It has been nine years since the US launched people into space. The well-known Atlantis space shuttle took off from launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was also from this launchpad that Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin (or Buzz Aldrin as he is better known) were launched into space in 1969
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Although Starship SN4 suffered a dramatic explosion during testing a week ago, SpaceX does not have any intentions of slowing Starship development with SN5 and SN6 in its final stages of development and parts of SN7 have also been spotted at the SpaceX Boca Chica facility. Progress on StarShip SN5 & SN6 are rapidly nearing
You read that right. The first missions to transport supplies for Mars will be in 2022. Elon Musk recently confirmed on twitter that he plans on launching the first ships to Mars by 2022. Yes — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 5, 2020 The cargo ships will hold supplies that will aid in creating the first
Five days before SpaceX became the first-ever private company to launch humans into orbit, George Floyd, a 45-year-old black man, was murdered at the hands of a white police officer who pressed his knee against the victim’s neck for about nine minutes. The name of the police officer is Derek Chauvin, who is now charged
Investor confidence in SpaceX is going strong, especially because of its ambitious (and now successful) efforts to launch humans into space in its Crew Dragon aircraft. As a result, it was able to obtain over half a billion dollars from investors for two of its pioneering programs: the Starship and Starlink. Ever since the creation
A decade of work with the Commercial Crew Program just culminated today. For the first time since the Space Shuttle retirement, American Astronauts lifted off from an American rocket from American soil. Today’s mission proved that a private company cannot only send humans to space but also that reusable rockets are viable. This is truly
The Virgin Group’s Virgin Orbit planned an orbital launch with its LauncherOne rocket, the very first expedition for this latest two-stage spacecraft. A Boeing 747, named Cosmic Girl, would have the rocket attached to its underside. Once in flight, it would then release the rocket and move out of orbit. However, this wasn’t how it
SpaceX seems to be ready for the launch of its iconic spacecraft, the Crew Dragon, on Wednesday. The only obstacle, however, seems to be the weather. The original plan was for Douglas Hurley (Crew Dragon commander) and Robert Behnken (joint operations commander) to head to the 39A launchpad at around 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time on
As nine years of work boils down to next Wednesday, May 27, space enthusiasts from all around the world start to prepare for the most important launch in the past decade. SpaceX will demonstrate their Crew Dragon capability by launching American astronauts, Douglas Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station as a partnership
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