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Jeff Bezos Completes Space Flight with Blue Origin

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos successfully flew Tuesday to the edge of space in the first crewed mission from his rocket company Blue Origin. Blue Origin is expected to be a serious competitor for Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX. “What we’re doing is the first step of something big, and I know what that feels like,… Continue reading Jeff Bezos Completes Space Flight with Blue Origin

SpaceX Shows Off New Drone Ship

SpaceX has a new drone ship in its fleet. Chief Executive Elon Musk shared a video last week of the new rocket landing pad dubbed “A Shortfall of Gravitas.” SpaceX has two other drone ships – Just Read The Instructions and Of Course I Still Love You. The semi-autonomous, floating landing pads have so far… Continue reading SpaceX Shows Off New Drone Ship

SpaceX Transporter-2 Mission Delivers 88 Satellites

SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission conducted a successful launch and land Wednesday. After being delayed for six days, a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 88 satellites launched from Cape Canaveral at 3:31 pm ET. The mission was SpaceX’s second dedicated smallsat rideshare mission for customers including NASA and the Pentagon’s Space Development Agency to communications companies. The Falcon 9 booster… Continue reading SpaceX Transporter-2 Mission Delivers 88 Satellites

SpaceX Sends Military GPS Into Orbit

SpaceX sent a Global Positioning System satellite into orbit for the U.S. Space Force today. A Falcon 9 rocket launched from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The GPS III-SV05 deployed was built by Lockheed Martin. The mission was SpaceX’s second of the month and 19th of the year. The first stage… Continue reading SpaceX Sends Military GPS Into Orbit

SpaceX Sends 20,000 Sea Creatures to ISS

SpaceX’s CRS-22 Cargo Dragon mission was successful Thursday. The capsule is expected to dock at the International Space Station early Saturday morning. The mission marked SpaceX’s fourth Dragon spacecraft launch in six months, which included the transport of both crew and cargo to ISS. Thursday’s cargo included some interesting items. In addition to 7,200 pounds of food… Continue reading SpaceX Sends 20,000 Sea Creatures to ISS

Starlink Mission Marks 100th Successful Flight in a Row for Falcon 9

SpaceX sent another 60 Starlink satellites into orbit Wednesday, adding to a total of 1,737 that make up the company’s constellation built to deliver internet service. SpaceX is currently delivering an early version of the service to a limited number of customers in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, New Zealand, France, Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. SpaceX… Continue reading Starlink Mission Marks 100th Successful Flight in a Row for Falcon 9

Falcon 9 Launches for Record 10th Flight

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set a record Sunday, launching and landing for the 10th time. The rocket took off early Sunday from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to deliver a load of 60 Starlink satellites into orbit. SpaceX has launched 14 rockets this year that have flown multiple missions.… Continue reading Falcon 9 Launches for Record 10th Flight

Musk Plays Doctor, Cowboy, and Crypto Expert on SNL

Tesla and SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk made his Saturday Night Live debut, showing his comedic acting chops in several sketches. Musk played a doctor in a sketch about spoofing Gen Z slang in a medical soap opera setting. In a scene about an Icelandic influencer’s television show, Musk played a producer who professes his… Continue reading Musk Plays Doctor, Cowboy, and Crypto Expert on SNL

SpaceX Successfully Lands Starship SN15 Prototype

SpaceX stuck the landing Wednesday on a test of its Starship prototype. The Starship prototype – SN15 – soared to 10 kilometers (about 33,000 feet) into the sky, then had a successful landing at the company’s facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX has conducted seven tests in the past six months. All of those rockets… Continue reading SpaceX Successfully Lands Starship SN15 Prototype

SpaceX Crew Dragon Completes Safe Splashdown

NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, Mike Hopkins, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right are seen inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship shortly after having landed in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, Sunday, May 2, 2021. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission was the first crew rotation flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

Astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule made a safe parachute landing early Sunday morning in the Gulf of Mexico. NASA’s Crew-1 mission consisted of Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japan’s Soichi Noguchi. It was the first operational crewed flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The astronauts spent about six months at the International… Continue reading SpaceX Crew Dragon Completes Safe Splashdown