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NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite has made it off the chopping block all the way to orbit. The nearly $1 billion PACE mission, which the Trump administration tried to cancel four separate times, launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket early this morning (Feb. 8) from Florida's Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Continue reading →

The SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft (left) backs away from the space station carrying four Axiom Mission 3 astronauts. The SpaceX Dragon Endurance (right) is pictured docked to the Harmony modules space-facing port Continue reading →

In this image from video provided by NASA, the 11 International Space Station crew members representing Expedition 70 (red shirts) and Axiom Space 3 (dark blue suits) crews gather for a farewell ceremony calling down to mission controllers on Earth on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Continue reading →

There will be some exciting spaceflight action on Valentine's Day, if all goes according to plan. Continue reading →

UPDATE 3: Thursday, February 8 at 1:33 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched NASAs PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) mission to a sun-synchronous orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. This was the fourth flight of the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-7, CRS-29, and one Starlink mission. Continue reading →

Delayed two days because of weather, a NASA satellite that will look at the tiniest parts of the air and ocean is set for an early Thursday morning launch from theSpace Coastthat could shake households inCentral Floridawhen the rockets booster creates a sonic boom during its recovery landing. Years in the works, the Plankton, Aerosol Cloud Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite that was on the chopping block of the Trump administrations annual proposed NASA budgets several times as he sought to steer funds away from some climate-focused missions and shift money to deep-space efforts Continue reading →

NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite is set to depart Earth from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Thursday (Feb. 8) at 1:33 a.m. EST (0633 GMT.) It will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Continue reading →

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASAs PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft stands vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Feb. Continue reading →