Comment on SpaceX Launches Sixth Classified Payload, Reflies Falcon 9 Booster by SpaceX Scores Sixth Launch of April, Achieves Turnaround Record - AmericaSpace

[…] another Falcon 9 rose from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., laden with the highly secretive NROL-85 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Attention then returned to the Space Coast, where a 53-strong Starlink batch rose from SLC-40 on […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/yHkxXCO via World Space In...

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Comment on Dragon Endeavour Splashes Down, Concludes Historic Ax-1 Mission by SpaceX Scores Sixth Launch of April, Achieves Turnaround Record - AmericaSpace

[…] Larry Connor of the United States, Eytan Stibbe of Israel and Canada’s Mark Pathy flew the first all-private research mission to the ISS, under the auspices of Houston, Texas-based AxiomSpace, […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/M9b3QUH via World Space In...

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Comment on Transporter-4 Kicks Off Ambitious April for SpaceX by SpaceX Scores Sixth Launch of April, Achieves Turnaround Record - AmericaSpace

[…] kicked off in fine style with the launch of the multi-payload Transporter-4 mission from SLC-40 on the first day of the month. But this flight proved no “April Fool”, for it was followed from KSC’s Pad 39A on the 8th by […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/JKwysN7 via World Space In...

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Comment on Crew-4 Aims for Pre-Dawn Wednesday Launch to Space Station by SpaceX Scores Sixth Launch of April, Achieves Turnaround Record - AmericaSpace

[…] Nine days later, another Falcon 9 rose from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., laden with the highly secretive NROL-85 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Attention then returned to the Space Coast, where a 53-strong Starlink batch rose from SLC-40 on 21 April. And earlier this week, a fifth Falcon 9 of the month successfully delivered NASA astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob “Farmer” Hines and Jessica Watkins, together with Italy’s Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA), to the ISS...

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Comment on First All-Private Mission Flies, Heads for Space Station by SpaceX Scores Sixth Launch of April, Achieves Turnaround Record - AmericaSpace

[…] sixth Falcon 9 in a single calendar month, as the six-times-flown B1062 booster—which just three weeks ago lifted Dragon Endeavour to orbit on her historic Ax-1 mission—roared aloft Friday evening from storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Cape Canaveral Space […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/4R2X9DZ via World Space In...

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SpaceX Scores Sixth Launch of April, Achieves Turnaround Record

@SpaceX has flown a personal-best-beating 6th launch of April & set a new launch-to-launch turnaround record for #Falcon9 of 21 days. The post SpaceX Scores Sixth Launch of April, Achieves Turnaround Record first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/0Q73CSX via World Space In...

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Live coverage: SpaceX counting down to launch with 53 more Starlink satellites

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The Starlink 4-16 mission will launch SpaceX’s next batch of 53 Starlink broadband satellites. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live SpaceX is counting down to launch of a Falcon 9 rocket at 5:27 p.m. EDT (2127 GMT) Friday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. A booster that previously flew just...

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Live coverage: Rocket Lab will try to catch a booster in mid-air after launch today

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from Launch Complex 1A on Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand carrying 34 small picosatellites and CubeSats. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. Rocket Lab’s live video webcast begins approximately 20 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page. from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/rp52qIU via World Space In...

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SpaceX shooting for rocket turnaround record with next Starlink launch

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lands on a drone ship April 8 after launching the Ax-1 private crew mission. The same booster will be used again for the Starlink 4-16 mission west for liftoff April 29. Credit: SpaceX With a mission Friday to deploy more Starlink internet satellites, SpaceX will try to shave nearly a week off the company’s previous record for the shortest time between two launches of the same Falcon 9 booster. The Falcon 9 rocket scheduled...

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Russian cosmonauts begin second spacewalk dedicated to European Robotic Arm work

 Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev ventured outside the International Space Station on Thursday for a planned six-and-a-half hour spacewalk to begin unlimbering the European Robotic Arm. The cosmonauts opened the hatch to the Poisk airlock at 10:58 a.m. EDT (1458 GMT), marking the official start of the spacewalk. The excursion is the 250th spacewalk since 1998 in support of space station assembly and maintenance. The spacewalk...

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Four astronauts arrive at space station for long-term stay

SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft docked Wednesday with the Harmony module at the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV / Spaceflight Now Three Americans and one Italian astronaut floated into the International Space Station late Wednesday after a nearly 16-hour commute aboard a SpaceX crew capsule from a launch pad in Florida, ready for multi-month expedition performing experiments, maintenance, and upgrades. SpaceX’s fourth operational...

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Ingenuity helicopter flies over leftover wreckage from Mars landing last year

The supersonic parachute and back shell from NASA’s Perseverance rover on the surface Mars. Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech NASA’s flying drone on Mars has recorded aerial views of debris left behind from the landing of the Perseverance rover last year, showing remarkable details of the craft’s supersonic parachute and part of its aeroshell. The robotic Ingenuity helicopter flew over the parachute and back shell April 19 after cameras on the Perseverance...

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Live coverage: Dragon crew on track for docking at International Space Station

Live coverage of the docking of NASA’s Crew-4 mission at the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter. NASA TV from Spaceflight Now https://ift.tt/g2KqTtz via World Space In...

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Three Americans, one Italian launch on SpaceX’s new “Freedom” spacecraft

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon Freedom spacecraft take off from pad 39A early Wednesday to begin the Crew-4 mission. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky Four astronauts rocketed into a clear predawn sky early Wednesday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, riding SpaceX’s newest Dragon spacecraft — named “Freedom” — to kick off a planned four-and-a-half month science expedition at the International Space Station. Commander Kjell Lindgren, flanked...

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Comment on Crew-3 Launches, Heads for Thursday Space Station Docking by Crew-4 Aims for Pre-Dawn Wednesday Launch to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] following last November’s undesirable “indirect handover” between the outgoing Crew-2 and incoming Crew-3 which left the U.S. Operational Segment (USOS) reduced for a few days to just a single U.S. […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/azXQB67 via World Space In...

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Comment on Crew-2 Returns Home, Wraps Up Longest Single Mission by U.S. Crewed Spacecraft by Crew-4 Aims for Pre-Dawn Wednesday Launch to Space Station - AmericaSpace

[…] handovers” of crews, following last November’s undesirable “indirect handover” between the outgoing Crew-2 and incoming Crew-3 which left the U.S. Operational Segment (USOS) reduced for a few days to just a […] from Comments for AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/PHSEcnv via World Space In...

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Live coverage: Four astronauts ready for launch overnight from Florida’s Space Coast

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on NASA’s Crew-4 mission. The Crew-4 mission will carry astronauts Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines, Samantha Cristoforetti, and Jessica Watkins to the International Space Station. Follow us on Twitter. SFN Live  Four astronauts will strap into their seats on SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft and ride a Falcon 9 rocket...

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Crew-4 mission timeline

The timeline below covers major vehicle and crew activities during the Crew-4 countdown and rendezvous with the International Space Station. All times assume liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 3:52:55 a.m. EDT (0752:55 GMT) on Wednesday, April 27. All times in Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4). TUESDAY, APRIL 26 10:22:55 p.m. EDT: Chief engineer launch readiness briefing 10:52:55 p.m. EDT: Launch shift arrives in Firing Room 4; Dragon IMU align/configure for launch 11:22:55...

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SpaceX poised for quick turnaround between astronaut missions

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins, commander Kjell Lindgren, pilot Bob Hines, and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the tower at pad 39A, with SpaceX’s Dragon Freedom spacecraft in the background. Credit: SpaceX Just 39 hours after SpaceX returned four private astronauts to Earth, the company’s next crew launch for NASA is set for early Wednesday from Florida, with a planetary geologist, a medical doctor, and former U.S. and...

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SLS Rolls Back to VAB for Repairs

NASA has moved their new SLS moon rocket back into its Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, after a series of issues prevented completion of a wet dress rehearsal (WDR) on launch pad 39B. The two-day WDR test is intended to demonstrate the vehicle and launch team’s ability to load propellants […] The post SLS Rolls Back to VAB for Repairs first appeared on AmericaSpace. from AmericaSpace https://ift.tt/91mWOwl via World Space In...

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NASA’s moon rocket rolls back to Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs

NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket arrives outside the Vehicle Assembly Building before dawn Tuesday. Credit: Stephen Clark / Spaceflight Now NASA rolled the giant new rocket for the Artemis 1 moon mission off the launch pad back inside the Vehicle Assembly Building before dawn Tuesday at the Kennedy Space Center, moving into the hangar for repairs after technical problems prevented teams from completing a countdown dress rehearsal earlier this month. Agency...

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