28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
... spaceship is planned to make test flights in four years, initially going into space, but not into orbit. Initially SpaceX will used Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center which is being leased from NASA and later a second launch base...
20 February 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully on its way to the ISS
... successfully launched from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida yesterday – the first commercial flight to do so from Kennedy’s historic pad since it was last used for the Space Shuttle program almost six years ago. Following...
30 September 2020
Another detection of phosphine on Venus possibly found in archival data
...August, the Multiprobe spacecraft took to the skies from the Kennedy Space Center via an Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle. As the craft ...atmosphere. Another chance might lie with Japan’s Akatsuki space probe which is currently in orbit around Venus. ...
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
... in history. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission lifted off at 7:27 pm EST Sunday from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket propelled the Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
... from 2011 to 2012. The beginning of private sector activities could have the same effects, in a proportional way, as Kennedy Space Center had on Florida State. More than starting a new segment, we hope to completely transform the area showing the...
10 December 2021
SpaceX launches NASA's IXPE mission
... (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 IXPE observatory is NASA’s first mission dedicated to measuring the...
