SpaceX’s Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification status during its test program at the company’s rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. An enhanced design to the engines that have flown on the first five Falcon 9 launches, the Merlin 1D will debut on the first Falcon 9 v1.1 launch this summer.
Two loud rumbles in the south of the United States marked two milestones for the…
The next key milestone ahead of the historical SpaceX mission to the International Space Station…
SpaceX dominates this week’s launch manifest with three Falcon 9 missions and the seventh flight…
At the start of this week, Monday, Dec. 23, there had been 24 launch attempts…
This week is busy in spaceflight, with 10 orbital launches planned throughout the week. China…
On Oct. 14, NASA’s groundbreaking Europa Clipper mission launched from Launch Complex 39A at the…
Following the sixth flight of SpaceX’s Starship on Tuesday, eight additional orbital launches were planned…
In another busy week of launches, China launched three taikonauts to the Tiangong Space Station…
NASA and SpaceX have launched NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa atop…
SpaceX’s record-breaking streak of successful launches and landings ended during the third quarter of 2024,…
SpaceX flew the Starship-Super Heavy on Sunday, Oct. 13. This was the fifth test flight…
SpaceX and NASA have launched Crew-9 for its six-month mission aboard the International Space Station…
Nearly every rocket that has flown has had an anomaly. With thousands of components that…
The launch schedule in the past few weeks had been notably quieter than usual. Last…
The final satellite of the GOES-R series of satellites, GOES-U, was launched on June 25…
Following a week in which Tropical Storm Alberto brought high seas, wind, and rain-related delays…
Following the highly successful milestones achieved by Booster 11 and Ship 29 on Flight 4…
Following an extremely eventful week in Spaceflight, this week was expected to be a return…
The joint European-Japanese EarthCARE satellite has begun its mission to improve our understanding of Earth’s…
