A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched on March 3, 2024, from NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the agencys SpaceX Crew-8 mission into orbit for a mission to the International Space Station. Continue reading →

Through this transaction we are guaranteeing the conservation of 477 acres, which would otherwise potentially be developed into condominiums or strip centers, Jeffery D. Hildebrand, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission chairman appointed by Gov. Continue reading →

A remotely triggered camera captures the liftoff of a SpaceX Dragon atop a Falcon 9 rocket on the Crew 8 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now. Continue reading →

Enlarge / A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket streaks into orbit Sunday night from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ferrying a crew of four to the International Space Station. Between Sunday night and Monday night, SpaceX teams in Texas, Florida, and California supervised three Falcon 9 rocket launches and completed a full dress rehearsal ahead of the next flight of the company's giant Starship launch vehicle. This was a remarkable sequence of events, even for SpaceX, which has launched a mission at an average rate of once every three days since the start of the year Continue reading →

SpaceX's next Starship to fly has passed a critical fueling test, setting the stage for a highly anticipated third launch attempt of the world's biggest rocket. The gleaming, stainless-steel Starship rocket and its Super Heavy booster, which together stand 400 feet tall (122 meters), were filled with more than 10 million pounds of liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellant during the recent launch dress rehearsal, which was performed at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Beach in southern Texas Continue reading →

A Falcon 9 rocket, with Crew Dragon Endeavour on top, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center on the Crew-8 mission. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now For the second time this year, SpaceX sent a quartet of people up to the International Space Station using its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft at NASAs Kennedy Space Center. Continue reading →

SpaceX is counting down to launch its first NASA astronaut flight of 2024 today and you'll be able to see it lift off live online, but you'll need to know where and when to watch. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA on the Crew-8 mission. Continue reading →

The crew of NASAs SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the International Space Station poses for a photo during their Crew Equipment Interface Test at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: SpaceX NASA+, NASA Television, and the agencys website are continuing to provide live coverage of the agencys SpaceX Crew-8 mission carrying NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, and Jeanette Epps, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, is scheduled to dock about 2:30 a.m Continue reading →

SpaceX is gearing up to send its next crew of astronauts to the International Space Station, perhaps as early as Saturday night, in a flight that comes as the station continues to leak air and has been doing so recently at an increased rate. In a briefing earlier this week, Joel Montalbano, NASAs International Space Station program manager, said that the leak recently doubled from one to two pounds per day. The leak is located in the Russian segment of the station and has been isolated by closing a hatch to the area, sealing it off from the rest of the football-field-sized station Continue reading →

Texas will give SpaceX a chunk of a beachfront state park despite widespread opposition from some environmental groups and indigenous tribes. Parks and wildlife commissioners voted Monday to authorize the land swap. Continue reading →