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• SpaceX Crew-2 Dragon ‘go’ for launch April 22

  Theresa CrossApril 20th, 2021

  In just a couple days, the second operational Crew Dragon mission, Crew-2, is set to fly atop a Falcon 9 rocket from historic Launch Complex 39A.

• NASA entrusts SpaceX, Starship with Artemis Moon landings

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 17th, 2021

  NASA selected SpaceX to develop its Lunar Starship to be the first lander to return humans to the Moon since the Apollo program ended nearly 50 years ago.

• Blue Origin successfully launches New Shepard mission NS-15

  Nicholas D'AlessandroApril 14th, 2021

  Blue Origin launched and landed both components of its reusable suborbital rocket and capsule system "New Shepard" today, April 14, 2021.

• Crew-2 Dragon mission undergoing final preparations

  Theresa CrossApril 13th, 2021

  SpaceX and NASA are entering final preparations for the second long-duration crew rotation to the International Space Station: the Crew-2 Dragon mission.

• Virgin Galactic unveils its first ‘SpaceShip III’ suborbital spacecraft

  Matt HaskellApril 5th, 2021

  Last week, Virgin Galactic, the space tourism firm owned by Richard Branson, revealed its newest design, SpaceShip III, with the first vehicle in this line dubbed “VSS Imagine.”

• NASA exploring options for navigating on the Moon

  Theresa CrossMarch 31st, 2021

  NASA is currently exploring a number of solutions for navigating and communicating on the Moon's surface for the Artemis program.

• Final crew members named for ‘all-civilian’ Inspiration4 mission

  Theresa CrossMarch 30th, 2021

  Billed as the first "all-civilian" trip into space, the full crew complement of the Inspiration4 mission has been revealed.

• New artwork released for SpaceX’s Dragon XL spacecraft

  Derek RichardsonMarch 27th, 2021

  NASA recently released new concept art for SpaceX’s Dragon XL cargo ship, which is being designed to service the space agency’s Lunar Gateway.

• Friday Flyday: Starship SN11 launch plans cancelled for March 24, 25

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 23rd, 2021

  The Starship SN11 high-altitude test flight window has shifted to the right by a day as of this writing with a launch now no earlier than March 25.

• Starship SN11 completes 2nd static fire ahead of launch attempt

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 22nd, 2021

  SpaceX was able to complete the second static firing of Starship SN11 early Monday morning, which appeared to be a healthy full-duration test in comparison to the first attempt last Monday.

• Former Senator Bill Nelson nominated to lead NASA

  Press ReleaseMarch 22nd, 2021

  President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Bill Nelson to serve as National Aeronautics and Space Administration administrator.

• SpaceX launch cadence sees two Falcon 9 boosters in port for first time

  Theresa CrossMarch 20th, 2021

  SpaceX reached another significant ‘high cadence capability’ milestone this week, when two of their Falcon 9 first stage boosters were seen to be present and in the initial steps of post-flight processing at the Port Canaveral dock.

• Starship SN11 takes a breather, Super Heavy BN1 takes shape

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 19th, 2021

  SN11 Friday update, for March 19, 2021: The test campaign for Starship appears to be taking a ‘Spring Break weekend’, with no additional static fire attempts following Monday’s partial test.

• NASA successfully test fires Space Launch System mega rocket

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 18th, 2021

  The second time was the charm for NASA's Space Launch System core stage as the agency successfully performed a full-duration firing of all four RS-25 engines at the base of the rocket, the final evaluation in vehicle's Green Run test campaign.

• Update on Starship SN11 as SpaceX marches toward a static fire

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 17th, 2021

  SpaceX Starship production continues right along with Starship SN11 now undergoing the Raptor engine static fire phase of testing.

• Starlink L17 launches after weeks of delays

  Theresa CrossMarch 4th, 2021

  From NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Space Coast, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took flight from Launch Complex 39A, delivering another 60 satellites for the company’s ever-growing Starlink internet constellation.

• Starship SN10 sticks the landing, explodes minutes later

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 3rd, 2021

  SpaceX finally completed a key milestone in its Starship test program after three tries—successfully landing a Starship after a high-altitude flight and subsequent landing flip maneuver.

• Emergency Flight Termination System for SN10 is in place; Starship test flight imminent

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 3rd, 2021

  On Feb. 28, workers installed the flight termination system, or FTS, on Starship SN10 in what has proven to be the key event in the testing campaign that separates the preflight testing phase from the flight attempt phase.

• SpaceX’s Starship SN10 set to fly, aims to stick the landing

  Nicholas D'AlessandroMarch 2nd, 2021

  SpaceX's Starship SN10 finally appears ready to fly after a several tumultuous weeks in Texas following the SN9 test flight.

• Rocket Lab to build a medium-class rocket called Neutron

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 1st, 2021

  Rocket Lab announced in a company-produced video that it will be building a new rocket called Neutron, which is expected to be capable of carrying eight metric tons of payload.