10 February 2022
SpaceX Starlink satellites fall out of sky after storm
... increased drag itself.” The satellites were launched into low-Earth orbit (LEO) on 3 February from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida by a Falcon 9 rocket but the majority are now burning up in Earth’s atmosphere instead of reaching their intended...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
...2020 rover on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket in July 2020 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It is expected ...based at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, is responsible for launch management.
28 February 2017
The future is here: Elon Musk announces commercial flights to the Moon
... a SpaceX Falcon Heavy booster, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is expected to launch about six... to ten times. Musk had also mentioned installing a “deep space communications system”, necessary for longer trips, that still has to be...
14 January 2019
New steam-powered asteroid hopper that could run 'forever'
... Mercury, asteroids — anywhere there is water and sufficiently low gravity,” explained Metzger. Metzger, who worked at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center before joining UCF, spent three years developing the adaptable technology needed to turn the idea into...
29 January 2021
NASA is looking at commercial options to launch its Europa Clipper
... mission had to be launched on NASA’s huge, but problematic Space Launch Systems (SLS) rocket. However, development on the SLS ...that runs from 10-24 October, 2024. "NASA/Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is hereby soliciting information from potential ...
11 March 2019
NASA outlines future Moon to Mars plans
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine addressed ... missions to Jupiter’s moon Europa and the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope. We will continue planning and developing the first round-trip mission ...
