News Archive / Tagged: Falcon 9

• SpaceX launches third Falcon 9 in 12 days

  Theresa CrossJanuary 18th, 2022

  For the company’s third Falcon 9 launch of the year, SpaceX orbited another batch of Starlink satellites adding to its ever-growing internet constellation.

• Falcon 9 Transporter-3 rideshare orbits 100+ satellites

  Theresa CrossJanuary 13th, 2022

  A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched over a hundred satellites into space on a dedicated rideshare mission called Transporter-3.

• SpaceX starts 2022 manifest with Starlink launch

  Theresa CrossJanuary 6th, 2022

  SpaceX kicked off its 2022 manifest with the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying another set of Starlink internet satellites.

• CRS-24 Dragon mission to ISS closes out record year for SpaceX

  Theresa CrossDecember 21st, 2021

  SpaceX found a gap in the rainy Florida weather to launch the CRS-24 Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station.

• SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Turksat 5B communications satellite

  Theresa CrossDecember 19th, 2021

  SpaceX launched a satellite called Turksat 5B into orbit for a Turkish communications company. This was the second Falcon 9 mission in less than a day.

• SpaceX launches X-ray observatory called IXPE for NASA

  Theresa CrossDecember 9th, 2021

  The IXPE spacecraft, with three identical space telescopes, left Earth atop a Falcon 9 on a mission to discover extraordinary astronomical objects.

• Gateway exhibit set to open spring 2022 at KSC Visitor Complex

  Cullen DesforgesDecember 8th, 2021

  The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida is preparing to open what will be its first free-standing exhibit building since opening the Atlantis exhibit in 2013.

• SpaceX breaks annual flight record with latest Starlink mission

  Theresa CrossDecember 2nd, 2021

  SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink satellites, as well as two rideshare payloads for BlackSky, into low Earth orbit atop the company’s Falcon 9 rocket.

• SpaceX launches NASA’s DART asteroid-impact spacecraft

  Theresa CrossNovember 24th, 2021

  SpaceX launched NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test, DART, spacecraft on a first-of-its-kind mission designed to test a planetary defense technique.

• NASA set to launch DART on a mission to crash into an asteroid

  Theresa CrossNovember 22nd, 2021

  NASA is set to launch a spacecraft specifically designed to crash into an asteroid to demonstrate a planetary defense technique.

• SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida

  Theresa CrossNovember 13th, 2021

  SpaceX launched its latest batch of Starlink internet satellites, the first dedicated launch for the constellation from Florida since May.

• Crew-3 Dragon astronauts finally on their way to space station

  Theresa CrossNovember 10th, 2021

  After a delay of nearly two weeks, four astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station following the launch of the SpaceX Crew-3 Dragon mission atop a Falcon 9 rocket.

• ‘Minor medical issue’ delays Crew-3 launch

  Derek RichardsonNovember 1st, 2021

  NASA is delaying the launch of Crew-3 to the International Space Station because of a minor medical issue involving one of the mission's four crew members.

• Crew-3 Dragon mission to space station delayed

  Derek RichardsonOctober 30th, 2021

  NASA and SpaceX have postponed the launch of the Crew-3 Dragon International Space Station crew rotation mission because of weather in the Falcon 9’s ascent corridor.

• Crew-3 Dragon space station mission set for Halloween launch

  Theresa CrossOctober 29th, 2021

  NASA and SpaceX are gearing up to fly Crew Dragon's third operational crew rotation flight, Crew-3, to the International Space Station.