20 February 2017
SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully on its way to the ISS
... Space Station (ISS) and back. SpaceX has reportedly spent tens of millions of dollars to make the infamous Launch Complex 39A suitable for use with its Falcon rocket, as it gets ready for future manned missions. Falcon 9, along...
15 January 2020
Rising sea levels pose threat to KSC
... 2050s, a figure which could double or treble if global warming is not contained at current levels. Launch Complex 39A, the historic Apollo 11 and Space Shuttle launch pad that SpaceX now leases for its Falcon Heavy rocket, is one of the...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
... the end of this year. I’d say maybe late September.” Falcon Heavy will launch from Launch Complex 39A, the former shuttle and Apollo launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center that SpaceX is leasing. Work to renovate the pad to support...
31 March 2021
Inspiration4 names final crew members for world’s first all-civilian mission to space
... full-mission simulations. The mission is being targeted for no earlier than 15 September, 2021. It will launch from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and will be carefully monitored at every step by SpaceX mission...
July 2019
A reluctant American hero
... on 24 July after more than eight days in space. The Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission lifts off at 13:32 UTC, 16 July 1969, from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The Apollo 11 crew bought back...
22 April 2020
SpaceX seeks permission to lower the orbit of all its first-gen Starlink satellites
... today (22 April, 2020) at 3:37 pm EDT, or 19:37 pm GMT, for its seventh launch of Starlink satellites. Falcon 9 will lift off from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A backup opportunity is available on Thursday...
