SpaceX has launched the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS – with the launch on the Falcon 9 rocket taking place at 18:51:31 EDT (22:51:31 UTC). The planet-hunting observatory was lofted by a new Block 4 Falcon 9 rocket from SLC-40 into an orbital resonance with the moon that will allow it to perform a near all-sky survey to find and categorize the number and types of exoplanets within 300 light years of Earth.
Next month, SpaceX is set to launch the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, or TESS, is…
SAOCOM 1A – the Argentinian Earth observation satellite – has shipped to Vandenberg Air Force…
Begining July 22nd, SpaceX is currently scheduled to perform three Falcon 9 droneship recoveries, a…
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its next mission to the International Space Station Friday, with launch…
SpaceX is preparing to return to launch action with the CRS-15 Dragon mission to the…
With its two April launches behind it, SpaceX is deep into processing for its coming…
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft began its fifteenth mission to the International Space Station Monday with a…
SpaceX has conducted the milestone Static Fire test on the Falcon 9 set to launch…
Having already completed five Falcon family rocket launches this year, SpaceX is aiming to double…
At 22:47:56 EST on Friday, 31 January 1958 (03:47 UTC on 1 February), a Juno…
With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone…
The 2013 year was another busy and productive year for NASA and the world’s space…
Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched the ORS-3 mission for the US military, using a Minotaur…
Orbital Sciences Corporation launched their Pegasus-XL rocket Thursday night, carrying NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph…
After a day of internal Discovery/ISS activities, the STS-131/19A and Expedition 23 crews once again…