20 January 2020
SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft
..., including separation, engine firings, parachute deployment and landing. Crew Dragon splashed down at 10:38 am just off the Florida coast in the Atlantic Ocean. “As far as we can tell thus far, it’s a picture perfect mission. It went as well as one...
02 August 2020
Crew Dragon are on their way home
... 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 Hurley contributed more than 100 hours of time...
02 August 2020
SpaceX’s historic Demo-2 mission ends with a splash
... in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Pensacola, Florida at 2:48 pm EDT Sunday and was successfully recovered by SpaceX...Endeavour will return back to SpaceX’s Dragon Lair in Florida for inspection and processing. Teams will examine the spacecraft...
31 March 2021
Inspiration4 names final crew members for world’s first all-civilian mission to space
... publicly on 30 March, 2021 for the first time from historic Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Sembroski and Proctor will represent the mission pillars of Prosperity and Generosity: Dr. Proctor is a 51-year-old entrepreneur...
October 2015
Earth independence: new definitions of home on Mars missions and beyond
...Space Shuttle Columbia. He left Earth believing he would return to Florida aboard the shuttle. Instead, he landed in Kazakhstan in a ...come home. After six months in space, home was no longer Florida or Texas, or even the United States. Home was Earth....
April 2020
Replacing hydrazine fuel with a greener alternative
...next few years. Swimmers enjoy themselves at Cocoa Beach, Florida, in April 2019, while a highly toxic orange ...would have potentially caused severe burns on contact. (Jim Waymer/Florida Today/SpaceX) Market analysis The European Union is leading the...
