SpaceX-25 (SpX-25) Launch: The SpaceX-25 Dragon spacecraft launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:44 PM CT yesterday evening. The spacecraft is carrying more than 5,800 pounds of research, supplies, and hardware to the ISS. Following the successful launch, the Dragon spacecraft will prepare to rendezvous with the ISS on Saturday morning, July 16th. Payloads: …
Senior Project Scientist John Mather Reflects on Journey to Webb’s First Images
People around the world joined together in excitement as the first color scientific images and spectra from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope were revealed this week. Webb is fully commissioned and already embarked on its first year of peer-reviewed science programs. We asked Webb senior project scientist John Mather to reflect on reaching this moment …
Progress Continues Toward Artemis I Launch
Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, technicians continue to prepare the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft for Artemis I. During work to repair the source of a hydrogen leak, engineers identified a loose fitting on the inside wall of the rocket’s engine section, where the quick disconnect …
Crew Awaits Dragon Filled with New Science Benefitting Humans
More than 5,800 pounds of new science experiments and crew supplies are on their way to the International Space Station after the successful launch of the SpaceX Dragon cargo craft on Thursday. Dragon blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:44 p.m. EDT and reached orbit less than nine minutes later beginning …
SpaceX Dragon Ventures to Space Station with NASA Science, Cargo
SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft – carrying more than 5,800 pounds of critical science, hardware, and crew supplies – is on its way to the International Space Station following a successful launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The company’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 39A at 8:44 p.m. EDT, beginning SpaceX’s 25th …
Dragon Flying Solo
SpaceX’s cargo Dragon spacecraft has separated from the Falcon 9 rocket, continuing its journey to the International Space Station to deliver a shipment of supplies and equipment critical for multiple science and research investigations that will take place in space. Dragon is expected to arrive at the station Saturday, July 16, and will autonomously dock …
First Stage Sticks the Landing!
The first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has successfully landed on the company’s “A Shortfall of Gravitas” drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the 130th time teams have recovered a first stage booster from Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy vehicles. Today’s launch marked the fifth flight for this Falcon 9, and it is …
Main Engine Cutoff; First Stage Separates
The nine Merlin engines in the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage have finished their burn, and the first stage has separated from the vehicle. As the second stage continues carrying Dragon on its journey, the first stage will attempt a landing on the drone ship “A Shortfall of Gravitas.” This coming up in just a …
We Have Liftoff!
Ignition and liftoff! SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and uncrewed Dragon spacecraft are climbing away from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, beginning the company’s 25th resupply services mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff occurred right on time at 8:44 p.m. EDT. Dragon will deliver more than 5,800 pounds of cargo to the orbiting laboratory, …