NASA and SpaceX teams have returned NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi to Earth, completing the historic Crew-1 mission. Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Panama City, Florida, at 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC) on Sunday May 2, marking the end of the first of six contracted, long duration, operational missions for SpaceX as a part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program.
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Dragon Resilience performs port relocation to clear way for future vehicles
by Pete HardingThe SpaceX Crew-1 Dragon Resilience performed a relocation to a new docking port aboard the…
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After a 27.5 hour commute, Resilience and its crew successfully docked to the International Space…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, at 19:27 EST…
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Space Science in 2026: New lunar explorers, Mars missions, and space telescopes
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In a strategic push to bolster launch infrastructure amid growing military and commercial demands for…
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SpaceX continues rapid infrastructure improvements at its Starbase facility in South Texas, with demolition work…
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Launch Roundup: SpaceX launch first expendable Falcon 9 since January
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SpaceX completed the use of Block 2 and Pad 1 on a high note with…
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SpaceX is ramping up testing of its second launch pad at Starbase, conducting multiple checkouts…
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NASA and SpaceX have launched the 11th operational crew rotation mission to the International Space…
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Axiom Mission 4 launches atop Falcon 9 on new Crew Dragon Grace
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Just over two years after the Japanese company ispace attempted but failed to land its…
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Firefly Alpha launches FLTA006 Message In A Booster mission but fails to reach orbit
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D-Orbit sets course to expand beyond space transportation services
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SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
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The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic…
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SpaceX launches Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit
SpaceX launched its next private human spaceflight mission, Fram2, from Florida on Monday evening. The…
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Launch Roundup: Falcon 9 to fly five missions during busy week
by Aaron McCreaFive Falcon 9 missions launched this week, including the first-ever crewed mission to a polar…
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Isar Aerospace launches Spectrum, fails early in first stage flight
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