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High-stakes sunshield deployment begins on Webb telescopeIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 28, 2021• 1 min read
High-stakes sunshield deployment begins on Webb telescopeMission controllers started the risky process Tuesday to unfurl the James Webb Space Telescope’s sunshield, a five-layer thermal barrier necessary to give the observatory infrared vision into the distant universe.
SpaceX two-for-two in company’s first Falcon 9 launch doubleheaderIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 19, 2021• 1 min read
SpaceX two-for-two in company’s first Falcon 9 launch doubleheaderFifteen hours after hurling a package of Starlink internet satellites into orbit from California, SpaceX launched a high-power geostationary communications spacecraft for Turkey from Cape Canaveral late Saturday, the first time two Falcon 9 rockets have flown on the same day.
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Turksat 5BIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 18, 2021• 1 min read
Falcon 9 launch timeline with Turksat 5BSpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set for liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, heading due east over the Atlantic Ocean to deliver the Turkish Turksat 5B communications satellite into orbit around 33 minutes later.
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SpaceX to set new company records with back-to-back weekend launchesIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 17, 2021• 1 min read
SpaceX to set new company records with back-to-back weekend launchesSpaceX will set a new record for rocket reuse Saturday with the launch of a Falcon 9 booster from California for an 11th trip to space Saturday, carrying more Starlink internet satellites into orbit. If schedules hold, another Falcon 9 will blast off from Florida’s Space Coast about 18-and-a-half hours later with an all-electric Turkish data relay spacecraft.
SpaceX to close out year with surge of launchesIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 15, 2021• 1 min read
SpaceX to close out year with surge of launchesSpaceX is set to close out the year with three Falcon 9 rocket flights in just four days from launch pads in Florida and California, carrying another batch of Starlink internet satellites, a Turkish data relay spacecraft, and a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
Webb telescope mounted on top of Ariane 5 rocket in French GuianaIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 14, 2021• 1 min read
Webb telescope mounted on top of Ariane 5 rocket in French GuianaThe nearly $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, suspended under a crane with four cables, was raised atop an Ariane 5 launcher Saturday inside a vertical hangar in French Guiana, one of the final steps to prep the mission for liftoff this month after a quarter-century of design and development.
SpaceX launches NASA mission to study dead starsIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 11, 2021• 1 min read
SpaceX launches NASA mission to study dead starsSpaceX launched a refrigerator-sized NASA X-ray observatory from Kennedy Space Center into an unusual orbit hugging the equator Thursday, beginning a $214 million mission to study black holes and super-compact neutron stars.
Blue Origin poised for first launch with crew of sixIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 10, 2021• 1 min read
Blue Origin poised for first launch with crew of sixSixty years after NASA astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space, his oldest daughter plans to blast off Saturday on a sub-orbital flight of her own, joining former NFL star and TV host Michael Strahan, two entrepreneurs and a father-and-son duo aboard a Blue Origin New Shepard spacecraft.
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Long March 4B with Shijian-6 Group 5 satellites launches successfully from JiuquanIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Dec 10, 2021• 1 min read
Long March 4B with Shijian-6 Group 5 satellites launches successfully from JiuquanA Long March 4B reportedly carrying a pair of Chinese Shijian-6 Group 05 satellites has launched successfully from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China’s Inner Mongolia region. The launch took place at 00:11 UTC (08:11 Beijing time) on Friday, December 10, from Site 9401 (SLS-2).
Japanese billionaire and assistant arrive at space stationIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 8, 2021• 1 min read
Japanese billionaire and assistant arrive at space stationA Russian cosmonaut, a Japanese billionaire and his production assistant rocketed into orbit Wednesday and headed for the International Space Station for an 12-day visit, the first by paying “space tourists” in more than a decade.
Soyuz MS-20 space tourism flight docks with ISSIMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Dec 8, 2021• 1 min read
Soyuz MS-20 space tourism flight docks with ISSRoscosmos and Space Adventures has launched and docked the Soyuz MS-20 space tourism mission to the International Space Station for a 12-day stay. The crew of three—including two Japanese space tourists—are flying onboard the Soyuz spacecraft, with liftoff at 7:38 UTC (2:38 a.m. EST) Wednesday, December 8, 2021, from Site 31/6 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It successfully docked six hours later.
Japanese billionaire ready for launch to International Space StationIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 7, 2021• 1 min read
Japanese billionaire ready for launch to International Space StationA Russian Soyuz rocket is set for blastoff Wednesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire businessman, his production assistant, and a veteran Russian cosmonaut commander on a 12-day trip to the International Space Station.
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SpaceX mates NASA astronomy satellite with rocket at Kennedy Space CenterIMAGE
spaceflightnow.com• Dec 6, 2021• 1 min read
SpaceX mates NASA astronomy satellite with rocket at Kennedy Space CenterA NASA astronomy satellite will be the smallest payload to ever get a dedicated ride on a Falcon 9 rocket when it takes off from Florida this week, but the SpaceX launcher will need to flex its muscles to reach the mission’s unusual orbit hugging the equator.
Artemis 1 launch attempt constraints, rocket readiness slips to mid-February 2022IMAGE
nasaspaceflight.com• Dec 6, 2021• 1 min read
Artemis 1 launch attempt constraints, rocket readiness slips to mid-February 2022When NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) program and prime processing contractor Jacobs have configured the Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) vehicle for launch day, they expect to have one-week periods to get the mission to the Moon off the ground. Between propellant consumption of the two liquid SLS stages and a 20-day long period where the range safety system is validated for use, up to three attempts could be conducted to tank the vehicle and launch within that week’s time before teams would have to stand down.