NASA, SpaceX delay Crew-12 launch to Friday
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is set to launch Feb. 11 from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Here's where to watch liftoff in California.
The quartet's arrival will take the ISS back up to its normal complement of seven crewmembers. The station has been staffed by just three astronauts — one American and two Russians — since Jan. 15, when SpaceX's Crew-11 mission departed for Earth.
The flight path for the Crew Dragon Freedom needs to have good weather conditions in case of an abort, and high winds are expected.
Vandenberg is set for a busy week with 3 rocket launches, including 2 from SpaceX and a return-to-flight for Firefly Aerospace after a 2025 mishap.
Executives at United Launch Alliance said the departure of longtime chief executive Tory Bruno has had an impact on the company, but insisted it has not altered ULA’s ability to deliver on its central task: increasing the launch rate of its new Vulcan rocket after years of delays.
What time is late-night liftoff? ULA Vulcan rocket may be seen for most of Florida pending weather, clouds. Did your city make launch visibility map?
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Blue Origin launches 6 space tourists to the final frontier after last-minute crew swap (video)
Blue Origin launched six people to suborbital space today (Jan. 22). It was the 17th human spaceflight for the company, which was founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite late Jan. 27, continuing a string of national security missions reassigned from United Launch Alliance as the Space Force moves to accelerate deployment of the constellation.