by Matt Wilson | Jun 4, 2021 | International Space Station, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
SpaceX successfully launched the Dragon CRS 22 resupply mission to the ISS at 1729 GMT on 3 June from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. The mission in service to NASA is carrying 3,328 kg of cargo, supplies, and hardware. Of this an important part are the first...
by Matt Wilson | Jun 3, 2021 | exploration, NASA, Satellites, Science, Seradata News
NASA selected two new missions to form part of its Discovery programme on 2 June. These missions lie on the smaller end of the scale where NASA is concerned but, will still now each be funded to the tune of US$500 million. The winning candidates have been in...
by Matt Wilson | May 21, 2021 | exploration, Launches, NASA, Seradata News
On 19 May Firefly Aerospace contracted SpaceX to launch its Blue Ghost lunar lander mission, planned for 2023. SpaceX will utilise its Falcon 9 launch vehicle for the mission. Firefly is developing the Blue Ghost lander as part of the NASA CLPS (Commercial Lunar...
by Matt Wilson | Apr 23, 2021 | Commercial human spaceflight, International Space Station, Launches, NASA, Seradata News, SpaceX
On 23 April SpaceX successfully launched the “Crew 2” mission on a Falcon 9 vehicle into low Earth orbit from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Lift-off occurred at 0949 GMT. On board the Crew Dragon Endeavour were four crew: NASA Astronaut Shane...
by Matt Wilson | Feb 5, 2021 | NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, SpaceX
A NASA announcement on 4 February 2021 outlines the award of the SPHEREx launch contract to SpaceX. SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer) is a NASA medium-class explorer mission planned for launch in June...
