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Intuitive Machines selects SpaceX to launch commercial lunar lander
Intuitive Machines confirmed plans Wednesday to launch a commercial lunar lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida's Space Coast in 2021 on a mission to deliver multiple payloads to the moon, including up to five science instruments for NASA.
SpaceX’s first rocket built for humans test-fired in Texas
The Falcon 9 booster assigned to launch two NASA astronauts on an orbital test flight of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule has been test-fired in Texas, but the schedule for the long-awaited mission remains unclear.
Live coverage: Kennedy Space Center to reopen Friday
After assessing any damage to the spaceport caused by Hurricane Dorian as it narrowly missed Florida's east coast, NASA says the Kennedy Space Center will reopen for normal operations Friday. Teams rolled the Space Launch System's mobile launch platform from pad 39B back into the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building last week for safekeeping during the storm.
Kennedy Space Center braces for Hurricane Dorian
NASA civil servants and the agency's contractor work force are bracing for high winds and rain from Hurricane Dorian, securing rocket stages, spacecraft assembly areas and even hauling a 6.7-million-pound mobile launch tower, designed for the huge rocket being built for the Artemis moon program, back to the cavernous Vehicle Assembly Building for safekeeping.
Boeing, SpaceX aim for more commercial crew test flights this fall
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule could take off in October on its first unpiloted test flight to the International Space Station, a company official said recently, while SpaceX finishes up the investigation into the explosion of its Crew Dragon spacecraft during a ground test earlier this year.
Watch SpaceX Dragon launch pad escape system testing
A slide wire escape system has been undergoing tests at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in readiness for the first SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.
SpaceX to begin flights under new cargo resupply contract next year
SpaceX is set to retire its current fleet of Dragon capsules, in use since 2010, next year and begin flying supplies to the International Space Station on a new variant of the Dragon spacecraft based on the model in development to carry astronauts.
Photos: SpaceX completes resupply run to International Space Station
A SpaceX Dragon capsule packed with more than 5,000 pounds of hardware, provisions and experiments launched July 25 from Cape Canaveral and arrived at the International Space Station two days later.
New docking port, spacesuit and supplies en route to space station
A break in thunderstorms streaming across Central Florida allowed a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo capsule to blast off Thursday from Cape Canaveral in pursuit of the International Space Station with a new docking mechanism, a spacesuit and 40 mice acting as high-flying research specimens.
Threatening storms scrub SpaceX launch
SpaceX called off a Falcon 9 countdown Wednesday due to the threat of lightning from thunderstorms along Florida's Space Coast, pushing back the departure of a cargo mission for the International Space Station until Thursday.