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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center could soon be under water due to global warming. Sea levels are rising and the multi-billion dollar complex is already seeing the effects of climate change. It appears, the land under the center is slowly sinking into the ocean. The Space Center in Florida may have to abandon some of its …
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We’re only three days away from the start of the USA next generation space program that could one day take humans to Mars. The space agency has replaced the old countdown clock, a NASA icon, by a brand new one just in time for the Orion launch, December 4.
SpaceX Falcon heavy rocket next launch from Florida’s Space Coast has been pushed back to Tuesday, April 9. The megarocket will lift off from historic Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center carrying the Arabsat 6A communications satellite. Although this is the second launch of the world’s most powerful rocket, it will be its first …
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SpaceX is another step closer to crewed flight. The private spaceflight company SpaceX installed an astronaut walkway at Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida last Monday. The walkway will allow astronauts to get from the launch tower to SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship, which will sit atop SpaceX’s 230-foot-tall (70 meters) Falcon …
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SpaceX plans new facilities at KSC to support more launches and landings. SpaceX is planning to expand its presence at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, including a state-of-the-art launch control center, rocket refurbishment center and a Falcon 9, Dragon rocket garden, according to environmental impact documents filed to NASA a month ago. The California-based …
SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket was rolled out on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center Thursday morning. SpaceX is preparing for the rocket’s maiden flight, which is scheduled for next month. NASA confirmed that the mega rocket has been moved to Launchpad 39A and it will undergo various tests before it takes off. …
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SpaceX launched a mysterious Air Force X-37B space plane ahead of Irma’s arrival Elon Musk’s space company can add another first to its ever-increasing list. Only two days ago, it successfully launched the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B experimental space plane. This is the first time for SpaceX to launch the X-37B, which has run four …
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NASA’s research to advance supersonic flight will produce loud booms along Canaveral National Seashore on Space Coast. Residents near the area around Kennedy and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station could hear more than 30 booms during flights next month, NASA officials said Monday. Researchers from Langley Research Center in Virginia and Armstrong Flight Research Center, …
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The company is making history again- for the first time, SpaceX reuses one of its Dragon cargo capsules. This evening, SpaceX is launching another one of its Falcon 9 rockets. It is the 100th launch from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida and the spacecraft is sending cargo and supplies to the International …
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SpaceX delayed a rocket launch from Nasa’s historic moon pad 13 seconds before liftoff due to a familiar glitch. Last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX to halt the countdown with just 13 seconds remaining. The launch of the unmanned Falcon 9 rocket was originally scheduled for Saturday at 10:01 a.m. ET. The new window for the …
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