A billionaire will command SpaceX’s first all-civilian launch this year, but the mission includes a twist: the public can enter to fly in Crew Dragon.
Author: Emre Kelly, Florida Today
NASA test fires engines on moon rocket but shuts it down early
NASA’s SLS rocket made for taking astronauts back to the moon fired its main engines Saturday afternoon, but the test in Mississippi was cut short.
‘Mars, here we come!!’: SpaceX’s Starship prototype performs never-before-seen ‘belly flop’ during Texas test launch
The company’s next-generation Starship vehicle is ultimately being designed to fulfill SpaceX CEO Elon Musk’s vision of putting humans on Mars.
SpaceX launches 100th Falcon 9 mission with fleet-leading rocket from Florida
The most experienced Falcon 9 rocket in SpaceX’s fleet launched from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, delivering 60 Starlink internet satellites to orbit.
NASA astronauts splash down near Florida in a SpaceX Crew Dragon
After a roughly two-month stay on the ISS, NASA astronauts Behnken and Hurley made a safe splashdown Sunday in their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.
Using a giant balloon, startup wants to ‘launch’ space tourists from Kennedy Space Center
Space Perspective said it wants to fly Spaceship Neptune, a 650-foot vehicle that includes a balloon and tethered capsule, for flights with tourists.
SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying NASA astronauts docks with ISS
Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley docked with the International Space Station on Sunday, a milestone in SpaceX’s first mission to fly humans.
SpaceX rocket explodes after liftoff as planned; Crew Dragon capsule escapes fireball
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center on Sunday, ultimately sacrificing itself to a test.
On a beautiful Veterans Day, SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral
On Veterans Day, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 60 Starlink communications satellites destined for low-Earth orbit.
NASA moves up first all-female spacewalk to fix space station power issue
NASA has decided to move up the first all-female spacewalk to this week to tackle a power issue on the International Space Station.