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The first private company scheduled to make a delivery of scientific cargo on behalf of NASA has specified a landing site and a target date for its mission. Intuitive Machines will seek to land its Nova-C lunar lander at a site called the Vallis Schröteri, which is the largest valley…

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at a bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues event in September 2019. Credit: NASA/Aubrey GemignaniNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine says he is “fairly confident” that astronauts can fly to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship at the end of May or early June,…

Technical questions — "I have decided to eliminate Boeing from further award consideration." Eric Berger - Apr 10, 2020 3:11 pm UTC Enlarge / The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is seen after it landed in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. NASA/Bill IngallsMuch has been made of Boeing's…

Dracarys! — On Tuesday, the first version of Dragon completed its 20th and final mission. Eric Berger - Apr 7, 2020 10:05 pm UTC Cargo Dragon is shown on Tuesday, about to be released by the International Space Station's robotic arm. This Dragon began its third flight on March 7,…

by Sandra Erwin — April 7, 2020 A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Credit: SpaceX The launch was scheduled for late April and is now projected for no earlier than June 30 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems…

SpaceX’s original Cargo Dragon spacecraft has officially departed the International Space Station for the last time after completing its 20th orbital resupply mission for NASA. Wrapping up nearly a decade of launches, this will be SpaceX’s last space station resupply mission until its upgraded Cargo Dragon 2 spacecraft – based…

Photo: Brendan Smialowski (Getty Images)Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he’d be sending desperately needed “FDA-approved ventilators” to hard-hit hospitals across the nation dealing with the coronavirus crisis—but they haven’t been the high-grade kind needed to keep intensive care patients alive. Instead, those sent off so far appear to…

SpaceX Bans Zoom Over Privacy Concerns (reuters.com) Posted by msmash on Thursday April 02, 2020 @11:24AM from the gift-that-keeps-giving dept. Elon Musk's rocket company SpaceX has banned its employees from using video conferencing app Zoom, citing "significant privacy and security concerns," according to a memo seen by Reuters, days after…

This Falcon 9 launch in November carried 60 Starlink satellites. SpaceX Anyone interested in competing with Elon Musk in his bid for satellite broadband domination may be able to get started by buying up his primary competitor's business at a fire-sale price. After launching just 74 satellites for a constellation…

Nice pug you've got there — The new document does not include pricing information for Starship, alas. Eric Berger - Mar 31, 2020 12:31 pm UTC Enlarge / Starship comes in two flavors, crewed (top) and cargo (bottom).SpaceXSpaceX has released the first edition of a Payload User's Guide for its…