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SpaceX plans first all civilian orbital space flight
SpaceX's announcement: https://www.spacex.com/updates/inspiration-4-mission/index.html Mission website: https://www.inspiration4.com/ The flight, dubbed Inspiration4, is being paid for by Jared...
SpaceX's announcement: https://www.spacex.com/updates/inspiration-4-mission/index.html
Mission website: https://www.inspiration4.com/The flight, dubbed Inspiration4, is being paid for by Jared Isaacman, of Shift4 payments. He's taking three other people with him. The seat dubbed "Generosity" is being raffled for donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The "Hope" seat will go to a St. Jude ambassador. The "Prosperity" seat is a "Sign up for my company and tweet about it" thing.
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SpaceX’s record-setting rideshare mission Transporter-1, with 143 satellites onboard, is a challenge for space traffic control
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Gwynne Shotwell talks about selling flight-proven rockets, Starship
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SpaceX will attempt to recover Super Heavy rocket by catching it with launch tower
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SpaceX launches first next-generation Cargo Dragon spacecraft to International Space Station on CRS-21 mission
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SpaceX Falcon 9 "Sentinel-6" launch, from launch to landing with ground tracking, annotated with altitude and velocity
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Falcon 9 launches "Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich" ocean science satellite, lands Falcon 9 first stage back at Vandenberg SLC-4E
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It’s launch day for the SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station
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NASA and SpaceX complete certification of first human-rated commercial space transportation system
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SpaceX reveals monthly cost of Starlink internet in its "Better Than Nothing Beta"
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SpaceX and US Military sign contract to design 7,500-mph rocket that can deliver cargo anywhere in the world in an hour
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SpaceX Crew-1 launch delayed to assess Merlin engine turbopump concern from GPS-III-04 launch attempt
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Europa Clipper inches forward, shackled to the Earth
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SpaceX has busy manifest of Dragon missions
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Starlink starts to deliver on its satellite internet promise
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Why did the spaceX crew return to earth so soon?
So I’m just sitting here wondering why they returned so soon, 2 months Doesn’t seem like a very long time considering the money and preparation involved. I did a quick search to try and find the...
So I’m just sitting here wondering why they returned so soon, 2 months Doesn’t seem like a very long time considering the money and preparation involved.
I did a quick search to try and find the answer without any luck, so wondering if anyone on here can shed some light on the reason.
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NASA plans to return its astronauts in SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on Aug. 2
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After Tuesday’s GPS III-03 launch, SpaceX expands its fleet of used rockets with another booster recovery
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Space Force more receptive to reusable rockets as it continues to review SpaceX missions—GPS III-3 launch scheduled for end of June, first stage to attempt landing
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SpaceX scrubs Friday launch attempt of its tenth batch of Starlink satellites—the first launch that will see all satellites equipped with visors to reduce ground brightness
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SpaceX launches fifty-eight Starlink satellites on ninth Starlink launch, including three Planet SkySats
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The story of how NASA went from space shuttles to SpaceX and commercial rockets
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Watch SpaceX launch Starlink Mission 8 [Livestream, launch at 9:25PM ET June 3, 1:25 UTC June 4]
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Elon Musk tweets IN RUSSIAN to accept co-operation offer from Russia’s space agency
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Can we save the night sky from satellite streaks? Legal comment launches as constellation companies scramble to satisfy astronomers' concerns.
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Recap: SpaceX successfully launches Crew Dragon with Bob Behnken & Doug Hurley on SpX Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station, restoring US spaceflight for the first time in nine years
Decided I'd post a text post and provide links to all the content, since there's so much and it's all quite diverse. I'll update this post throughout the day with more content: NASA Press Release:...
Decided I'd post a text post and provide links to all the content, since there's so much and it's all quite diverse. I'll update this post throughout the day with more content:
- NASA Press Release: NASA Astronauts Launch from America in Historic Test Flight of SpaceX Crew Dragon
- Live stream & launch video, courtesy SpaceX & NASA. This is going to be live all the way through to docking with the ISS.
- NASA Spaceflight (Good resource, quite in-depth): SpaceX Dragon’s historic launch dodges weather to launch and end the gap
- SpaceNews: Crew Dragon in orbit after historic launch, by Jeff Foust
- The Verge: A cute stuffed dinosaur hitched a ride on SpaceX’s historic launch
- The Verge: Watch NASA astronauts fly SpaceX’s Crew Dragon using touchscreens
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SpaceX’s Dragon launch ushers in a new era for Americans in space
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SpaceX Starship prototype SN4 destroyed in spectacular fashion after static-fire test
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How SpaceX and NASA keeps astronauts safe during launch
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SpaceX overcame never-before-seen parachute deploy and thruster problems during Crew Dragon development
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SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell on prospects for Starship launcher
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Weather scrubs SpaceX commercial crew launch, Demo-2
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Watch the SpaceX Demo-2 crewed launch livestream at 4:33pm ET, May 27th
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As the US regains the ability to launch astronauts with its own rockets, the future of Russia's already struggling civil space program is unclear
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NASA and SpaceX have cleared the Demo-2 mission for May 27, will be the first launch of astronauts on an American rocket from American soil since 2011
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A senior engineer has left SpaceX to work for Relativity Space
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Via $8.9 million fleet surveillance contract, US Space Force to get deeper insight into inner workings of SpaceX commercial launches
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International Space Station Docking Simulator, by SpaceX
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NASA planning to launch an integrated Lunar Gateway in 2023
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NASA evaluation sees SpaceX lunar lander as innovative but risky
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SpaceX Crew Dragon in-flight escape demonstration recap
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NASA is counting on a lot of unproven rockets for its Artemis plan
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NASA has selected Blue Origin, Dynetics, and SpaceX to design and develop human landing systems for landing astronauts on the Moon by 2024
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SpaceX to test Starlink “sun visor” to reduce brightness
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SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation passes 400 satellites with seventh dedicated launch, Falcon 9 successfully lands on drone ship
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Tory Bruno—CEO of United Launch Alliance—discusses rocket reusability, SpaceX, and the economics of operating a space launch business
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NASA sets May 27 launch date for SpaceX commercial crew test flight
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Planning documents reveal SpaceX plans for Starlink ground station at Cape Canaveral
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SpaceX beat Gateway cargo contract competitors (Boeing, SNC, and Northrop) on price and performance
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