As SpaceX narrows on a second stage COPV (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel) as the cause of the AMOS-6 static fire pad failure on 1 September, the company is pressing ahead with hot fire operations on a new first stages at its McGregor, Texas, facility. The new booster is set to power what SpaceX hopes will be a December mission from the soon-to-be-christened LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX is still working towards a root cause into the failure of its Falcon 9…
SpaceX has suffered a failure during the static test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket…
SpaceX is lining up its next two missions, with Falcon 9 hardware currently in pre-launch…
The Soyuz MS-26 crewed mission has flown NASA astronaut Don Pettit and Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey…
SpaceX made its seventeenth launch of the year on Friday to put another batch of…
With all parties in agreement, the 45th Space Wing of the US Air Force and…
Spacecom has announced Maxar Technologies’ SSL (Space Systems Loral) has won the contract to build the…
United Launch Alliance launched its last Atlas V rocket of 2016 Sunday, deploying the EchoStar…
Preparations for SpaceX’s next launch completed a major milestone late on Wednesday, via the Static…
A United Launch Alliance Delta IV conducted a morning launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base…
A Russian government Proton-M launch vehicle has successfully launched with two satellites – Russia’s Luch-5A and…
As Discovery sits on Launch Pad 39B, in preparation for what will be NASA’s third…
In spite of his achievements as an astronaut, one of Mike Mullane’s greatest regrets was…
The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
This week was expected to see the maiden launches of two new spacecraft: Boeing’s crewed…
This week, China returns to the Moon with the Chang’e-6 mission, making the first-ever attempt…
Following her launch on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, the company’s CRS-19 Dragon spacecraft completed journey…
SpaceX took a major step towards ending the United States’ human spaceflight gap Saturday, with…
SpaceX launched its second mission in two months for Telesat Canada Sunday, with a Falcon…
