11 December 2020
A US company is aiming to race rovers on the Moon next year
... education company, is eyeing a flight on board the Intuitive Machines Nova-C lander, which is due to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket next year, as a means to deploy the rovers. Based in Colorado, Lunar Outpost says it will utilise its...
29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... With such a heavy payload, at present, there are only a couple of commercial options on the table; a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in its completely expendable configuration, and a ULA Delta IV Heavy. This latter alternative is somewhat doubtful as a possible...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
... as the "Inspiration4" mission, this private flight will take place aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket that is scheduled to lift off sometime during a five-hour launch window that opens from 8:02 pm EDT...
10 December 2021
SpaceX launches NASA's IXPE mission
NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 am EST (06:00 GMT) Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A joint effort with the Italian Space Agency, the ...
08 April 2016
Falcon 9 Launch Scheduled for Later Today
... to being successful – the first stage of the two-stage Falcon 9 succeeded in hitting its target but toppled over the ship... to Koenigsmann, the problem has been addressed, and the Falcon 9 rocket has been upgraded. The Dragon cargo capsule includes...
18 January 2016
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully, Though First Stage Landing Fails
... in a hard landing, the attempt to land the rocket booster on the drone ship has apparently failed. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:42 p.m. GMT. The vehicle’s upper stage placed...
