NASA, SpaceX’s Crew-3 launches into orbit, bound for space station

NASA, SpaceX’s Crew-3 launches into orbit, bound for space station

The SpaceX Crew-3 launch had been postponed multiple times, due to weather and then health issues, but a Falcon 9 rocket finally lifted off from Kennedy Space Center just after 9 p.m. Wednesday evening. The astronauts will head to the International Space Station (ISS) and plan to complete scientific experiments while there.

The SpaceX Crew-3 launch had been postponed multiple times, due to weather and then health issues, but a Falcon 9 rocket finally lifted off from Kennedy Space Center just after 9 p.m. Wednesday evening. The astronauts will head to the International Space Station (ISS) and plan to complete scientific experiments while there.

Skies clear in time for Crew-3 launch; 4 astronauts blast off to space station

Skies clear in time for Crew-3 launch; 4 astronauts blast off to space station

The Crew-3 mission lifted off Wednesday evening after a day of rain, the Falcon 9 rocket cutting through the broken clouds before finally disappearing for good and leaving only a lingering rumble rolling across the Florida coast.

The Crew-3 mission lifted off Wednesday evening after a day of rain, the Falcon 9 rocket cutting through the broken clouds before finally disappearing for good and leaving only a lingering rumble rolling across the Florida coast.

SpaceX's 1st tourists splash down in the Atlantic after 3 days in orbit

SpaceX's 1st tourists splash down in the Atlantic after 3 days in orbit

Four space tourists ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the ocean just before sunset, not far from where their chartered flight began three days earlier.

Four space tourists ended their trailblazing trip to orbit Saturday with a splashdown in the Atlantic off the Florida coast. Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the ocean just before sunset, not far from where their chartered flight began three days earlier.

SpaceX Inspiration4 all-civilian crew completes historic liftoff

SpaceX Inspiration4 all-civilian crew completes historic liftoff

SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission is targeting a five-hour launch window on Wednesday, September 15, opening at 8:02 p.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission is targeting a five-hour launch window on Wednesday, September 15, opening at 8:02 p.m. EDT from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Liftoff! SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force

Liftoff! SpaceX launches GPS satellite for U.S. Space Force

This satellite is part of a next generation satellite constellation featuring upgraded, state-of-the-art technology, according to NASA.

This satellite is part of a next generation satellite constellation featuring upgraded, state-of-the-art technology, according to NASA.

SpaceX lands NASA's $2.89 billion contract to put humans on lunar surface with Starship

SpaceX lands NASA's $2.89 billion contract to put humans on lunar surface with Starship

NASA on Friday announced a continued partnership with SpaceX in the development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next American astronauts to the lunar surface, part of the Artemis Moon program.

NASA on Friday announced a continued partnership with SpaceX in the development of the first commercial human lander that will safely carry the next American astronauts to the lunar surface, part of the Artemis Moon program.

SpaceX sends another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit

SpaceX sends another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit

There are said to be hundreds of Starlink satellites already in orbit, the largest constellation of artificial satellites.

There are said to be hundreds of Starlink satellites already in orbit, the largest constellation of artificial satellites.

SpaceX Starship crash-lands during highest test flight

SpaceX Starship crash-lands during highest test flight

SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.

SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.