SpaceX and NASA launched the CRS-35 mission this morning as the sun was beginning to rise, and the ISS was passing overhead. After liftoff and for the next half hour, the sky was illuminated by one of the most impressive “jellyfish” nebulae the rocket has ever produced — and that’s saying quite a lot.
SpaceX launched NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Sunday morning aboard Falcon Heavy. Liftoff was at 7:26 am ET from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. And seven and a half minutes later, the day got off to a booming start for many on the Space Coast today when a pair of sonic booms echoed across the area just as they landed at Cape Canaveral Space Station.
On Saturday, August 15 at 9:12 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the Globalstar 2-R-1 mission to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
On Thursday, July 30 at 3:10 a.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched the NROL-95 mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 late in the afternoon from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The payload was Northrop Grumman’s MRV-MEV-1 satellite servicing satellite. Liftoff was at 5:15 pm ET and into partly cloudy summer skies above the Space Coast. Orbit was achieved at T+07:55, and the payloads were successfully deployed at 35:34 elapsed minutes into the mission.
After a two day stand down thanks to weather, SpaceX launched its first Falcon Heavy in 18 months from Pad LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. It was the 12th Falcon Heavy mission overall and the 31st launch overall this year from Florida.
Many people have asked what pollutants are added to the atmosphere by a rocket launch. I did some research and made a table estimating the effluence of a launch.
As seen from KARS Park. This is a great place to see a launch if you are visiting the Space Coast.
NASA has released a sweeping investigation report into the propulsion system failures that plagued Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner during its Crewed Flight Test (CFT) last year. The report finds a cascade of hardware failures, qualification gaps, organizational breakdowns, and a culture that prioritized schedule and provider success over engineering rigor in the program.
SpaceX launched Falcon 9 early this morning, sending four astronauts on NASA’s Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 5:15 AM ET, with NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard Crew Dragon capsule ‘Freedom.’
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