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SpaceX victory at FCC — Rival satellite companies opposed change that cuts altitude in half, to 540 km. Jon Brodkin - Apr 27, 2021 8:05 pm UTC Enlarge / A SpaceX Starlink user terminal/satellite dish. SpaceX today was granted permission to use a lower orbit for Starlink satellites, as regulators…

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. EDT Saturday, May 1, in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida.Read More

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft during a port relocation maneuver outside the International Space Station on April 5. Credit: NASA High winds predicted off the coast of Florida this week will keep SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft and its four-person crew in orbit until Saturday, three days after their previously…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX's four astronauts had barely settled into orbit last Friday when they were ordered back into their spacesuits because of a potential collision with orbiting junk. It turns out there was no object and no threat, the U.S. Space Command acknowledged Monday. The false alarm…

From left, NASA's Shannon Walker, Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins, and Japan's Soichi Noguchi hold a news conference aboard the International Space Station on Monday, April 26, 2021. They are winding up a six-month mission, after their replacements arrived Saturday on their own SpaceX capsule. (NASA via AP) The astronauts…

This Friday, April 30, a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft will depart from the International Space Station (ISS) carrying four astronauts on their journey home to Earth. This will mark the completion of Crew-1, the first crewed mission for the Crew Dragon, and NASA will be airing the departure from the…

1of26In this image made from NASA TV, the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, left, approaches to the international space station, Saturday, April 24, 2021. The recycled SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts has arrived at the International Space Station, a day after launching from Florida. (NASA via AP)APShow MoreShow Less 2of26This image…

The International Space Station's population swelled to 11 on Saturday with the jubilant arrival of SpaceX's third crew capsule in less than a year. It's the biggest crowd up there in more than a decade. All of the astronauts — representing the U.S., Russia, Japan and France — managed to…

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency's SpaceX Crew-1 mission with NASA astronauts  Michael Hopkins,  Victor Glover, and  Shannon Walker, and  Soichi Noguchi of the... WASHINGTON, April 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will provide live coverage of the upcoming return activities for the agency's…

Home News Spaceflight An illustration of SpaceX's Starship on the moon. In April 2021, NASA announced that SpaceX won the contract to build the lunar lander for its Artemis program. (Image credit: SpaceX) Elon Musk doesn't think NASA's 2024 moon-landing goal is out of reach. The space agency is working…