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VideoLive coverage: SpaceX successfully performs Crew Dragon abort test
SpaceX launched an unpiloted Crew Dragon spacecraft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) Sunday. SpaceX triggered an escape maneuver using the Dragon's thrusters about a minute-and-a-half after liftoff to verify the launch abort engines can safely carry the capsule -- and astronauts on future missions -- away from a failing rocket.
SpaceX abort test serves as practice run for astronauts, rescue teams
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule were raised vertical at launch pad 39A in Florida late Thursday, setting the stage for a launch day dress rehearsal Friday with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken -- the veteran space fliers assigned to the Crew Dragon's first piloted mission later this year -- before a critical in-flight test of the ship's emergency escape system Saturday.
VideoVideo: Preview of dramatic Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test
SpaceX's final planned Crew Dragon test flight before astronauts ride the commercial spaceship into orbit is scheduled for Saturday, when an unpiloted crew capsule will fire off the top of a Falcon 9 rocket shortly after launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to test the craft's in-flight emergency escape capability.
SpaceX’s brisk Starlink launch cadence to continue next week
SpaceX plans to launch its next group of Starlink broadband satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket as soon as Tuesday, Jan. 21, from Cape Canaveral, two days after the company is scheduled to launch a modified Falcon 9 booster from a separate facility at the Florida spaceport to test the Crew Dragon spaceship's emergency escape system.
Dynetics, Sierra Nevada partnering on human-rated lunar lander proposal
Dynetics, an Alabama-based company with broad experience as a supplier of aerospace components and systems, is seeking a major role in NASA's Artemis moon program with a proposal for a human-rated lunar lander developed in partnership with Sierra Nevada Corp. and other companies.
SpaceX test-fires rocket ahead of Crew Dragon in-flight abort test
SpaceX fired up nine Merlin main engines at the bottom of a previously-flown Falcon 9 booster Saturday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, running the rocket through a practice countdown before a scheduled liftoff Jan. 18 with a Crew Dragon capsule to test the human-rated ship's high-altitude abort capability.
NASA, Boeing aim to deliver first SLS core stage to Kennedy Space Center by this fall
After years of delays, the core stage for NASA’s first Space Launch System moon rocket rolled out of its New Orleans factory Wednesday, heading for a NASA site in Mississippi for a test-firing before engineers hope to ship the rocket to its Florida launch base by this fall.
Live coverage: SpaceX prepares for Crew Dragon in-flight abort test
SpaceX is gearing up for launch of an unpiloted Crew Dragon spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center for a crucial test of the crew capsule's launch abort system. A modified Falcon 9 rocket performed a test-firing at launch pad 39A Saturday before carrying the Crew Dragon spacecraft into the upper atmosphere for an in-flight abort test scheduled for Jan. 18.
First SLS core stage departs factory
The heart of NASA's first flight-ready Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket emerged from its factory in New Orleans Wednesday morning for a barge trip to the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for an eight-minute test-firing of its space shuttle-era hydrogen-fueled engines.
Dragon cargo capsule brings home space station science experiments
SpaceX's 19th Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station ended Tuesday with the capsule's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean southwest of Los Angeles with nearly 3,600 pounds of cargo and experiments.