News Archive / Tagged: SpaceX

• Inspiration4 crew ‘healthy, happy’ after first days in space

  Derek RichardsonSeptember 17th, 2021

  Since their launch two days ago, the Inspiration4 crew has settled in and begun working on their scientific research while making calls to St. Jude patients.

• Inspiration4 soars into orbit with 4 non-professional astronauts

  Matt HaskellSeptember 15th, 2021

  Less than eight months after its announcement, the all-private civilian Inspiration4 mission has launched into orbit.

• Inspiration4 set for 1st all-private civilian orbital spaceflight

  Matt HaskellSeptember 13th, 2021

  Inspiration4, the first all-private civilian orbital spaceflight, is set to launch four ordinary people on a three-day trip circling Earth.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Chris Sembroski flying to space in the ‘generosity’ seat

  Michael McCabeSeptember 12th, 2021

  Chris Sembroski, an engineer from Washington state, is set to fly to space in less than a week as part of the Inspiration4 mission.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Sian Proctor to fulfil her dream to fly into space

  Theresa CrossSeptember 11th, 2021

  Having 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.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Hayley Arceneaux set to be the youngest American in orbit

  Michael McCabeSeptember 10th, 2021

  The 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.

• Profiles of Inspiration4: Jared Isaacman and a trip to space

  Cullen DesforgesSeptember 9th, 2021

  SpaceX is less than a week away from making history by launching the Inspiration4 mission, the first all-private citizen flight into Earth orbit.

• SpaceX Starship Booster 4 returns to the launch site

  Cullen DesforgesSeptember 7th, 2021

  Both Starship Booster 4 and Ship 20 are back at the launch site at SpaceX’s Starbase in South Texas about a month after the pair's brief first stacking.

• ‘A Shortfall of Gravitas’ returns with its first Falcon 9 catch

  Theresa CrossAugust 31st, 2021

  SpaceX 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.

• CRS-23 Dragon delivers ice cream for astronaut’s 50th birthday

  Derek RichardsonAugust 30th, 2021

  A day after leaving Florida atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft docked to the International Space Station.

• SpaceX CRS-23 cargo Dragon launches toward space station

  Theresa CrossAugust 29th, 2021

  After a one-day delay due to weather, SpaceX launched its CRS-23 Dragon resupply spacecraft to the International Space Station during the early-morning hours of Sunday.

• SpaceX CRS-23 Dragon set to send fresh science to space station

  Theresa CrossAugust 26th, 2021

  SpaceX is set to send its 23rd Commercial Resupply Services mission, CRS-23, to the International Space Station on behalf of NASA.

• Blue Origin suing NASA over Moon lander contract

  Theresa CrossAugust 17th, 2021

  Blue Origin has taken legal action against NASA in Federal court over the agency’s decision to award SpaceX a sole contract to build the agency’s Human Landing System as part of the Artemis program.

• SpaceX’s Starship Ship 20 to be re-stacked as early as tomorrow

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 17th, 2021

  Starship Ship 20 has been returned to the orbital launch site for additional testing as the Booster 3 pathfinder begins the process of being scrapped.

• SpaceX’s Starship fully-stacked briefly for fit checks

  Cullen DesforgesAugust 9th, 2021

  Progress has been expedited by an order of magnitude as a fully-stacked Starship launch system made its historic debut last week in Boca Chica, Texas.