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Watch a replay of our live coverage of the scrubbed countdown for the Feb. 27 launch attempt of SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission carrying NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, Warren “Woody” Hoburg, United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev on a flight to the International Space Station. Text updates…

Chinese defence boffins have suggested aggressive countermeasures against SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service. A paper in the February edition of Chinese journal Command and Control Simulation, titled "The impact of the 'Starlink' constellation on space situational awareness and countermeasures", was penned by researchers from the People's Liberation Army Space Engineering…

EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Feb. 27 with delay of Starlink launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. SpaceX’s first batch of second-generation Starlink internet satellites, which the company calls “V2 Mini,” is ready for launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral. Another batch of previous-generation Starlink satellites is visible…

Home News Spaceflight (Image credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky) SpaceX will launch the Crew-6 mission for NASA at 1:45 a.m. EST (0645 GMT) on Monday, Feb. 27 from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.  The mission will be SpaceX's ninth overall crewed flight and the fourth for Crew Dragon…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is to blast off early Monday for the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. The SpaceX Dragon…

Researchers say China plans to build a huge satellite network in near-Earth orbit to provide internet services to users around the world – and to stifle Elon Musk’s Starlink. The project has the code name “GW”, according to a team led by associate professor Xu Can with the People’s Liberation…

Ready to take off.Image: Handout (Getty Images) NASA’s next four-person mission to the International Space Station (ISS) is now due for take off on Monday (Feb. 27). The launch of Crew-6, comprising NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Warren “Woody” Hoburg, along with UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi and Roscosmos cosmonaut…

Live coverage of preparations for the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-6 mission carrying NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Woody Hoburg, Emirati astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev on a flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live Read More

ORLANDO — As SpaceX prepares to attempt Starship’s first orbital flight, the company is contemplating military applications for the super-heavy launch vehicle. Starship holds the potential to become a mobility platform for the U.S. military, said Gary Henry, senior advisor for national security space solutions at SpaceX. Speaking Feb. 21…

Home News Spaceflight The SpaceX Dragon capsule Endeavour, which will fly the Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station, is seen here at Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX posted this photo on Twitter on Feb. 19, 2023. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) We'll have to…