01 February 2019
First private spacecraft gearing up for Moon landing
....” Israels’ first Moon lander has already made its way to Florida where it will launch from the Cape Canaveral site in mid-February. After blast off, the spacecraft will orbit Earth three times before entering...
24 May 2019
SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its Starlink mega-constellation
... within the nose cone of a Falcon 9 rocket that had blasted off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 22:30 local time (02:30 GMT, Friday). An hour later, the now thrice-used rocket began...
26 June 2019
LightSail 2 gets ready to make its debut in space
Yesterday, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched NASA’s STP-2 mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying with it a whole raft of technology demonstrations that will one day aid in smarter spacecraft design ...
25 September 2019
Spacebit announces agreement to land first UK commercial payload on Moon
... mission, Spacebit will utilise Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander, which will be launched on a Vulcan Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The launch will carry the first lunar lander from American soil...
06 December 2019
Parker Solar Probe reveals major new insights on the Sun
... first time. With a wingspan of 18 metres and 10 instruments on board, Solar Orbiter is due to launch in February 2020 from Cape Canaveral.
13 December 2019
Starliner spacecraft could fly as early as next week
... place, will blast off on top of a 52.4-metre (172-foot-tall) United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station seven days from now, if all goes according to plan. "I am happy to announce we are go for...
