04 June 2020
Mega constellations and their impact on astronomy
... 16 carbon atoms per molecule. The amount of kerosene in three Falcon 9 rockets is roughly 400 tonnes (the kerosene used has a ... launch, out of 60 satellites the records show that two Falcon 9 DEB (debris) objects were also in orbit. Fortunately they...
02 August 2020
Crew Dragon are on their way home
... for recovery. Behnken and Hurley arrived at the orbiting laboratory on May 31, following a successful launch on May 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their 63 days aboard the station, Behnken and...
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
...the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts...Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. “Falcon 9 looked great, Dragon was dropped off into a ...
31 March 2021
Inspiration4 names final crew members for world’s first all-civilian mission to space
... mission and the adventure of a lifetime.” All crew members will undergo commercial astronaut training by SpaceX on the Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Dragon spacecraft – the very same Dragon spacecraft currently attached to the International Space...
24 November 2021
NASA successfully launches its DART mission
... in California. Launch time was 10:21 pm PST on 23 November (1:21 am 24 November). Shortly after launch the spacecraft separated from the Falcon 9 second stage and was flying on its own. "Asteroid Dimorphos: we're coming for you!" NASA tweeted after...
March 2015
Small is the new big: why micro-satellites require new laws
...Space Exploration Technologies Corporation), a commercial launch provider created by Paypal’s founder Elon Musk, to land their heavy Falcon 9 first stage on a custom-build ocean platform3? By re-using the first stage, SpaceX wants to break the $1,000...
