NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 13, for the undocking of the Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station due to weather conditions and potential impacts from Hurricane Milton across the Florida peninsula. Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 [...]

NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than 3:05 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 10, for the undocking of the Crew-8 mission from the International Space Station due to weather conditions off the coast of Florida. Mission managers continue to monitor conditions, with the next weather briefing planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 8. [...]

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov docked to the International Space Station on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. Photo credit: NASA NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are fully integrated into the newly arrived Crew-9 spacecraft docked to the International Space Station. The duo tried on their [...]

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Photo credit: NASA The SpaceX spacecraft carrying Crew-9 members NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, mission specialist, to the International Space Station has safely [...]

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft separates from second stage 12 minutes after launch from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photo: NASA At 1:29 EDT, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft separated from the Falcon 9 rocket second stage and now is flying on its own.   NASA astronaut Nick Hague, commander, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr [...]

A first-stage booster from SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket comes in for a successful landing at Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, just minutes after NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch from Space Launch Complex-40. Photo credit: NASA The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has [...]

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has reached Max-Q, the moment of peak mechanical stress on the rocket. Following this, first stage main engine cutoff occurred, and the first and second stages have separated from each other.   The rocket’s first stage booster is scheduled to land at SpaceX’s Landing Zone 1 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station [...]

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft lifts off on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov aboard Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photo credit: NASA NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 [...]

Propellant loading is underway for the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ahead of launch to the International Space Station for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission. Photo credit: NASA The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fueling is underway with rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) and first-stage liquid oxygen. About 16 minutes before liftoff, liquid oxygen fueling will begin for the second [...]

The crew access arm retracts from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the International Space Force Station in Florida on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. Photo credit: NASA The launch director just gave a “go” for the crew access arm to retract away from SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft [...]