Meet the Artemis 2 Astronauts: Mission Specialist Christina Koch Spaceflight Now 2026-09-20 | Meet the Artemis 2 Astronauts: Mission Specialist Christina Koch
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-10-18 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with another batch of 20 Starlink internet relay satellites, of which 13 feature Direct to Cell capabilities. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 7:31 p.m. EDT (2331 UTC) on Friday, Oct. 18. The first-stage booster making its ninth flight will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, a little more than eight minutes into the flight.The mission, designated Starlink 8-19, will be the 67th launch of Starlink satellites and the 97th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket this year.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-10-15 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 20 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 1:21 a.m. PDT (4:21 a.m. EDT, 0821 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1071, making its 19th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.The Starlink 9-7 mission includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Our live coverage with commentary will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-10-15 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 2:10 a.m. EDT (0610 UTC) on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The first-stage booster, making its 11th flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.The mission, designated Starlink 10-10, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches NASAs Europa Clipper mission to Jupiters ocean moon Spaceflight Now 2024-10-14 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Clipper on a mission to Jupiter's ocean moon. Liftoff from launch complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for Monday, October 14, at 12:06 p.m. EDT (1606 UTC). The mission needs all the power of the Falcon Heavy, its twin side boosters and core stage will not be recovered.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 75 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX launches Starship on 5th test flight, attempts to catch returning booster Spaceflight Now 2024-10-13 | Watch live as a SpaceX Super Heavy booster and Starship launch on its 5th test flight featuring an attempt to catch the returning booster with the launch pad tower chopsticks. Liftoff on Sunday, October 13, is set for 7:25 a.m. CDT / 8:25 a.m. EDT / 1225 UTC.The Starship vehicle, equipped with an improved heat shield, should achieve near-orbital velocity on a mission that will take it half way around the world. Starship will then reenter the atmosphere and make a gentle splashdown in the Indian Ocean.Our live coverage, hosted by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin two hours before launch and is brought to you in partnership with LabPadre.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
SpaceX to attempt Super Heavy Booster catch during Starship Flight 5 Spaceflight Now 2024-10-12 | SpaceX continues to progress towards an operational version of its Starship rocket and Flight 5 has the potential to showcase a key technology. During the mission, set to launch no earlier than Sunday, Oct. 13, SpaceX will attempt to have the Super Heavy Booster fly back to the launch site along Boca Chica Beach, TX, and catch it using the launch tower.The launch will also demonstrate the capabilities of the upgraded heat shield on the Starship's upper stage as it makes its way back through the atmosphere to attempt a soft water landing in the Indian Ocean about an hour after liftoff. The mission is not only important for advancing SpaceX's ambitions as a company, but it's also crucial for NASA's Artemis program. Starship will be used on the Artemis 3 and Artemis 4 missions as the lander, which will take astronauts down to the surface of the Moon and back up again. Artemis 3 is scheduled to launch no earlier than September 2026.The Flight 5 mission of Starship from SpaceX's Starbase facilities in Southern Texas is set for no earlier than 7 a.m. CDT (1200 UTC).This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
ESA leaders discuss Hera mission following successful launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now 2024-10-07 | After four years of dedicated work on the mission called "Hera," the primary spacecraft and its two CubeSats are now on their own and beginning the two-year journey to the binary asteroid system of Didymos and its moon, Dimorphous. The latter was intentionally struck by NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft in September 2022 and the Hera mission is going in for a post-impact post-mortem on the asteroid.DART and Hera represent the first planetary defense missions for NASA and the European Space Agency respectively. The genesis of these missions go back to a proposed mission from ESA called Don Quijote in 2004. That evolved into Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) missions, from which DART was born. ESA's contribution for that was first called Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM), but was passed over for funding in 2016.After it evolved into Hera, it was fully funded by ESA and finally launched on Oct. 7, 2024. In this post-mission briefing, Hera mission leaders reflect on the milestones achieved up to this point and what comes next for the Hera mission.This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches ESAs Hera asteroid mission from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-10-07 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the European Space Agency's Hera mission. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled to launch at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC) on Monday, October 7. The first-stage booster making its 23rd flight will be intentionally expended during this mission. The mission is the 94th flight of a Falcon 9 rocket in 2024.This mission is a follow up to NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which successfully impacted the asteroid, Dimorphous, in 2022. DART lessened the orbital period of Dimorphous around its binary asteroid, Didymos, by about 32 minutes. These are the first two planetary defense missions for both space agencies.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
ESAs Hera mission leadership provide a prelaunch status update Spaceflight Now 2024-10-06 | As the rain fell outside a hotel in Cocoa Beach, Florida, mission leadership with the European Space Agency's Hera mission provided an update on the mission set to launch no earlier than Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. In the days following the briefing, Hurricane Milton is forecast to make landfall in Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane.When it launches, the Hera spacecraft will begin a two-year journey out to the binary asteroid system consisting of Didymos and Dimorphous. ESA's mission will examine the composition of these rocky bodies and more importantly, gather key data on the results of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which slammed into Dimorphous in 2022, changing its orbit.This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
ULAs Vulcan rocket overcomes solid rocket booster anomaly, completes second certification launch Spaceflight Now 2024-10-05 | United Launch Alliance launched its Vulcan rocket for the second time from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Liftoff took place at 7:25 a.m. EDT (1125 UTC) against the backdrop of the rising sun over Florida's Space Coast.Less than a minute into flight though, an issue with the nozzle on one of the Northrop Grumman GEM 63XL solid rocket boosters occurred, requiring the Vulcan booster to compensate. ULA President and CEO Tory Bruno said the mission was ultimately very successful, notching a nominal orbital insertion and testing of the Centaur 5 upper stage.The mission was a crucial final step in certifying the rocket to launch national security payloads for the U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office.This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: ULAs Vulcan rocket launches on crucial second test flight Spaceflight Now 2024-10-04 | Watch live coverage as United Launch Alliance (ULA) counts down to the second test flight of its new Vulcan rocket. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 6 a.m. EDT (1000 UTC) on Friday, Oct. 4. The rocket successfully flew for the first time in January. The U.S. military requires two successful mission before the rocket will be certified to carrying critical national security payloads.Designated Cert-2 by ULA, the mission carries a dummy payload and instrumentation designed to gather important data about the performance and capabilities of the Centaur 5 upper stage.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately one hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 launches space station crew for NASA from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-09-28 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 carrying a NASA astronaut and Russian cosmonaut to the International Space Station aboard a Dragon capsule. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 1:17 p.m. EDT (1717 UTC) on Saturday, Sept. 28. It will be the first time a human spaceflight mission has launched from pad 40. The first-stage booster, making its 2nd flight, will return to a landing at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station about eight minutes after launch.Aboard Dragon Freedom will be Crew 9 commander Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Gorbunov. The Dragon will launch with two empty seats to carry Boeing's Starliner astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams back to Earth in February.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately four hours prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
NASA nears end of Mobile Launcher 1 testing ahead of Artemis 2 rocket stacking Spaceflight Now 2024-09-27 | The first crewed mission in the Artemis program is targeting launch no earlier than September 2025 and several pieces need to come together to make the mission happen. One of those puzzle pieces is completing testing and checkouts of the launch support structure called the Mobile Launcher 1 (ML-1).Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith visited Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center where he witnessed a crew access arm swing test and spoke with Jesse Berdis, the ML-1 deputy project manager. They talked about the work that's been done with the ML-1 since it rolled out to the pad in 2023 and the next steps before it's rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building ahead of stacking the Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis 2 mission.This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-09-25 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 20 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 9:01 p.m. PDT (12:01 a.m. EDT, 0401 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1081 in the SpaceX fleet, making its 10th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.The Starlink 9-8 mission includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX test fires Falcon 9 rocket for Crew 9 Spaceflight Now 2024-09-25 | Watch live as SpaceX test fires a Falcon 9 rocket that will carry the Crew 9 mission to the International Space Station. The brief ignition of the rocket’s nine first stage engines is scheduled to take place Tuesday at 10:05pm EDT (0205 UTC) at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.The Falcon 9 and Dragon will be rolled back to the hangar Wednesday to shelter from Tropical Storm Helena which is forecast to strike Florida as a powerful category 3 hurricane later this week.Liftoff is now scheduled for no earlier than Saturday, September 28, 2024 at 1:17pm EDT (1717 UTC).Spaceflight Now will have live coverage of the static fire test beginning about 30 minutes prior to ignition, with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Polaris Dawn Debrief - A post-mission conversation with the full crew Spaceflight Now 2024-09-20 | The on-orbit portion of the Polaris Dawn spaceflight has come and gone, but the work on this historic mission continues. A week after completing the first commercial spacewalk, Jared Isaacman, Scott "Kidd" Poteet, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, sat down with Spaceflight Now to discuss the multi-day mission.Speaking with reporter Will Robinson-Smith, the Polaris Dawn crew talked about their experiences on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience, performing the first commercial spacewalk, conducting dozens of experiments, the outreach for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the work ahead for the Polaris Program.Chapters:00:00 - Intro1:19 - Returning to Earth2:15 - Trainer to astronaut3:57 - Keeping on schedule5:07 - Second-time flying Dragon6:33 - Passing on learning8:43 - Research data10:00 - Dragon chronicles11:50 - Spacewalk17:36 - "Rey's Theme" performance22:42 - Future Polaris Program roles23:30 - Debriefing Polaris Dawn25:50 - Juggling science28:55 - Historic orbits31:19 - Starlink demonstration36:02 - Supporting St. Jude38:07 - Looking forwardThis coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 20 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-09-20 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 20 Starlink V2 Mini satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Friday, September 20, at 6:50 a.m. PDT (9:50 a.m. EDT, 1350 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1075, making its 13th flight, will land on the SpaceX droneship, 'Of Course I Still Love You,' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.The Starlink 9-17 mission includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from Florida with European navigation satellites Spaceflight Now 2024-09-17 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Galileo navigation satellites to Medium Earth Orbit for the European Commission. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for approximately 6:50 p.m. EDT (2250 UTC) on Tuesday, Sept. 17. The first-stage booster, making its 22nd flight, will be recovered on the drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions' stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.The Galileo L13 mission will be the 90th Falcon 9 launch of the year.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Starliner crew speak on seeing ship depart without them – whats next for the Boeing capsule Spaceflight Now 2024-09-17 | The Boeing Starliner spacecraft returned to Earth from the International Space Station without its crew. The decision was made after more than two months of reviewing data connected to a handful of helium leaks and issues with five of the Reaction Control System (RCS) that occurred during the flight to the orbiting outpost.Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams, who launched to the station on June 8, 2024, spoke with the press days after their spacecraft departed without them. The duo are set to return to Earth on the SpaceX Crew Dragon Freedom in February. Hear their thoughts about the mission and what NASA leaders have to say about the path forward for the Starliner program.Starliner departure video and thumbnail image courtesy SEN. See their channel for more spectacular views from space: youtube.com/@SenThis coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-09-13 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, at 6:45 p.m. PDT (9:45 p.m. EDT, 0145 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1071, making its 18th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.The Starlink 9-6 mission includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: Polaris Dawn astronauts make first commercial spacewalk from SpaceX Dragon spaceship Spaceflight Now 2024-09-12 | Live coverage as the Polaris Dawn crew attempt the world's first commercial spacewalk from the SpaceX Dragon capsule Resilience. The spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 5:58 a.m. EDT (0858 UTC) but the time is subject to change.Aboard Resilience are mission commander, Jared Isaacman, retired U.S. Air Force pilot, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and two SpaceX Lead Space Operations Engineers, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. Isaacman and Gillis will take turns emerging from the Dragon's hatch while Poteet and Menon remain inside. The entire spacecraft will be depressurised for the Extravehicular Activity (EVA). In addition to performing the spacewalk the crew have already flown further from Earth than anyone since the Apollo era.Commentary will be provided by Will Robinson-Smith.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with five BlueBird satellites from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-09-12 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the first five operational satellites for AST SpaceMobile’s in-orbit cellular service. Each BlueBird satellite has a communications array measuring 693 square feet. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during a four-hour window that opens at 4:52 a.m. EDT (0852 UTC) on Thursday, Sept. 5. The first-stage booster, making its 13th flight, will return to a landing at Cape Canaveral’s Landing Zone 1, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX launches Polaris Dawn astronauts on first commercial spacewalk mission Spaceflight Now 2024-09-10 | Live coverage from NASA's Kennedy Space Center as the Polaris Dawn crew launches on a mission to perform the world's first commercial space walk. Liftoff from pad 39A, atop a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled for no earlier than Tuesday, September 10, 2024 at 5:23 a.m. EDT (0923 UTC).Aboard Dragon Resilience are mission commander, Jared Isaacman, retired U.S. Air Force pilot, Scott “Kidd” Poteet, and two SpaceX Lead Space Operations Engineers, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis. In addition to performing the spacewalk the crew will fly further from Earth than anyone since the Apollo era.Commentary will be provided by Will Robinson-Smith from the Spaceflight Now news bureau at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site starting about four hours prior to launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test mission ends without astronauts on board Spaceflight Now 2024-09-06 | The conclusion of the Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test comes exactly three months after the spacecraft docked at the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams onboard. After months of testing, both on the ground and on orbit though, NASA wasn't comfortable with returning Wimore and Williams to Earth onboard Starliner. That means the spacecraft will return uncrewed for a landing at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico, as it did during the uncrewed Orbital Flight Test 2 (OFT-2) in 2022.In this video, Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith explains why this decision was made and what happens next with the Starliner programThis coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from California on U.S. spy satellite agency mission Spaceflight Now 2024-09-06 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket thought to be carrying an undisclosed number of Starshield satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Liftoff of the NROL-113 mission from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. PDT on Thursday, Sept. 5 (11:20 p.m. EDT / 0320 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 20th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' about eight and a half minutes after launching.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-09-05 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled during a four-hour window that opens at 8:35 a.m. EDT (1235 UTC) on Thursday, Sept. 5. The first-stage booster, making its 15th flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.The mission, designated Starlink 8-11, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast and includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Replay: SpaceX scrubs Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-09-04 | Watch a replay of our live coverage as SpaceX attempted to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was aborted in the final minutes of the countdown due to poor weather in the booster recovery zone.The mission, designated Starlink 8-11 includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Commentary was provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
4K Launch Replay: Atlas 5 launches its final national security payload Spaceflight Now 2024-09-03 | The efforts of the entire Spaceflight Now videography team comes together for this 4K replay of the launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on its final national security mission for the Pentagon. It lifted off on the classified USSF-51 mission on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, at 6:45 a.m. EDT (1045 UTC) from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida.The rocket was in its 551 configuration, equipped with five strap-on solid rocket motors, this is the most powerful version of the Atlas 5. It was the rocket's 100th national security mission for the U.S. military. the Atlas 5 is being replaced by ULA's new Vulcan launcher. Future Atlas 5 missions will carry commercial payloads.Videographers:• Adam Bernstein• Chuck & Jen Briggs• Michael Cain• Pete CarstensThis coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 21 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-08-31 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Saturday, August 31, at 1:48 a.m. PDT (4:48 a.m. EDT, 0848 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1081, making its 9th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.The Starlink 9-4 mission includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now 2024-08-31 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 3:43 a.m. EDT on Saturday, August 31 (0743 UTC). The first-stage booster making its 18th flight will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.The mission, designated Starlink 8-10, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast and includes 13 satellites capable of providing direct to cellphone services.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
SpaceX’s crashed Falcon 9 rocket returns to Port Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-08-31 | For the first time in more than three years, SpaceX is bouncing back from a failed rocket booster landing. The company snapped a streak of more than 260 consecutive, successful landings of its Falcon 9 first stage booster when it attempted to land the booster used on the Starlink 8-6 mission, tail number B1062.The former flight leader in the Falcon feet was attempting to land for a 23rd time when it had its off-nominal landing, which resulted in it bursting into flames on the SpaceX droneship, 'A Shortfall of Gravitas.'After briefly grounding the Falcon 9 rocket, the Federal Aviation Administration approved SpaceX to return to launch on Aug. 30, hours after the remnants of B1062 were brought into Port Canaveral.This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Replay: Falcon 9 booster explodes on landing after launching 21 Starlink satellites Spaceflight Now 2024-08-28 | Watch a replay of our live coverage as SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station occurred at 3:48 a.m. EDT (0748 UTC) on Wednesday, August 28. The first-stage booster making its 23rd flight exploded after crash landing on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.The mission, designated Starlink 8-6, took a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast. The 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, include 13 with direct to cellphone capabilities.Commentary was provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson Smith.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Astronaut Anna Menon on Polaris Dawn impact Spaceflight Now 2024-08-25 | Polaris Dawn Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Anna Menon explains how her flight will help inform her work a Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX. She and fellow Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis are the first SpaceX employees to go to space.This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX test fires Falcon 9 rocket for Polaris Dawn mission Spaceflight Now 2024-08-25 | Watch live as SpaceX test fires a Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A ahead of its planned launch with Dragon Resilience carrying the four-member crew of Polaris Dawn. During the test, the nine Merlin first stage engines will fire for less than ten seconds while the rocket is held down on the launch pad. Ignition is expected to occur at 6:38 a.m. EDT (1038 UTC) Sunday. Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin around 30 minutes prior to ignition.If all goes well, liftoff of the Polaris Dawn mission is scheduled for 3:38 a.m. EDT Tuesday, August 27. Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: NASA announces how crew of Boeing Starliner will come home Spaceflight Now 2024-08-24 | Watch live as NASA announces its decision on how it will return two NASA astronauts from the International Space Station. A press conference, led by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, is scheduled to begin no earlier than 1 p.m. EDT (1700 UTC).The Boeing Starliner Crew Flight Test launched on June 5 with the stated intention of lasting a little more than a week. However, thruster issues and helium leaks encountered during rendezvous and docking caused an extension of the mission as NASA and Boeing sought to better understand the anomalies before making a return trip.Now, with the need to create space for the SpaceX Crew-9 mission on the ISS, NASA needs to make a decision on how to end the mission. Its goal was to create enough understanding around the Starliner's service module issues to feel comfortable bringing CFT Commander Barry "Butch" Wilmore and CFT Pilot Sunita "Suni" Williams back on Starliner. However, the backup option on the table would be to launch SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft with only two out of the original four members of the Crew-9 mission and have Butch and Suni return with them in February 2025.Spaceflight Now will have live coverage of the briefing, with pre- and post-news conference commentary and analysis from Spaceflight Now Reporter Will Robinson-Smith and Space Reporter for Ars Technica, Stephen Clark.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Polaris Dawn astronauts to attempt historic first commercial spacewalk, Starlink demonstration Spaceflight Now 2024-08-24 | The four commercial astronauts of Polaris Dawn are preparing for a mission of firsts. Not only will they perform the first non-governmental spacewalk in history, but the two mission specialists, Anna Menon and Sarah Gillis, will break ground by becoming the two women who've traveled furthest from Earth on a spaceflight. The mission, which also includes Commander Jared Isaacman and Pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet, will additionally be highlighted by more than 30 science experiments and a demonstration of Starlink connectivity embedded within their Crew Dragon spacecraft.The mission is now set to launch atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket no earlier than Saturday, August 31, at 3:38 a.m. EDT (0738 UTC). Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith spoke one-on-one with the four crew members to learn more about the mission, the training and what brought them into the world of human spaceflight. Read more: spaceflightnow.com/2024/08/20/polaris-dawn-astronauts-set-to-perform-first-commercial-spacewalk-arrive-in-florida-ahead-of-launchAdditional footage courtesy of SpaceX and the Polaris Program.Chapters:• 00:00 Introduction• 1:05 Meet the crew• 9:19 Higher, further• 10:09 Starlink demo• 11:08 First commercial spacewalk• 14:40 Emotional conclusionThumbnail images courtesy Polaris Program/SpaceX and John Kraus.This coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Polaris Dawn crew, SpaceX discuss upcoming Dragon mission - full news conference Spaceflight Now 2024-08-21 | The first commercial spacewalk, a Starlink demonstration and flying further than humans have since the Apollo program are all highlights of the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission. Before launching atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Commander Jared Isaacman, Pilot Scott "Kidd" Poteet, Mission Specialist Anna Menon and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis joined William Gerstenmaier, SpaceX's vice president of Build and Flight Reliability to discuss the historic flight.Additional video courtesy the Polaris Program and SpaceX.Chapters:• 00:00 - Introduction• 04:17 - Polaris Program overview• 07:04 - Meet the crew• 10:13 - Mission overview• 12:45 - Mission objectives• 16:58 - Dragon development effort• 21:07 - Starlink tech demo• 21:43 - SpaceX EVA suits and spacewalk• 27:08 - Training for Polaris Dawn• 34:08 - Science and research• 38:59 - Quarantine to launch to splashdown• 41:37 - Q&A• 01:17:31 - ConclusionThis coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 22 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-08-20 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 22 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 9:20 a.m. EDT (1320 UTC) on Tuesday, August 20. The first-stage booster, making its first flight, will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.The mission, designated Starlink 10-5, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast. Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX test fires Falcon 9 rocket that suffered water intrusion Spaceflight Now 2024-08-19 | Watch live as SpaceX test fires a brand-new Falcon 9 rocket that will eventually carry the Crew 9 mission to the International Space Station. The static fire test and a "shakedown" mission were ordered for the booster after it suffered moisture intrusion on the road from SpaceX's McGregor test facility in Texas to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The brief ignition of the rocket’s nine first stage engines will take place around 7pm EDT (2300 UTC) Monday evening at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.If all goes according to plan the rocket will launch no earlier than Tuesday morning on the Starlink 10-5 mission and will then start preparations for the Crew 9 mission, currently scheduled for no earlier than Sept. 24.Spaceflight Now will have live coverage of the static fire test beginning about 30 minutes prior to ignition, with commentary from Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 116 small payloads from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-08-16 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 116 payloads on the Transporter 11 rideshare mission. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Friday, August 16, at 11:56 a.m. PDT (2:56 p.m. EDT, 1856 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1075, making its 12th flight, will land back at Vandenberg about seven and a half minutes into the flight.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches two Earth-observing satellites for Maxar Spaceflight Now 2024-08-15 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with the Worldview Legion 3 & 4 commercial Earth observation satellites for Maxar. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 9 a.m. EDT (1300 UTC) on Thursday, August 15. The mission has an hour-long launch window. The first-stage booster, making its 16th flight, will return to Cape Canaveral, about eight minutes after leaving the launch pad.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
NASA concludes NEOWISEs decade-long asteroid hunting mission Spaceflight Now 2024-08-13 | The Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft used to help detect near-Earth objects, like asteroids and comets has officially reached the end of its mission. On Thursday, August 8, 2024, NASA send the final hibernation command from the Earth Orbiting Missions Operation Center at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.First launched in December 2009 as WISE, the spacecraft observed more than 3,000 NEOs through years of observations. Spaceflight Now traveled to JPL to speak with Amy Mainzer, the principal investigator of both NEOWISE and the forthcoming NEO Surveyor. She described the importance of the NEOWISE mission, the legacy it leaves behind and the progress towards the NEO Surveyor mission, which is set to launch no earlier than September 2027.Read more: spaceflightnow.com/2024/08/09/nasa-sends-final-command-to-its-neowise-spacecraft-ending-more-than-a-decade-of-asteroid-observationsChapters:• 00:00 Intro• 01:01 Early years of WISE• 02:06 WISE becomes NEOWISE• 02:49 End of NEOWISE?• 03:16 A second chance• 03:41 NEOWISE retirement• 04:37 Building NEO Surveyor• 05:42 Next mission and conclusionThis coverage is made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to help us expand our coverage and get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 23 Starlink satellites from NASAs Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now 2024-08-12 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX makes another attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink satellites. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center is scheduled for 6:37 a.m. EDT (1037 UTC) on Monday, August 12. The first-stage booster making its 17th flight will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'A Shortfall of Gravitas'', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.The mission, designated Starlink 10-7, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from Florida's Space Coast.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Steven Young, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches mission for Norway from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-08-12 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with Norway's Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM). Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Sunday, August 12, at 7:02 p.m. PDT (10:02 p.m. EDT, 0202 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1061, making its 22nd flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Replay: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch 23 Starlink satellites from NASAs Kennedy Space Center Spaceflight Now 2024-08-11 | Watch a replay of our live coverage as SpaceX attempted to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 Starlink satellites. Liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center was scrubbed on Sunday, August 11. Commentary was provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson-Smith.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX launches 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral on Falcon 9 rocket Spaceflight Now 2024-08-10 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for 8:50 a.m. EDT (1250 UTC) on Saturday, August 10. The first-stage booster making its 21st flight will land on SpaceX's drone ship 'Just Read the Instructions', stationed in the Atlantic Ocean, about eight and a half minutes after leaving the launch pad.The mission, designated Starlink 8-3, will take a north-easterly trajectory on departure from the space coast. The 21 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, include 13 with direct to cellphone capabilities.Commentary will be provided by Spaceflight Now's Will Robinson Smith, starting approximately an hour prior to liftoff.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Scrub replay: SpaceX attempts to launch 21 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-08-09 | Watch a replay of our live coverage as SpaceX attempted to launch a Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk's Starlink internet service. Liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Friday, August 9. Launch was scrubbed due to poor weather in the booster recovery zone.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch Live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches Cygnus space station cargo ship from Cape Canaveral Spaceflight Now 2024-08-04 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo ship on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station is scheduled for no earlier than 11:02 a.m. EDT on Sunday, August 4 (1502 UTC). The first-stage booster, making its 10th flight, will land back at Cape Canaveral's Landing Zone 1 about seven and a half minutes after launch. Our live coverage from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site, with commentary by Will Robinson-Smith, will begin about 90 minutes prior to launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Watch live: SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 23 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg, California Spaceflight Now 2024-08-04 | Watch live coverage as SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket with 23 second-generation Starlink internet satellites. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Sunday, August 4, at 12:24 a.m. PDT (3:24 a.m. EDT, 0724 UTC). The first-stage booster, B1082, making its 6th flight, will land on the drone ship 'Of Course I Still Love You' a little more than eight minutes into the flight.Our live coverage with commentary from Will Robinson-Smith will begin about 30 minutes before launch.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
Replay: Weather scrubs SpaceX Falcon 9 launches of Cygnus space station cargo ship Spaceflight Now 2024-08-03 | Watch a replay of our live coverage as SpaceX made an attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrop Grumman's Cygnus cargo ship on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. Liftoff from pad 40 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was scrubbed due to bad weather.Videos like this are made possible by the support of our members. Join this channel to get access to perks:youtube.com/channel/UCoLdERT4-TJ82PJOHSrsZLQ/join
