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NASA, NOAA prep spacecraft trio to study the Sun and its impacts

August 29, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) will be the primary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching no earlier than Sep. 23. The vehicle is joined by the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory and NOAA’s Space Weather Follow-On – Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) observatory.

NASA, SpaceX launch Dragon to the ISS on extended cargo, station boosting mission

August 24, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

This will be the 50th Dragon vehicle to visit the International Space Station, including the Dragon 1 vehicles that were berthed to the orbiting lab. Docking with the Harmony module is anticipated Monday, Aug. 25, at 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 UTC).

Launch preview: NASA, SpaceX to launch Cargo Dragon on a mission to boost space station orbit

August 23, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

This will be the first Cargo Dragon flight featuring a modified trunk that allows it to perform multiple orbital boosts of the International Space Station. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 2:45 a.m. EDT (0645 UTC).

Crew 10 returns to Earth with Pacific Ocean splashdown

August 9, 2025 William Harwood

Two NASA astronauts, a Japanese flier and a Russian cosmonaut plunged back to Earth Saturday, safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego to wrap up a five-month mission.

Jim Lovell, Apollo 8 & 13 astronaut, dies at 97

August 8, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

Lovell served as the pilot of the Command Module for Apollo 8 and the commander of the Apollo 13 mission. NASA said he died Thursday, Aug. 7, in Lake Forest, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.

NASA, SpaceX ‘thread the clouds’ to launch Crew-11 to the International Space Station

August 1, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The Crew Dragon mission was delayed a day due to cumulus clouds, but had enough clearance to allow for a launch on August 1. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC).

Launch preview: SpaceX, NASA launches Crew-11 following 1-day weather scrub

July 31, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The four members of the SpaceX Crew-11 flight were previously set to fly on different missions before they ended up as a quartet on the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 rocket from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for no earlier than Friday, Aug. 1, at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 UTC).

SpaceX, NASA conduct static fire test of a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the Crew-11 launch

July 28, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The rescheduled test came a day after a launch day rehearsal with the Crew-11 astronauts and cosmonaut in the loop, referred to as a dry dress rehearsal. The Crew-11 launch is currently scheduled for Thursday, July 31 at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 UTC).

Crew-11 astronauts, cosmonaut arrive in Florida ahead of launch to the space station

July 26, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith

The quartet is set to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Thursday, July 31. Their Dragon spacecraft, Endeavour, will fly for a record-setting sixth time.

NASA probes to study how the solar wind triggers potentially dangerous ‘space weather’

July 23, 2025 William Harwood

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally dangerous “space weather” affecting satellites, electrical grids and other critical systems.