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by Jason Rainbow — August 22, 2022 SpaceX's Starship Ship 20 vehicle fires a Raptor engine during an Oct. 21, 2021, static-fire test. Credit: SpaceX TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX has decided to use a mix of Falcon 9 and Starship rockets to launch the 30,000 satellites in its proposed second-generation…

An uncrewed SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft has splashed down off the Florida coast, returning from the International Space Station (ISS) with a variety of scientific experiments on board. The craft splashed down in the ocean near Cape Canaveral at 2:53 p.m. ET on Saturday, August 20, ending the 25th cargo…

SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station on Friday. Credit: NASA SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon spacecraft splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of Cape Canaveral Saturday, wrapping up a 37-day flight to the International Space Station and returning home with experiments and a leaky spacesuit for troubleshooting. The…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's 25th Dragon cargo ship returned to Earth with a splashdown near Florida on Aug. 20, 2022. Here, the uncrewed capsule is seen as it delivered supplies to the International Space Station on July 16, 2022. (Image credit: NASA TV) A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship returned to…

If you’ve ever watched the 2000s teenage-heartthrob movie Twilight, you know there is an iconic thunderstorm baseball game scene between the Cullen Family and other vampires alongside the mere mortal Bella Swan. Now, imagine that scene taking place on a sandy beach near the ocean with a bunch of engineer…

By NASA August 20, 2022 The SpaceX Dragon cargo craft backs away from the space station moments after undocking from the Harmony module’s forward port during an orbital sunrise. Credit: NASA TV At 11:00 a.m. EDT (8:00 a.m. PDT) on Friday, August 19, flight controllers on the ground sent commands…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX launched another big batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 19) and also aced a rocket landing at sea. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying 53 Starlink spacecraft lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida today at, appropriately enough, 3:21…

by Jason Rainbow — August 18, 2022 Starship launch vehicle stacked in Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: SpaceX TAMPA, Fla. — Sky Perfect JSAT said Aug. 18 it has picked SpaceX’s Starship rocket to launch its Superbird-9 satellite in 2024. The Japanese satellite operator said it signed a contract for a…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Starship SN24 prototype test-fires two Raptor engines at sunset in Boca Chica, Texas on Aug. 9, 2022. (Image credit: SpaceX via Elon Musk/Twitter) Another customer has signed up to use SpaceX's giant Starship rocket. Sky Perfect JSat has chosen Starship to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite…

Home News Spaceflight Updated at 9:30 am ET. A SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule will leave the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday morning (Aug. 19), and you can watch it live. The robotic Dragon is scheduled to depart the orbiting lab Friday around 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT). Watch the…