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SpaceX's Starship Makes Major Steps Forward with 2nd Test Flight
At 7:02am CT/8:02am ET, SpaceX's Starship lifted off from Starbase in Texas on the first try. After an extremely smooth countdown, quick planned hold at T-40 seconds, and watching some marine traffic downrange, all 33 Raptor engines ignited carrying the 121m tall rocket off the launch mount. All first stage engines powered Starship to stage separation, a huge increase in Raptor reliability compared to previous test flights. The big milestone to reach on this flight was the newly added Hotstagin
Countdown to Liftoff: SpaceX's Starship Aims for Successful Test Flight
Almost 7 months since the first Integrated Flight Test of SpaceX's Starship/Superheavy rocket, it once again stands tall on Stage 0 at Starbase in Texas. This 2 stage super heavy launch vehicle measures in at 121 meters tall and 9 meters in diameter, and is part of NASA's Artemis program to send humans to the Moon to stay. The first launch of this rocket was on April 20th, 2023 at 8:33am Central Time, climbing to an apogee of 39km off the coast of Texas. Shortly after lifting off, the 33 Rapto
Atlas V delays due to approaching Tropical Storm Idalia
United Launch Alliance's Atlas V rocket in the 551 configuration is set to roll back to the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) as Tropical Storm Idalia approaches the West coast of Florida. ULA has made this decision out of an abundance of caution for the National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) critical security payload and personnel safety. The next launch attempt will be determined after the storm has passed and deemed safe to launch.The Atlas V rocket is planned to launch SILENTBARKER, a join
SpaceX successfully launches 4 Astronauts toward the ISS
At 3:27am EDT this morning, SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket launched from Launch Complex 39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. On top of the Falcon 9 rocket is their Crew Dragon spacecraft, capable of carrying up to 7 Astronauts into Orbit. This is the 7th operational crewed ISS rotation mission by SpaceX and the first of 3 additional missions contracted by NASA after the delays to Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.This is the 3rd mission flown by SpaceX's Crew Dragon named "Endurance" as they continue to dr
Antares 230+ launches for the final time
On August 1st at 8:31pm EDT, Northrop Grumman's Antares 230+ series rocket launched for the final time from Launch Pad 0A at Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Underneath the fairing was their Cygnus spacecraft with 8,200 lbs of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station. This launch marked the retirement of the Antares 230+ series with the first stage booster no longer being supplied from Ukraine and the RD-181 engines no longer being accepted from Russia.Up next in the lin