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July 9, 2020

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[ July 8, 2020 ] Live coverage: SpaceX scrubs midday launch from Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9
[ July 7, 2020 ] NASA outlines recommendations to clear path for Boeing to resume Starliner flights Atlas 5
[ July 7, 2020 ] SpaceX’s next batch of Starlink satellites back on the launch pad Falcon 9
[ July 7, 2020 ] Three U.S.-built satellites in French Guiana for Ariane 5 launch Ariane 5
[ July 7, 2020 ] Behnken describes spacewalk views of Crew Dragon as “just awesome” Falcon 9

Photos: SpaceX’s first crewed mission launches from pad 39A

June 10, 2020

This collection of images from NASA and SpaceX photographers shows the Crew Dragon spacecraft lifting off on top of a Falcon 9 rocket May 30.

NASA anticipates August return for Hurley and Behnken

June 9, 2020

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft will likely return to Earth in August to wrap up a test flight to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, a senior space agency official said Tuesday.

South Korean satellite shipped to Cape Canaveral for Falcon 9 launch next month

June 9, 2020

A communications satellite built for the South Korean military arrived at Cape Canaveral this week from an Airbus factory in France to begin final preparations for launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in July.

SpaceX sets new mark in rocket reuse 10 years after first Falcon 9 launch

June 4, 2020

On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Falcon 9 rocket’s debut flight, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral with a reused first stage Wednesday, then landed the previously-flown booster for a record fifth time after sending 60 more Starlink Internet satellites into space.

Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches with more Starlink satellites

June 3, 2020

SpaceX launched the next group of satellites for the company’s Starlink broadband network Wednesday at 9:25 p.m. EDT (0125 GMT Thursday) from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The satellites rode into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket with a first stage flown on four previous missions, and the booster made a successful fifth landing on a SpaceX drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

SpaceX’s reusable Falcon booster returns to port after crew launch

June 2, 2020

Almost exactly three days after taking off a few miles to the north at the Kennedy Space Center on SpaceX’s historic first crew launch, a 15-story-tall Falcon rocket booster returned to Florida’s Space Coast Tuesday aboard a football field-sized drone ship.

SpaceX targets Wednesday night for next Starlink launch

June 1, 2020

Days after launching astronauts for the first time, SpaceX is set to resume a speedy cadence of satellite launches Wednesday night with liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s next batch of Starlink broadband relay stations.

Making history, astronauts ride commercial capsule to space station

May 31, 2020

A Crew Dragon spaceship built and owned by SpaceX glided to an automated docking with the International Space Station Sunday, delivering NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the orbiting research complex after a trouble-free 19-hour flight from the Kennedy Space Center.

Watch the astronauts give a tour of their new Crew Dragon spacecraft

May 31, 2020

Astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken give a video tour of their new SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as they close in on a docking with the International Space Station on May 31, 2020.

Dragon crew names their spacecraft Endeavour; complete first manual flight test

May 30, 2020

Hours after arriving in orbit, Dragon astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken completed their first manual flight test using touchscreen controls on the SpaceX’s new crew capsule, and revealed “Endeavour” as the name of their ship.

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