News Archive / Missions
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Inspiration4 crew ‘healthy, happy’ after first days in space
Derek RichardsonSeptember 17th, 2021Since their launch two days ago, the Inspiration4 crew has settled in and begun working on their scientific research while making calls to St. Jude patients.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Chris Sembroski flying to space in the ‘generosity’ seat
Michael McCabeSeptember 12th, 2021Chris Sembroski, an engineer from Washington state, is set to fly to space in less than a week as part of the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Sian Proctor to fulfil her dream to fly into space
Theresa CrossSeptember 11th, 2021Having won an entrepreneurship competition earlier this year, Sian Proctor is set to become the first black female pilot of a spacecraft when she flies into space on the Inspiration4 mission.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Hayley Arceneaux set to be the youngest American in orbit
Michael McCabeSeptember 10th, 2021The first person announced to join Jared Isaacman for the Inspiration4 mission was Hayley Arceneaux, a childhood cancer survivor and current St. Jude Children's Research Hospital employee.
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Profiles of Inspiration4: Jared Isaacman and a trip to space
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 9th, 2021SpaceX is less than a week away from making history by launching the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-private citizen flight into Earth orbit.
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SpaceX Starship Booster 4 returns to the launch site
Cullen DesforgesSeptember 7th, 2021Both Starship Booster 4 and Ship 20 are back at the launch site at SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas about a month after the pair's brief first stacking.
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CRS-23 Dragon delivers ice cream for astronaut’s 50th birthday
Derek RichardsonAugust 30th, 2021A day after leaving Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station.
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Ingenuity makes 12th flight from the Martian surface
Matt HaskellAugust 23rd, 2021In yet another milestone, the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity made its 12th flight from the Red Planet’s surface on Aug. 16.
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NASA seeks volunteers for Mars simulation
Laurel KornfeldAugust 18th, 2021NASA is seeking a crew of four volunteers for a year-long Mars simulation starting in the fall of 2022, one of several year-long simulations of life on the Red Planet organized by the agency's Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog.
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SpaceX’s Starship Ship 20 to be re-stacked as early as tomorrow
Cullen DesforgesAugust 17th, 2021Starship Ship 20 has been returned to the orbital launch site for additional testing as the Booster 3 pathfinder begins the process of being scrapped.
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NG-16 Cygnus arrives at International Space Station
Derek RichardsonAugust 12th, 2021Two days after launching from Virginia, Northrop Grumman’s NG-16 Cygnus cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station for a three-month stay.
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SpaceX’s Starship fully-stacked briefly for fit checks
Cullen DesforgesAugust 9th, 2021Progress has been expedited by an order of magnitude as a fully-stacked Starship launch system made its historic debut last week in Boca Chica, Texas.
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Starship Booster 4, Ship 20 arrive at SpaceX Texas launch site
Theresa CrossAugust 5th, 2021Work on the first orbital Starship rocket is proceeding at breakneck speed at SpaceX’s South Texas rocket facility, Starbase, as Booster 4 and Ship 20 are both at the launch site.
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With 29 Raptor engines in place, Booster 4 pre-flight work is continuing at Starbase
Cullen DesforgesAugust 2nd, 2021In the overnight hours of Aug. 2, all 29 Raptor engines were installed on SpaceX's Starship Booster 4 at a blistering pace as it sat stacked in the high bay.
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Results from Mars InSight lander show Mars has a molten center
Theresa CrossAugust 2nd, 2021Using data collected by NASA's Mars InSight lander, which has been on the red planet since 2018, researchers have confirmed the planet's center to be molten.
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Videos simulate Pluto, Charon flyby; follow up mission proposed
Laurel KornfeldAugust 1st, 2021NASA's New Horizons team released new movies simulating the spacecraft's 2015 flight over Pluto and its large moon Charon to mark the sixth anniversary of the encounter on July 14, 2015.
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GOES-17 weather satellite recovers from brief anomaly
Theresa CrossAugust 1st, 2021On July 22, 2021, NOAA’s GOES-17 weather satellite experienced a brief anomaly and entered into safe mode prompting engineers to perform troubleshooting tasks, ultimately recovering the satellite less than 24 hours later.
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Nauka drama: Module thrusters fire errantly while docked to ISS
Derek RichardsonJuly 29th, 2021Just hours after safely docking with the International Space Station, the Nauka module's thrusters began firing unexpectedly, causing the outpost to lose attitude control.
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Long-delayed Nauka science module finally reaches space station
Derek RichardsonJuly 29th, 2021The Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module Nauka, delayed by nearly 15 years, has finally docked with the International Space Station.
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The winds of change are stirring for Starship and Starbase
Cullen DesforgesJuly 26th, 2021A static fire and new build rumors abound as SpaceX continues to make progress at its Starbase site in South Texas.
