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EDITOR’S NOTE: The launch of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission was delayed to Nov. 10. NASA astronaut Tom Marshburn, a medical doctor and veteran of launches on the space shuttle and Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft, joins three rookie space fliers on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon “Endurance” poised for liftoff on mission to the International Space…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Crew Dragon Endeavour (bottom center) and a visiting uncrewed Cargo Dragon supply ship (foreground), are seen docked at the International Space Station's Harmony module in September 2021. (Image credit: NASA) The next astronauts to return to Earth on a SpaceX Dragon won't be able use a…

1/5 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket awaits the Crew 3 astronaut launch planned early Sunday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo courtesy of SpaceX | License Photo ORLANDO, Fla., Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Astronauts headed to the International Space Station from Florida early Sunday aim to spend six months…

Enlarge / A Starlink satellite dish. The Federal Communications Commission this week urged a court to back the FCC's approval of SpaceX Starlink satellite launches against a lawsuit filed by Viasat and Dish. With oral arguments scheduled for December 3, final briefs were filed on Tuesday by the FCC, Viasat,…

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center early Thursday, checking off another box on the pre-flight checklist before liftoff Sunday with a four-person crew heading for the International Space Station. But a weather forecast shows a high risk that winds or waves int the Atlantic Ocean…

SpaceX will launch another crew to the International Space Station this weekend, marking the fourth astronaut mission for the commercial spaceflight company. SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission comprises NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, plus Matthias Maurer from the European Space Agency. This week NASA released a short video…

Update, November 5: Following several delays, NASA is now aiming to launch the Crew-3 astronauts at 9:03 p.m. ET (6:03 p.m. PT) on Wednesday, November 10. Full details below. SpaceX is getting ready to send four more astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS), and we have all the information…

Home News Spaceflight The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-3 mission for NASA strike a pose in their launch suits ahead of their Oct. 31, 2021 launch. They are: (from left) ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, pilot; Raja Chari, commander; and Kayla Barron, mission specialist. (Image…

New details have been revealed about the toilet on board SpaceX’s Inspiration4 craft which broke while the first all-civilian crew were in orbit. Last month it was revealed that the malfunctioning lavatory caused an alarm midway through the journey but SpaceX and Jacob Isaacman, the billionaire lead of the mission,…

MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer Oct. 26, 2021Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 5:39 p.m. 1of9Crew 3 astronauts, from left, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, of Germany, NASA astronauts Tom Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron speak to the media after arriving at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Oct.…