5+ hour, 21+ min ago  (451+ words) The expansion of Space X's Starlink network of internet relay satellites will continue Monday with a Memorial Day launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Starlink 10-47 mission will add another 29 Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites to the low Earth orbit…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (1087+ words) Space X launched a revamped Super Heavy-Starship rocket Friday on an "epic" flight to test more powerful engines, enhanced control systems and a host of other upgrades needed to streamline operations and improve safety and reliability. One of the Super…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (400+ words) Space X is set to launch the third generation of its Starship rocket as soon as Thursday, May 21, from its company town in southern Texas, called Starbase. The 407-foot-tall (124 m) two-stage rocket will fly on a suborbital mission dubbed Flight 12. The…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (368+ words) Space X is preparing to launch a batch Starlink V2 Mini Optimized satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station early Thursday morning. The Starlink 10-31 mission will add another 29 broadband internet satellites to the low Earth orbit constellation…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (436+ words) Space X is counting down Friday for another attempt to launch a Cargo Dragon ship loaded with 6, 500 pounds of science and supplies for the International Space Station after two delays earlier in the week due to bad weather. Liftoff of…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (840+ words) United Launch Alliance oversaw the completion of a critical milestone in mid-April on the road to resuming flights with its Vulcan rockets. On April 15, the company said Northrop Grumman performed a successful static fire test of a Graphite Epoxy Motor…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (824+ words) Space X is now targeting no earlier than Tuesday, May 19, for the long awaited debut of the third major iteration of its Starship-Super Heavy rocket. The announcement came the day after it completed an integrated tanking test on Monday. The…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1078+ words) Space X is getting ready to launch a Cargo Dragon loaded with 6, 500 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday evening, weather permitting. Liftoff of the CRS-34 mission, atop a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (644+ words) The National Reconnaissance Office is set to fly its 13th mission supporting an intelligence-gathering constellation it calls the "proliferated architecture." As with the first dozen missions, this batch of satellites (of an undisclosed quantity) will fly to orbit on a Space…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (527+ words) A mission to prevent a $500 million NASA space observatory from meeting a fiery demise just passed a notable prelaunch testing milestone. The Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a spacecraft launched in 2004, is at risk of falling back through the atmosphere and…...