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January 16, 2019

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[ January 14, 2019 ] Dragon cargo craft returns to Earth Mission Reports
[ January 13, 2019 ] China releases more images from far side of the moon Mission Reports
[ January 11, 2019 ] SpaceX plans to lay off 10 percent of workforce News
[ January 11, 2019 ] SpaceX begins 2019 with eighth and final launch for upgraded Iridium network Mission Reports
[ January 11, 2019 ] Launch timeline for SpaceX’s eighth mission for Iridium Falcon 9

Time-lapse: The Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon roll to the launch pad (members only)

January 7, 2019

In this time-lapse video, the Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon atop rolls to launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center for the first time on January 3. The rocket was then lifted vertical for a series of fit checks and tests.

Live from launch pad 39A (members only)

January 1, 2019

A live view of launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center where SpaceX is preparing for a test flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft without astronauts aboard.

Video: Marc Buie, New Horizons Occultation Team Lead (members only)

December 31, 2018

Marc Buie, Occultation Team Lead, reveals what we know so far about the shape of Ultima Thule as New Horizons races towards its encounter with the Kuiper Belt object.

Video: Alice Bowman, New Horizons mission operations manager, previews Ultima Thule flyby (members only)

December 30, 2018

New Horizons’s mission operations manager Alice Bowman previews the spacecraft’s New Year’s Day encounter with Ultima Thule in the Kuiper Belt, a distant zone of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune.

Watch SpaceX’s crew access arm swing back (members only)

December 20, 2018

The crew access arm at launch complex 39A swings back and the strong back is raised upright in this time-lapse video which runs at 100 times normal speed.

Live view of the Falcon 9 at pad 40 (members only)

December 18, 2018

Spaceflight Now members can watch a live view of the Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad as SpaceX counts down to launch of the GPS 3 SV01 navigation satellite

Live view of the Falcon 9 at launch complex 40 (members only)

December 5, 2018

SpaceX is preparing for its second Falcon 9 rocket launch in two days, with liftoff of a space station-bound Dragon supply ship from Cape Canaveral planned at 1:16 p.m. EST (1816 GMT) Wednesday. The Falcon 9’s first stage will target a landing back at Cape Canaveral around eight minutes after launch.

Q&A with Steve Clarke, deputy associate administrator for exploration in NASA’s science division (members only)

November 29, 2018

It’s Steve Clarke’s job to merge the goals of space scientists with NASA’s strategic plans for exploring the solar system, two factors which are not always in lock-step, as the space agency seeks to return humans to the moon, and eventually send astronauts to Mars.

Video: Press site view of Falcon 9’s launch with the Es’hail 2 satellite (members only)

November 15, 2018

Watch a video replay of Thursday’s liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the Es’hail 2 communications satellite into orbit.

Video: Falcon 9 fires engines at pad 39A ahead of Es’hail 2 launch (members only)

November 13, 2018

Watch a video replay of Monday night’s hotfire of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is set for launch Thursday with Qatar’s Es’hail 2 communications satellite.

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