NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission now is targeting a return to Earth no earlier than 10:33 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 8, with a splashdown off the coast of Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Endeavour, is scheduled to undock from the International Space Station at 2:05 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, to begin the journey home.Mission teams [...]
After three days on-orbit, Dragon and the Inspiration4 crew – the world’s first all-civilian mission to orbit – will return to Earth on September 18, splashing down at approximately 7:06 p.m. EDT in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Inspiration4 is commanded by Jared Isaacman, founder and CEO of Shift4 Payments and an [...]
SpaceX will dock with the International Space Station for the third time with their Crew Dragon capsule carrying 4 astronauts. The docking procedures and hatch opening will be preceded by a number of phasing and approach burns on the Crew Dragon capsule to complete the docking autonomously.SpaceX launched the second operational mission of its Crew [...]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 astronauts aboard the International Space Station will mark another first for commercial spaceflight Monday, April 5, when the four astronauts will relocate the Crew Dragon spacecraft to prepare for the arrival of new crew members in late April and the upcoming delivery of new solar arrays this summer.Live coverage will begin at [...]
SpaceX will dock with the International Space Station for the second time with their Crew Dragon capsule carrying 4 astronauts. The docking procedures and hatch opening will be preceded by a number of phasing and approach burns on the Crew Dragon capsule to complete the docking autonomously.SpaceX launched the first operational mission of its Crew [...]
SpaceX and NASA will be launching astronauts to the International Space Station again in just a few days aboard their Crew-1 mission, but what's different? I'm here to outline 7 differences that SpaceX incorporated into this NASA mission that were not previously a part of the DM-2 (Demo-2) demonstration mission back in May.The Crew-1 Launch [...]
On August 2, 2020 the SpaceX Demo-2 mission concluded with a successful splashdown and recovery of their DM-2 Crew Dragon capsule with Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley onboard. At the recovery site, though, over 25 recreational boaters began encroaching into the recovery area where a Notice to Mariners had been issued. Although it appears [...]
SpaceX will land and splashdown their American astronauts after undocking with the International Space Station. They previously docked to the ISS for their DM-2 mission which launched American astronauts on an American rocket from American soil on May 30, 2020.02 AUGUST 2020 TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Preshow0:13 Show Start51:23 Trunk Jettison & Deorbit Burn1:36:15 Re-Entry Begins1:44:40 Final Descent2:05:57 [...]
SpaceX will undock from the International Space Station for the first time with their Crew Dragon capsule carrying 2 American astronauts. The undock procedures and hatch closure begin about 2 hours prior to the actual undocking, followed by a number of departure burns on the Crew Dragon capsule to complete the undock.Splashdown Live Event: https://youtu.be/v6ZUuXtKpX4SpaceX [...]
