SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the joint NASA/CNES Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base at 3:46 AM PST (11:46 UTC) on Friday, Dec. 16, after a 24-hour delay to allow teams to complete further data review and analysis after moisture was identified in two of the first stage’s Merlin engines.
The first stage performed a Return to Launch Site landing at Landing Zone 4 during the mission.
A planned spacewalk aboard the International Space Station on the evening of Dec. 14 involving…
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-T advanced weather satellite…
After being shipped to Florida in early August, NASA’s most daring asteroid exploration mission yet…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-East/17 has suffered another…
SpaceX has launched another next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the United States Space…
A mission years in the planning and building took its next great leap Sunday evening…
At the Kennedy Space Center’s Space Station Processing Facility, Sierra Nevada Corporation unveiled the name…
Solar Orbiter is ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) first medium class mission with strong partnership from…
United Launch Alliance’s workhorse Atlas V rocket launched an advanced communications satellite for the US…
After twenty-nine years of reliable service, United Launch Alliance’s veteran Delta II rocket made its…
A mission nearly 60 years in the making has launched on a historic flight to…
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is in its final, home-stretch of processing prior to its scheduled…
NASA’s InSight Mars lander is ready for the final processing sprint before its launch opportunity…
Launch delays are sometimes part of the equation in determining when specific missions launch in…
NASA and Boeing are reviewing the status of the TDRS-M launch date following an incident…
Numerous launch facilities at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Cape Canaveral avoided serious impact…
The next generation weather satellite, Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite “GOES-R”, has arrived in Florida for…
The Orbital-built SES-8 telecommunications satellite has begun its road journey to Florida ahead of its…
As preparations at LC-39A continue for the start of the STS-129 Countdown at 1pm local…
