News Archive / Tagged: Lead Stories
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Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort’s successful completion clears way for crewed flights
Theresa CrossJanuary 19th, 2020SpaceX successfully completed yet another milestone under NASA's Commercial Crew Program to send astronauts to the International Space Station - the In Flight Abort Test.
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SuperDraco engines set to be tested during SpaceX in-flight abort
Theresa CrossJanuary 19th, 2020KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- With the in-flight Crew Dragon abort test set to launch in less than an hour, let's take a look into the incredibly powerful and spacecraft specific SuperDraco engine.
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SpaceX, NASA monitoring weather ahead of in-flight abort test.
Sean CostelloJanuary 19th, 2020CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. — As the sun rises and the shorelines of the Space Coast communities fill with eager spectators, SpaceX and NASA engineers have their attention focused on the early Sunday morning weather systems.
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SpaceX poised to take large step toward human space flight
Cullen DesforgesJanuary 17th, 2020SpaceX is ready to check off another box on the list of requirements that need to be completed before the company can send crewed missions to the International Space Station.
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NASA graduates its newest class of Astronauts
Sean CostelloJanuary 10th, 2020As NASA prepares to send astronauts to destinations far beyond Earth, a new breed of space flyers has joined the elite cadre of the agency's astronaut corps.
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New Year, new headquarters for Blue Origin
Laurel KornfeldJanuary 9th, 2020With Blue Origin opening its new headquarters, 2020 appears to be a year of further expansion for NewSpace.
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SpaceX starts 2020 with Starlink launch
Patrick AttwellJanuary 6th, 2020SpaceX's Starlink constellation just got a major boost.
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What’s in a name? Mars 2020 wouldn’t know, it doesn’t have one – yet
James RiceDecember 30th, 2019NASA's Mars 2020 rover is on the verge of traveling to the Red Planet and beginning its search for evidence of Martian life. But it's missing something very important.
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Launch of Shijian 20 lights up Chinese skies and exploration ambitions
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 28th, 2019China has big plans for its space program. But before it can achieve them, it needed to make sure a key launch vehicle was up to the task. A recent mission suggests that it is.
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Russia launches final Rockot with trio of communications satellites
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 27th, 2019Russia launched its final mission on the nation's 2019 manifest when it sent three communications satellites to orbit on Friday, Dec. 27. The flight marked the close of a vehicle designed for violence.
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Boeing Blunder! Starliner timing failure prevents ISS rendezvous
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 20th, 2019"Unplanned but stable." That's how Boeing referred to the first flight of its Starliner "space taxi." In layman's terms, the spacecraft was placed in the wrong orbit and won't be going to the International Space Station.
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule begins much-delayed first flight: UPDATE
Cullen DesforgesDecember 20th, 2019CAPE CANAVERAL, FL – After almost a year of continued delays, Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner has finally launched. It is the culmination of years of development, but there’s still a ways to go before astronauts will be soaring aloft in the vehicle.
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Launch of JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1 furthers SpaceX’s reusability program
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 18th, 2019SpaceX's domination of the launch services market continues with Monday's launch of a Boeing-built satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. and Kacific Broadband Satellites.
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Mars 2020 rover’s protective cover arrives at KSC
SpaceFlight InsiderDecember 13th, 2019Space is a pretty wicked place. Fortunately for the Mars 2020 rover, NASA has the robot detective covered.
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First fight of OmegA rocket to carry SSN payload
Jason RhianDecember 12th, 2019Move over SpaceX, you're not the only launch service provider who'll be flying out of Kennedy Space Center.
