Prox 1 – Spaceflight Now

May 29, 2022

Breaking News

[ May 27, 2022 ] NASA plans Artemis 1 moon rocket retest around June 19 Artemis
[ May 25, 2022 ] Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft lands in New Mexico after successful test flight Mission Reports
[ May 25, 2022 ] SpaceX launches fifth Transporter rideshare mission Falcon 9
[ May 25, 2022 ] Live coverage: Boeing’s Starliner capsule returns to Earth Mission Reports
[ May 25, 2022 ] Live coverage: SpaceX launches rideshare mission, lands another Falcon booster Falcon 9

LightSail team declares success in solar sail experiment

August 1, 2019

The gentle push of sunlight is slowly changing the orbit of the Planetary Society’s crowd-funded LightSail 2 satellite after it unfurled a thin solar sail the size of a boxing ring last week, officials confirmed Wednesday.

Privately-funded spacecraft now solar sailing in Earth orbit

July 26, 2019

A nanosatellite launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket last month has unfurled a solar sail membrane and is using light pressure from the sun to change its orbit around Earth, pioneering techniques that could be used by future missions traveling to the sun’s stellar neighbors.

Rideshare mission for U.S. military confirmed as second Falcon Heavy launch

March 1, 2018

More than two dozen satellites from the U.S. military, NASA and research institutions will ride into orbit on SpaceX’s second Falcon Heavy rocket launch, a mission currently scheduled for liftoff in June, a military spokesperson said.