with more than 4,900 pounds of hardware and scientific experiments. Credit: NASA A SpaceX cargo ship splashed down under parachutes in the Gulf of Mexico this week, returning from the International Space Station after a 34-day…

By NASA January 24, 2022 A SpaceX Cargo Dragon resupply ship departs the space station during a previous mission in July 2021. Credit: NASA SpaceX’s upgraded Dragon cargo spacecraft splashed down at 4:05 p.m. EST off the Florida coast, marking the return of the company’s 24th contracted cargo resupply mission…

Home News Spaceflight A SpaceX Dragon CRS-23 cargo ship is retrieved from the ocean off the Florida coast on Sept. 30, 2021. A similar Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship splashed in the Gulf of Mexico near Panama City, Florida on Jan. 24, 2022 to end its mission. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX's…

Home News Spaceflight The SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship is seen as it backed away from the International Space Station after undocking from the orbiting laboratory on Jan. 23, 2022 to begin the trip back to Earth. (Image credit: NASA TV) A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship is headed back to…

SpaceX a $102 million five-year US Air Force contract to demonstrate delivering cargo anywhere on earth (point to point) in an hour. The under one hour delivery is not specified in the contract but using the the SpaceX Starship would enable delivery of up to 220 tons in under one…

Home News Spaceflight The SpaceX Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship will undock from the International Space Station's space-facing docking port on the Harmony module on Jan. 22, 2021. (Image credit: NASA) Update for 11 am ET: SpaceX's Dragon CRS-24 cargo ship has successfully undocked itself from the International Space Station's Harmony…

Elon Musk has shared SpaceX simulations of the catching of the SpaceX Starship and booster. Being able to make the Mechazilla SpaceX catch system will enable SpaceX to a launch, land and relaunch three times a day. A normal landing, maintenance, craning the booster and starship onto crawlers and moving…

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Artist’s concept of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer. Credit: NASA A NASA astronomy satellite that launched Dec. 9 from Kennedy Space Center on a SpaceX rocket has started observing the X-ray universe, beginning a mission to study the nature of black holes and the super-dense skeletons left behind by exploded…

A prime ground-based observatory that scans the sky for exploding stars and dangerous near-Earth asteroids is struggling with disruptive light streaks from SpaceX's Starlink internet satellite constellation, a new study revealed.  The observatory, called the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), opened its telescope eye in California in 2017. Scanning the entire sky every…