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A satellite that will allow British scientists to measure sea levels has been launched into space on a SpaceX rocket.Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich was successfully sent into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad in California. Sentinel-6, which is the size of a small 4x4 car,…

Home News Spaceflight CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX is gearing up for a potential launch double header this weekend. The California-based spaceflight company will attempt to launch two rockets from two different coasts in a little over 24-hours. On Saturday (Nov. 21), the private spaceflight company will launch an Earth-observing satellite…

SpaceX is set to launch a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Saturday morning, with a target liftoff time of 9:17 AM PST (12:17 PM EST). This is the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Mission, which carries a satellite of the same name developed by the European Space…

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The Falcon 9 booster from the Crew-1 launch returned to Port Canaveral on Thursday aboard SpaceX’s drone ship “Just Read the Instructions.” Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight NowThe Falcon 9 booster that launched four astronauts toward orbit last weekend arrived back on Florida’s Space Coast Thursday aboard a SpaceX drone…

Brian Wang | November 20, 2020 | Elon Musk tweeted that SpaceX developed and uses LIDAR for Dragon docking with the Space Station. Elon and Tesla do not use LIDAR for for self-driving. Elon commented that if you are going to do active photon generation then use an occlusion penetrating…

These images show the liftoff of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft on top of a 215-foot-tall (65-meter) Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying four astronauts on an expedition to the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from pad 39A…

An Electron's booster, or first stage, that Rocket Lab intends to recover in the Pacific Ocean after flying its "Return to Sender" mission. Rocket Lab via Twitter Rocket Lab, founded in 2006 by Peter Beck, caught its first Electron rocket booster on Thursday night (Friday afternoon in New Zealand). The…

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Skip to main content HomeCoronavirus Updates2020 Election ResultsElectionsNationWorldPoliticsFactcheckEducationInvestigationsHealthWeatherRace in AmericaImpeachmentJust the FAQsTracking 2020Register to VoteVoter GuideSpaceX crew astronauts had their first press conference from orbit on Thursday. They described Sunday night’s launch and their first impressions of the space station, their home until spring. (Nov. 19)APRead More