Launch recap: SpaceX rocket launch from Cape Canaveral early Monday in Florida
Launch recap: Scroll down to read live updates from the early morning Aug. 4 launch of the Starlink 10-30 mission from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
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See photos: SpaceX launches Starlink mission following stormy night in Cape Canaveral
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As SpaceX launches increase, third cargo crane arrives in Port Canaveral
It’s been a busy year on the Space Coast and with multiple rocket launches every week, Port Canaveral is adding a third mobile harbor crane to support Port Canaveral cargo and rocket boosters coming in from the ocean on landing platforms.
On Aug. 4, workers surrounded the new crane, which sat on a blue barge labeled BBC Rushmore.
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What to know: SpaceX to launch another Amazon Kuiper mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida
Amazon’s Kuiper internet constellation will continue to grow thanks to yet another launch — again on a SpaceX rocket.
The mission is known as KF-02 (Kuiper Falcon 2) and is set to liftoff no earlier than 10:01 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. SpaceX has a 27-minute window to make the launch.
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NASA calls for nuclear power plant on the moon in next decade. Here’s what we know.
NASA wants to put a nuclear power plant on the moon in the next decade and eventually Mars.
Signed by the current Acting Administrator Sean Duffy, NASA Headquarters released a plan that calls for creating a new position, the Fission Surface Power Program Executive, who would oversee this effort, working to award contracts within the next eight months to up to two industry providers to push forward this effort.
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Scrub! Live updates from SpaceX’s Amazon satellite launch attempt at Cape Canaveral, Florida
Scrub recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the unsuccessful Thursday, Aug. 7, liftoff attempt of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Amazon Project Kuiper KF-02 mission.
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SpaceX, Starship and ‘Gigabay’ in Florida: About Elon Musk’s plans for the massive rocket
Starship is on the verge of flying for the first time in more than two months over Texas, but SpaceX’s massive rocket could also soon be soaring above Florida.
That’s right: A gigantic launch system vehicle that has only ever lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas could operate out of the Sunshine State. Plans call for billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial spaceflight company to bring Starship production and launch capabilities to the Space Coast — potentially by the end of the year.
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SpaceX postpones Amazon Project Kuiper launch try again; crews target Saturday morning liftoff
On the heels of a Thursday scrub, SpaceX again postponed a Friday morning attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on an Amazon Project Kuiper mission.
So now, SpaceX will try again Saturday morning. Target launch time is 9 a.m. The 45-minute launch window will extend until 9:45 a.m.
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Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams made news as ‘stuck’ crew of Starliner. Now, he’s retiring
Astronaut Butch Wilmore’s venture to space aboard the ill-fated Boeing Starliner spacecraft appears to be his last — at least with NASA.
NASA has announced that Wilmore is retiring from the U.S. space agency a little more than a year since he and astronaut Suni Williams set out for the International Space Station for what was meant to be a brief orbital stay. Selected for the Starliner’s first crewed test flight, Wilmore and Williams were thrust into the worldwide spotlight after the troubled mission stretched on for months due to issues with the spacecraft.
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Scrub! SpaceX calls off Saturday’s Amazon satellite launch try 28 seconds before liftoff, citing weather
Scrub recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Saturday, Aug. 9, scrubbed liftoff attempt of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Amazon Project Kuiper KF-02 mission.
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ULA Vulcan to launch USSF-106 national security mission Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida
United Launch Alliance officials are prepping a Vulcan rocket to send up a pair of Space Force national security satellites on one of the company’s longest-ever launches — lasting more than seven hours and extending more than 22,000 miles above Earth to complete deployment.
For comparison’s sake, the International Space Station orbits about 250 miles above the Earth’s surface.
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Four delays in a row! SpaceX halts Amazon satellite launch try again, citing bad weather
Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from SpaceX’s unsuccessful Sunday, Aug. 10, launch attempt of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Amazon Project Kuiper KF-02 mission.
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SpaceX launch recap: Live updates from Amazon mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Monday, Aug. 11, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Amazon Project Kuiper KF-02 mission.
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SpaceX launch photos: Amazon satellite mission Aug. 11 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
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