SpaceX’s Fram2 Mission Will Aim for the Poles
Commercial mission plans to observe Earth’s poles from low-Earth orbit for the first time and complete 22 research experiments, among other objectives.
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SpaceX Begins Building for Starship Launches in Florida
Company announces it is building new production and launch facilities at Kennedy Space Center.
Military Evacuates Aircraft Ahead of Hurricane Milton Landfall
U.S. Air Force and Navy relocate KC-135 Stratotankers and F-16 fighter jets that sit directly in the storm’s path.
NASA Postpones Europa Clipper Launch as Hurricane Milton Takes Aim at Cape Canaveral
Kennedy Space Center is battening down the hatches as the storm gathers strength over the Gulf of Mexico.
NASA Awaits ‘All-Clear’ for Mission to Search for Life on Jupiter’s Moon
Space agency is gearing up to send Europa Clipper, the largest spacecraft it has developed for a planetary mission, on a 1.8-billion-mile journey.
SpaceX Takes Aim at FAA After Latest Starship Launch Delay
The gargantuan rocket’s fifth test flight will attempt a complex booster ‘catch’ maneuver but not for at least a few months.
Boeing Starliner Returns Home Safely
The mission to return the spacecraft to Earth concludes a flight test to the International Space Station that was unexpectedly extended to three months.
Polaris Dawn Is SpaceX’s Most Experimental—and Risky—Human Spaceflight Yet
The four-person mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than Monday at 3:38 a.m. EDT.
Blue Origin Urges FAA to Cap SpaceX Launches at Kennedy
The latest wrinkle in the long-standing feud between billionaire CEOs Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk sees the former lodge a public complaint with the regulator.
SpaceX Pitches High-Frequency Starship Operations at Kennedy Space Center
The company proposes installing infrastructure that would support as many as 44 Starship launches annually but will first need to pass an environmental assessment.
