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by Jeff Foust — September 16, 2021 SpaceX says it's working closely with a number of government and commercial satellite operators to coordinate close approaches involving Starlink satellites with their spacecraft. Credit: SpaceX WAILEA, Hawaii — Two years after the close approach of a Starlink satellite with a European Space…

Last night at 8:02 PM EDT, the crew of Inspiration 4 — the first all-civilian spaceflight — blasted off from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Tucked inside a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which was lofted to orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, are four fortunate…

Home News CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX made history tonight as it launched a crew of private citizens on a jaunt around Earth. For an added bonus, the rocket landed on its drone ship, marking the company's 92nd booster recovery. The mission, called Inspiration4, blasted off from Pad 39A at…

Home News Spaceflight Inspiration4 lifted off successfully on Sept. 15, 2021. (Image credit: Inspiration4/John Kraus)Astronauts, celebrities and regular folks around the globe shared their excitement for SpaceX's successful launch of the private Inspiration4 spaceflight last night (Sept. 15). At 8:02 p.m. EDT last night (0002 GMT Sept. 16), SpaceX's Inspiration4…

SpaceX's Crew Dragon Resilience hurls sideways above the Earth as it approaches the International Space Station in 2020. NASA TV Space is just right there -- about 62 miles up, only a little farther away from you than San Jose is from San Francisco. Heck, you can get halfway to…

On Wednesday, SpaceX made history by sending the first all-civilian space crew into low-Earth orbit for its Inspiration4 mission. The crew are currently orbiting Earth at a distance of roughly 370 miles, at 22 times the speed of sound. The launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, was preceded by intense…

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One of the coolest things about the Crew Dragon capsule used for the Inspiration4 mission that put an all civilian crew in orbit happened due to being able to remove the docking connector from the nose of the capsule. Typically, in the nose of a Crew Dragon capsule is the…

Good morning and welcome to 10 Things in Tech. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. ​​Plus, download Insider's app for news on the go – click here for iOS and here for Android. Let's get started. 1. SpaceX launched its first all-civilian crew into orbit from NASA's…

A Falcon 9 rocket streaks into orbit Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center, kicking off the Inspiration4 mission. Credit: Michael Cain / Spaceflight Now / Coldlife Photography With the backing of a billionaire businessman, four private citizens blasted off Wednesday night from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a first-of-its-kind…