SpaceX’s very first Flight Surgeon Anil Menon has been selected as a potential candidate to join NASA for the 2021 Astronaut Candidate Class, which is preparing and selecting individuals for an eventual lunar mission, according to a press release. Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Ukrainian and Indian immigrants, Menon is also married to […]
SpaceX (@SpaceX) on Saturday announced via Twitter that the company has successfully completed the static fire test for Falcon 9’s upcoming launch of NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission, and is now eyeing Thursday, December 9 at 1:00 a.m. ET / 10:00 p.m. PT for liftoff. Static fire test complete – targeting Thursday, December […]
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Friday announced it intends to engage SpaceX for up to three additional crew flights to the International Space Station (ISS) under its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) contract. The decision comes after NASA issued a request for information to American companies capable of providing safe, reliable, […]
On Friday, SpaceX announced that the static fire test for NASA’s experimental Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission had been completed successfully and that the pair are now targeting Tuesday, November 23 at 10:21 p.m PT for launch. NASA will intentionally crash the DART spacecraft into an asteroid to see if that is an effective […]
SpaceX and NASA are set to launch its Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). You can watch the live video of tonight’s launch, set for 6:03pm PT/9:03pm ET, from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This will be SpaceX Dragon’s third long duration crew mission to the ISS, […]
NASA announced on Tuesday its human lunar mission has been delayed from 2024 to 2025. The major reason? Litigation from Blue Origin, which fought NASA for awarding the lunar contract to SpaceX. Back in August, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin sued NASA over awarding Elon Musk’s SpaceX a lunar contract to send humans back to the […]
After a couple of delays, SpaceX and NASA are set to bring back Dragon and its Crew-2 astronauts from the International Space Station. Dragon just recently autonomously undocked from the ISS and is set to come back to Earth 8 hours later and splashdown off the coast of Florida. Separation confirmed. Dragon will now perform […]
Update: NASA announced on Sunday the Crew-2 mission return has been delayed to Nov. 8 at 10:33pm ET. Due to high winds near the splashdown zone, the Crew-2 mission is now targeting a return to Earth no earlier than 10:33pm ET on Nov. 8. Crew Dragon Endeavour is scheduled to undock from the @Space_Station at […]
After Jeff Bezos’s company Blue Origin lodged a lawsuit against NASA over its granting SpaceX a 2024 moon outpost contract, the company has officially been defeated in a Federal court, a new report shows. Blue Origin lost a court battle with NASA over the awarding of SpaceX with the 2024 moon contract, according to CNBC. […]
Following the initial delay of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission to November 3, NASA has once again delayed the mission’s launch, this time due to a medical problem. NASA will delay the launch of SpaceX’s Crew-3 mission, citing a non-emergency, minor medical issue with one of its crew medicals, according to a press release. The agency has […]
SpaceX and the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have postponed the launch of their joint Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), according to a tweet from NASA on Saturday. The delay has been caused by a large storm system predicted to make its way across the Ohio Valley this weekend, which […]
Image credit: Blue Origin Jeff Bezos’ space agency Blue Origin is suing NASA, claiming that a $2.9 billion USD lunar landing contract was awarded unfairly to SpaceX, reports the BBC. The contract, which originally stated plans to host two space exploration providers, apparently had to reduce the contract to just one company as a result […]
Following a number of successful SpaceX launches for NASA, the agency has officially announced the launch date for the next upcoming mission. NASA announced on Monday that it would be targeting Saturday, August 28 at 3:37 ET for its next SpaceX launch, according to a press release. The launch will utilize SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster […]
Despite the huge amount of resources being poured into space travel amidst newly-stoked space race flames, NASA’s development of new spacesuits won’t be ready for the next several years, according to a document released Tuesday, but SpaceX might be ready to save the day. NASA released a document on Tuesday called NASA’s Development of Next-Generation […]
Back in April, SpaceX won the bidding war for a lunar lander contract from NASA. The $2.9 billion USD contract tasked Elon Musk’s space exploration and transportation company with carrying astronauts back to the moon in its Starship. However, the award was expected to have two recipients — not just one. Rivals Blue Origin and […]
