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European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer and NASA astronauts Thomas Marshburn, Raja Chari, and Kayla Barron pose for a photo during training at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Credit: SpaceX The astronauts who will ride SpaceX’s newest Dragon spaceship into orbit later this month said Thursday they named their spacecraft…

Home News Skywatching SpaceX's Dragon capsule streaks across the evening sky on Sept. 30, 2021, as it returned to Earth from a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. (Image credit: SpaceX) Late Thursday night (Sept. 30) in the southeastern United States, anybody looking up could have glimpsed a…

A view of the International Space Station captured Sept. 28 by a cosmonaut on the Soyuz MS-18 spacecraft. Credit: Roscosmos Photos taken by a Russian cosmonaut Tuesday from a Soyuz spacecraft show new exterior views of the International Space Station, with two SpaceX Dragon spaceships, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus supply…

Home News Spaceflight SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to Earth Thursday night (Sept. 30), packed full of science experiments after one month at the International Space Station. The capsule, carrying 4,600 pounds (2,900 kilograms) of science experiments and other gear, undocked at 9:12 a.m. EDT (1312 GMT) on Thursday, while…

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The Inspiration4 crew (from left) Chris Sembroski, Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman, and Hayley Arceneaux in the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, September 15, 2021. (INSPIRATION 4/Handout via Reuters) It’s SpaceX vs. Boeing, and so far, the private sector is outpacing the government-backed aerospace behemoth. It is the best of times for…

Topline Billionaire Elon Musk and musician Grimes are “semi-separated” after ending their three-year relationship, the SpaceX head told Page Six.  Elon Musk and Grimes attend the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion & The Catholic Imagination Costume ... Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2018. Getty Images for Huffington Post…

Home References Spaceflight Billionaire Jared Isaacman's privately chartered spaceflight launched on Sept. 15, 2021, becoming the first crewed orbital mission with no professional astronauts on board. The flight, dubbed "Inspiration4," was named to commemorate the four-person crew and their associated "pillars" of support for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in…

by Jason Rainbow — September 23, 2021 Astranis is slated to launch as a secondary payload on the next commercial Falcon Heavy mission. Credit: SpaceX TAMPA, Fla. — Astranis said Sept. 23 that SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket will launch its first commercial satellite in a direct-inject mission to geostationary orbit…

by Jeff Foust — September 22, 2021 Blue Origin argues that the failure of SpaceX to include flight readiness reviews for every Starship element launch rendered its proposal deficient and thus "unawardable." Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — Blue Origin is seeking to overturn NASA’s award of a lunar lander contract to…