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[…] satellites, almost 6,700 of which have been deployed via 179 Falcon 9 launches between May 2019 and last week, Starshield is described as a purpose-built constellation to afford new “disruptive” military […]
[…] Tuesday, Florida’s Space Coast was treated to a stunning sight when SpaceX’s tenth Falcon Heavy lifted off of Launch Complex 39A. Onboard the rocket was NASA’s GOES-U satellite, which will continue a six-decade legacy of […]
[…] And from January 2024, SpaceX has also flown multiple Starlinks “Direct to Cellular” to allow mobile network providers to offer “seamless global access to texting, calling and navigation” whether “on land, lakes or coastal waters”, without the need for change hardware or firmware. The Direct-to-Cell satellites, 13 of which will be aboard B1075 for tomorrow's Vandenberg launch, feature advanced modems that serve as cell towers in space to eliminate dead zones with network integration similar to the from a standard roaming partner, according to SpaceX. […]
[…] launches in May alone. Two boosters have reached life-leading 21st flights and in early March a pair of missions flew just one hour and 51 minutes apart, setting a new launch-to-launch turnaround […]
[…] The first part of AmericaSpace’s in-depth story on the Artemis 2 science campaign, covering the status of the project, its leaders, and its contributions to the future of lunar science, can be found HERE. […]
@SpaceX has flown its first 22x-launched Falcon 9, adding a new record to a record-breaking 2024.
The post SpaceX Launches First 22x-Flown Booster, Successfully Lands Offshore first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] The first part of AmericaSpace’s in-depth story on the Artemis 2 science campaign, covering the status of the project, its leaders, and its contributions to the future of lunar science, can be found HERE. […]
While the Artemis 2 mission will spend less than an hour in the vicinity of the Moon, it will still be able to tackle some novel science objectives. The crew will observe and photograph impact, volcanic, and tectonic features to learn more about our nearest neighbor's history and composition.
The post Colors, Impacts, and Volcanoes: Big Science from a Brief Lunar Flyby (Part 2) first appeared on AmericaSpace.
@SpaceX has flown its first Falcon Heavy of 2024, wrapping up its 65th total launch of the year.
The post Falcon Heavy Launches, GOES-U Heads for Geostationary Orbit first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] As previously outlined by AmericaSpace, the GOES-U launch has met with several weeks of delay, pushed from April into June following an oxidizer leak discovered earlier this year in the Falcon Heavy’s B1087 center core during tests at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. Flying tonight’s mission, the high-energy requirements and direct insertion of GOES-U into a 22,300-mile (35,900-kilogram) Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) requires B1087 to be expended, while the B1072 and B1086 side-boosters will be recovered, returning to synchronized touchdowns on Landing Zones (LZ)-1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, about eight minutes and 11 seconds after liftoff. […]
[…] As previously outlined by AmericaSpace, the GOES-U launch has met with several weeks of delay, pushed from April into June following an oxidizer leak discovered earlier this year in the Falcon Heavy’s B1087 center core during tests at the SpaceX Rocket Development Facility in McGregor, Texas. Flying tonight’s mission, the high-energy requirements and direct insertion of GOES-U into a 22,300-mile (35,900-kilogram) Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) requires B1087 to be expended, while the B1072 and B1086 side-boosters will be recovered, returning to synchronized touchdowns on Landing Zones (LZ)-1 and 2 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, about eight minutes and 11 seconds after liftoff. […]
[…] in the wings for almost two weeks, having originally been earmarked to ride the B1073 booster—already a 15-launch veteran—on 12 June. However, after falling foul to a pair of back-to-back weather scrubs, the mission […]
Teams continue to watch the weather as @SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy of 2024 prepares to “GOES”.
The post Teams Watch Weather, As 2024’s First Falcon Heavy Prepares to Launch GOES-U Tomorrow first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] Despite iffy weather odds, SpaceX threaded the needle with a Starlink-laden mission out of storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday evening, as it pushed the total number of these flat-packed internet communications satellites orbited since the start of 2024 to just past 1,000. The veteran B1078 booster—flying for her 11th time in a little more than a year—took flight at 1:15 p.m. EDT, kicking off the sixth Falcon 9 launch of June and beginning an anticipated three-day triple-header of missions that will also see another Starlink flight out of Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., and the return of the mammoth Falcon Heavy. […]
[…] Despite iffy weather odds, SpaceX threaded the needle with a Starlink-laden mission out of storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-40 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Sunday evening, as it pushed the total number of these flat-packed internet communications satellites orbited since the start of 2024 to just past 1,000. The veteran B1078 booster—flying for her 11th time in a little more than a year—took flight at 1:15 p.m. EDT, kicking off the sixth Falcon 9 launch of June and beginning an anticipated three-day triple-header of missions that will also see another Starlink flight out of Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., and the return of the mammoth Falcon Heavy. […]
After a relatively quiet middle of the month, @SpaceX has dramatically picked up the pace with the first mission of an intended three-day triple-header of Falcon 9 launches.
The post SpaceX Launches June’s Sixth Falcon 9 Mission, Deploys 1,000th Starlink of Year first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] then, it has also raised seven batches of Starlink, a pair of O3b mPOWER broadband satellites and the Space Force's top-secret USSF-124 payload comprised of six discrete spacecraft—two hypersonic and ballistic tracking space sensor satellites (HBTSS) for the Missile Defense […]
[…] And from January 2024, SpaceX has also flown multiple Starlinks “Direct to Cellular” to allow mobile network providers to offer “seamless global access to texting, calling and navigation” whether “on land, lakes or coastal waters”, without the need for change hardware or firmware. The Direct-to-Cell satellites, 13 of which will be aboard B1075 for tomorrow's Vandenberg launch, feature advanced modems that serve as cell towers in space to eliminate dead zones with network integration similar to the from a standard roaming partner, according to SpaceX. […]
[…] And since January 2024, SpaceX has also flown multiple “Direct-to-Cell” Starlinks to permit mobile network providers to offer “seamless global access to texting, calling and browsing” whether “on land, lakes or coastal waters”, without the need to change hardware or firmware. The Direct-to-Cell satellites—13 of which will be aboard B1075 for tomorrow’s Vandenberg launch—possess advanced modems which serve as a cellphone tower in space to eliminate dead zones with network integration similar to a standard roaming partner, according to SpaceX. […]
[…] at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during an “instantaneous” window at 10:52:15 a.m. EDT on 5 June. Wilmore and Williams docked Starliner at the forward port of the station’s Harmony node at 1:34 […]
@NASA_Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain aboard @Space_Station until at least early July, following a joint NASA/Boeing statement on Friday.
The post CFT Starliner Departure Stands Down, Targets NET July Return to Earth first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] which are required for America’s return to the Moon on Artemis 3 were assessed by the GAO: the Orion crew capsule, the Starship lunar lander, and the AxEMU space suit. The agency’s concise summaries […]
[…] increased dramatically in 2024 alone, rising from a peak of nine launches per month by late 2023 to ten by the end of January, eleven and twelve by the end of March and thirteen and fourteen at the close of May, SpaceX has […]
[…] dramatically in 2024 alone, rising from a peak of nine launches per month by late 2023 to ten by the end of January, eleven and twelve by the end of March and thirteen and fourteen at the close of […]
After 10 launchless days, on Tuesday evening @SpaceX resumed Falcon 9 missions with a busy end of June ahead.
The post SpaceX Resumes Falcon 9 Flights, As June Launch Cadence Ramps Up first appeared on AmericaSpace.
OTD in 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. Four decades later, her legacy continues to grow.
The post Ride, Sally Ride: Remembering the Legacy of America’s First Woman in Space, OTD in 1983 first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] further 56 U.S. women to achieve Earth orbit between Judy Resnik in August 1984 and Jeanette Epps last March. But STS-7 cemented other records: it was the first time five humans launched together aboard the […]
[…] its fair share of political controversy. Aboard Mission 51G—the fourth of nine shuttle flights in the year prior to Challenger’s untimely loss—were NASA’s Dan Brandenstein, John “J.O.” Creighton, Shannon Lucid, John Fabian and Steve […]
[…] its fair share of political controversy. Aboard Mission 51G—the fourth of nine shuttle flights in the year prior to Challenger’s untimely loss—were NASA’s Dan Brandenstein, John “J.O.” Creighton, Shannon Lucid, John Fabian and Steve […]
OTD in 1985, shuttle Discovery launched with 3 nations and 3 satellites for the "Frog & Prince Flight".
The post Unhealthy Environment: Remembering the Shuttle’s “Frog and Prince” Mission, OTD in 1985 first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] As previously reported by AmericaSpace, Wilmore and Williams—both retired U.S. Navy captains, veteran ISS commanders and seasoned shuttle and Soyuz flyers—launched atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during an “instantaneous” window at 10:52:15 a.m. EDT on 5 June. It was the third attempt to get the long-delayed CFT mission airborne, following a scrub on the evening of 6 May due to a faulty oxygen relief valve on the Dual-Engine Centaur (DEC) upper stage and a Ground Support Equipment (GSE) issue that cropped up less than four minutes prior to liftoff on 1 June. […]
As @NASA_Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams pass the halfway point of their mission to @Space_Station, teams are eyeing a return to Earth NET 22 June.
The post CFT Mission Passes Halfway Point, Crew Targets NET 22 June Return first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] As previously reported by AmericaSpace, Wilmore and Williams—both retired U.S. Navy captains, veteran ISS commanders and seasoned shuttle and Soyuz flyers—launched atop a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket from storied Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station during an “instantaneous” window at 10:52:15 a.m. EDT on 5 June. It was the third attempt to get the long-delayed CFT mission airborne, following a scrub on the evening of 6 May due to a faulty oxygen relief valve on the Dual-Engine Centaur (DEC) upper stage and a Ground Support Equipment (GSE) issue that cropped up less than four minutes prior to liftoff on 1 June. […]
[…] 300 times. In April 2023, a Falcon Heavy flew for the first time with reused fairing halves and last february A Falcon 9 booster mirrored the fairing half for the record 15th […]
[…] at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Floridaat 10:16 p.m. EDT, when attention now turns to takeoff scheduled for noon on Wednesday of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V from neighboring SLC-41 and the long-awaited Crew Flight […]
[…] crew egress systems. The concept originated with astronaut Gordon Cooper during the lead-up to Alan Shepard’s historic Mercury flight. As the chair of Project Mercury’s Emergency Egress Committee, Cooper was charged with […]
[…] addition, there was simply less urgency to complete the tests after NASA announced a 10-month delay to the Artemis 2 mission. In January, the historic flight was officially postponed to September of 2025 due to persistent […]
[…] opening launch attempt back on 6 May was scrubbed two hours prior to liftoff, by which time Wilmore and Williams were aboard Starliner […]
[…] at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, at 10:16 p.m. EDT, as attention now turns to Wednesday’s scheduled midday liftoff of a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V from neighboring SLC-41 and the long-awaited Crew Flight […]
space is going to be loading up with equipment you have blue orgen,space x,boeing all these systems coming into play and they all seem like they are going faster and faster and more companies wanting to put their systems up their too who knows how much nuke systems are headed our way when we piss someone off or some little piss country with money send or rains down on another country with christ knows what i sure do love space and exploring space i just fear that other are after other things its the easiest way for mass destruction just by the touch of a button
[…] has already been an impressive week for SpaceX, which last Saturday evening and late Tuesday flew a pair of Falcon 9 boosters—laden with dozens of Starlink low-orbiting […]
@SpaceX has launched the 4th flight of its integrated Starship/Super Heavy stack out of Boca Chica, targeting new incremental milestones as its test campaign continues.
The post SpaceX Flies IFT-4, Achieves Super Heavy, Starship Controlled Splashdowns first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] Wednesday’s launch proved third time lucky for Wilmore and Williams, who have been in dedicated training for CFT since June 2022. Their first launch attempt on the evening of 6 May was scrubbed less than two hours before T-0, due to a faulty oxygen relief valve on the Atlas V’s second stage. And a second try last Saturday also came disappointingly to nought due to a Ground Support Equipment (GSE) issue that cropped up less than four minutes prior to the scheduled liftoff. […]
[…] As previously detailed by AmericaSpace, CFT is the second step in the process of certifying Starliner as one of two Commercial Crew vehicles (alongside SpaceX) to deliver astronauts to and from the space station. Two Orbital Flight Tests (OFTs) in December 2019 and May 2022 occurred in an uncrewed capacity, but CFT marks the first occasion that a human crew is aboard to complete a full end-to-end demonstration of the spacecraft and its capabilities from launch, through orbital operations, re-entry and landing. […]
[…] opening launch attempt back on 6 May was scrubbed two hours prior to liftoff, by which time Wilmore and Williams were aboard Starliner […]
@NASA_Astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams are primed for their third try to launch Starliner's long-awaited Crew Flight Test (CFT) on Wednesday.
The post CFT Starliner Counts Down to Wednesday Launch, Weather 90% Favorable first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] addition, there was simply less urgency to complete the tests after NASA announced a 10-month delay to the Artemis 2 mission. In January, the historic flight was officially postponed to September of 2025 due to persistent […]
The SLS Mobile Launcher is undergoing preflight testing for the crewed Artemis 2 mission. NASA recently tested its dynamic slidewire baskets, which will transport astronauts to safety in the event of an emergency on the launch pad. A video of the test is included.
The post NASA Tests Mobile Launcher’s Slidewire Baskets first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] on the Atlas V’s second stage. That valve was promptly replaced and tested, with early hopes to fly as soon as 17 May, but in the meantime a small helium leak was detected in Starliner’s service […]
OTD in 1965, America launched its longest manned spaceflight so far and completed the nation's first spacewalk.
The post “And These Two Ain’t Normal”: Remembering Gemini IV and America’s First Spacewalk, OTD in 1965 first appeared on AmericaSpace.
[…] agonizing launch delay comes almost a month since the first attempt to get CFT off the ground back on 6 May, when teams elected to stand down for what was hoped to be about a week to attend to a faulty […]
[…] agonizing launch delay comes almost a month since the first attempt to get CFT off the ground back on 6 May, when teams elected to stand down for what was hoped to be about a week to attend to a faulty […]
