News Archive / Tagged: Falcon 9

• Gallery: 1st Crew Dragon takes flight

  Derek RichardsonMarch 2nd, 2019

  On March 2, 2019, SpaceX launched its first Crew Dragon spacecraft, setting the stage for a docking with the International Space Station 27 hours later.

• SpaceX launches historic Crew Dragon flight to space station

  Curt GodwinMarch 2nd, 2019

  Clearing one of the final milestones before the return of human spaceflight to the U.S., SpaceX launched its Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission.

• SpaceX readies Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission

  Curt GodwinFebruary 28th, 2019

  The journey to return human spaceflight to U.S. soil is set to cross another milestone as SpaceX prepares to send its first Crew Dragon to the ISS.

• Gallery: SpaceX lights up night sky with PSN 6 launch

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 22nd, 2019

  SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket propelled three passengers toward geostationary transfer orbit, including a private lunar lander.

• SpaceX completes 2nd mission of 2019 with launch of GTO rideshare

  Curt GodwinFebruary 21st, 2019

  SpaceX launched the Indonesian Nusantara Satu (also known as PSN 6) telecommunications satellite along with SpaceIL's private Beresheet lunar lander.

• Live show: SpaceX to send PSN 6 satellite, lunar lander into orbit

  Derek RichardsonFebruary 21st, 2019

  SpaceX is set to launch its first Falcon 9 from the East Coast in 2019. It will see three payloads orbited, including a commercially-funded lunar lander.

• GTO rideshare mission set to be SpaceX’s 2nd launch of 2019

  Curt GodwinFebruary 19th, 2019

  SpaceX is about to send the PSN 6 satellite and several rideshare payloads to geostationary transfer orbit, including a lunar lander poised to make history.

• Iridium NEXT constellation upgrade completed

  Cullen DesforgesFebruary 12th, 2019

  Iridium Communications announced last week in a press conference that it had finished its 10-year satellite upgrade project known as Iridium NEXT.

• Notes on the Run: Put on your tinfoil hat because here we go…

  Jason RhianFebruary 3rd, 2019

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – “Have you seen UFOs? Are aliens real?” My response to this line of questioning is almost always the same and, usually, not suitable for print. 

• SpaceX Demo Flight 1 could slip to March

  Jason RhianJanuary 31st, 2019

  The world is on the edge of its seat waiting for the first flight of a crew-rated Dragon spacecraft. It appears it will have to wait a little longer.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 test fire rekindles US spaceflight hopes

  Jason RhianJanuary 25th, 2019

  The static fire test of one of the company's Falcon 9 rockets heralded the potential approach of astronauts using one of these rockets to travel to the ISS.

• Falcon 9 rocket for SpaceX Demo Flight-1 set for test fire

  Jason RhianJanuary 22nd, 2019

  While the U.S. government might be shut down due to a political impasse, Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX is taking the next steps toward returning the U.S.' lost ability to send astronauts into low-Earth orbit. 

• SpaceX downsizing workforce as it ramps up Starship, Starlink programs

  Derek RichardsonJanuary 12th, 2019

  SpaceX is laying off about 10 percent of its workforce to “become a leaner company” as it develops a Mars spaceship and satellite internet constellation.

• Gallery: SpaceX’s 2019 launch manifest begins

  Jason RhianJanuary 11th, 2019

  LOMPOC, Calif. -- SpaceX carried out its first launch of the company's 2019 manifest with the flight of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites. Liftoff of the Iridium 8 mission occurred at 7:31 a.m. PST (10:31 EST / 15:31 GMT) at the opening of an instantaneous launch window.

• SpaceX starts 2019 manifest with successful Iridium 8 launch

  Curt GodwinJanuary 11th, 2019

  LOMPOC, Calif. — After enduring several delays, SpaceX successfully launched ten Iridium NEXT satellites into a polar low-Earth orbit (LEO), marking the Falcon 9’s first flight of 2019, and the last of the original contract, signed in 2010, with Iridium.