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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.…

Home News Spaceflight The brand-new Crew Dragon capsule Endurance at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, ahead of the planned Crew-3 launch to the International Space Station on Oct. 31, 2021. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX's newest Crew Dragon capsule will test out some tweaked toilet tech when it lifts off for the…

Home News Spaceflight Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin speaks virtually at the 71st International Astronautical Congress on Oct. 12, 2020. (Image credit: International Astronautical Federation/YouTube ) Russian cosmonauts will be allowed to fly to the International Space Station on SpaceX's Crew Dragon space capsule in the future as the technology has…

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by Jeff Foust — October 26, 2021 Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin (left) speaks at a press conference Oct. 25 along with NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (right) and an interpreter. Credit: SpaceNews/Jeff Foust DUBAI, U.A.E. — The head of Roscosmos says he is now satisfied that SpaceX’s Crew Dragon…

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance spacecraft moved over the weekend to the hangar near pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, where ground teams will mate it to a Falcon 9 rocket for liftoff Oct. 31. Credit: SpaceX NASA managers at Kennedy Space Center gave the go-ahead Monday to continue preparations…

SpaceX has posted a dramatic video of the first firing of its Raptor vacuum engine integrated onto a Starship prototype. Starship is a reusable launch system being developed by Elon Musk's company to carry people and cargo to the moon, Mars, and beyond. The firing test of the Raptor vacuum…

by Jeff Foust — October 22, 2021 SpaceX's Starship Ship 20 vehicle fires a Raptor engine during an Oct. 21 static-fire test. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — SpaceX performed a static-fire test of a Starship vehicle Oct. 21 as debate continues about an environmental assessment of the company’s proposed launch operations…