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July 18, 2019

Breaking News

[ July 18, 2019 ] Indian moon launch rescheduled for Monday GSLV
[ July 17, 2019 ] Delta 4 launch delayed as ULA probes supplier concern Delta 4
[ July 17, 2019 ] NASA boss pleads for funding to ensure 2024 moon landing Mission Reports
[ July 16, 2019 ] China set to deorbit disused Tiangong 2 space lab Mission Reports
[ July 15, 2019 ] SpaceX points to leaky valve as culprit in Crew Dragon test accident Falcon 9

Q&A with Tim Ellis, CEO and co-founder of Relativity Space (members only)

January 17, 2019

Relativity Space’s co-founder and chief executive says his company is working on innovations in manufacturing and rocket technology, and plans to use 3D printing at unprecedented scale in the space industry to ease access to space for a range of satellite operators, joining a fray of smallsat launchers saturating the market.

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.

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