SpaceX launched 53 internet communication satellites to low Earth orbit on the Starlink Group 4-17 mission. With liftoff scheduled for 09:42 UTC (5:42 AM EDT), the Falcon 9 launched from historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A). This mission marked SpaceX’s 18th mission of 2022, making a pace of one Falcon 9 launch every seven days. In the event of a scrub, there was a backup window less than 24 hours later on May 7.
After planning began in 2016 for a small, multi-user launch pad at Kennedy Space Center…
Hurricane Dorian passed 129 km (80 miles) east of the Kennedy Space Center and Cape…
STS-129 has concluded with a homecoming to Florida, following a flawless mission for Atlantis and her…
On Tuesday, January 14 at 11:09 AM PST (19:09 UTC) SpaceX launched the Transporter-12 rideshare…
The first full week of 2025 – and the first part of next week –…
SpaceX is gearing up for another record-breaking year in 2025 after surpassing all previous record-breaking…
2024 was another busy year for space science, with many new missions, successes, and discoveries…
At the start of this week, Monday, Dec. 23, there had been 24 launch attempts…
The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 22 has been…
This week Landspace debuted the enhanced version of its ZhuQue-2 rocket and the Chang Zheng…
This week got off to a flying start when new science experiments and cargo were…
NASA and SpaceX have launched NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa atop…
SpaceX and NASA have launched Crew-9 for its six-month mission aboard the International Space Station…
SpaceX has launched a mission that will not only see humans travel the farthest away…
Although US astronauts are able to launch from Florida, some American astronauts still launch aboard…
Nearly every rocket that has flown has had an anomaly. With thousands of components that…
Florida’s Space Coast is seeing continued activity behind the scenes to prepare for upcoming flights…
The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…
