News Archive / Tagged: Falcon 9
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Inspiration4 crew returns home, meets St. Jude fundraising goals
Derek RichardsonSeptember 19th, 2021Three days after riding a rocket into space, the Inspiration4 crew return to Earth inside their Crew Dragon Resilience capsule.
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Inspiration4 soars into orbit with 4 non-professional astronauts
Matt HaskellSeptember 15th, 2021Less than eight months after its announcement, the all-private civilian Inspiration4 mission has launched into orbit.
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Inspiration4 set for 1st all-private civilian orbital spaceflight
Matt HaskellSeptember 13th, 2021Inspiration4, the first all-private civilian orbital spaceflight, is set to launch four ordinary people on a three-day trip circling Earth.
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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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‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ returns with its first Falcon 9 catch
Theresa CrossAugust 31st, 2021SpaceX drone ship A Shortfall of Gravitas made its way into Port Canaveral, Florida, after catching its first Falcon 9 stage just a couple days ago.
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SpaceX CRS-23 Dragon set to send fresh science to space station
Theresa CrossAugust 26th, 2021SpaceX is set to send its 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission, CRS-23, to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA.
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‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ arrives in Port Canaveral
Theresa CrossJuly 18th, 2021On July 15, SpaceX’s newest drone ship, “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” made its way into Port Canaveral on Florida’s Space Coast.
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‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ added to SpaceX’s rocket recovery fleet
Theresa CrossJuly 12th, 2021SpaceX is adding a third autonomous spaceport drone ship to its fleet. "A Shortfall of Gravitas" has left Port Fourchon, Louisiana, to begin sea trials before heading to the Space Coast.
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SpaceX launches Transporter-2 Falcon 9 rideshare mission
Theresa CrossJune 30th, 2021A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Transporter-2, the second dedicated rideshare mission for the company, into a polar orbit from Florida.
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SpaceX launches GPS III SV05 satellite into space
Theresa CrossJune 17th, 2021SpaceX sent the GPS III SV05 satellite into space for the U.S. military atop a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster, a first for a national security payload.
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DOGE-1 CubeSat to fly to the Moon atop a Falcon 9 rocket
Theresa CrossJune 10th, 2021Last month, Geometric Energy Corporation announced the first mission to the Moon paid entirely with the Dogecoin cryptocurrency — DOGE-1.
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SXM-8 satellite launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
Theresa CrossJune 6th, 2021A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched SiriusXM's SXM-8 satellite into orbit at 12:26 a.m. EDT (4:26 UTC) June 6, 2021, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
