SpaceX’s first private flight will put a 29-year-old American in orbit

Posted on 22/02/2021 by Engadget

SpaceX recently announced that it would send four civilians into orbit aboard its Crew Dragon capsule, marking the first time that a crew without a single professional astronaut would fly into space. One of those private citizens will be Hayley Arcen...

SpaceX will fly four civilians into space later this year

Posted on 01/02/2021 by Engadget

Later this year, SpaceX will put four private individuals into space aboard one of its Crew Dragon craft. The company is calling the upcoming mission, dubbed, Inspiration4, “the world’s first all-civilian mission,” and it’s currently scheduled to lau...

Watch SpaceX’s first operational Crew Dragon mission at 7:27PM ET

Posted on 15/11/2020 by Engadget

There were some delays, but SpaceX and NASA are (hopefully) ready to make Crew Dragon a regular part of American spaceflight. The two are expected to launch the capsule’s first operational mission, Crew-1, at 7:27PM Eastern, with NASA TV offering liv...

NASA has officially certified SpaceX for operational space flights

Posted on 11/11/2020 by Engadget

NASA has officially approved the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket for regular astronaut flights to and from the International Space Station. The agency has signed the Human Rating Certification Plan for SpaceX’s crew transportation syst...

NASA delays first Crew Dragon operational mission to November

Posted on 11/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

We hope you weren’t planning to spend Halloween watching NASA and SpaceX launch the first Crew Dragon operational mission. NASA has delayed the Crew-1 launch to at least early-to-mid November as SpaceX wanted extra time to finish evaluating the “off-...

NASA schedules the first Crew Dragon operational flight for Halloween

Posted on 29/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

NASA and SpaceX have set a new launch date for Crew Dragon’s first crewed operational flight: October 31st. The SpaceX Crew-1 mission follows the company’s successful Demo—2 test flight, which flew astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the ISS. I...

SpaceX Crew Dragon completes historic mission with an ocean landing

Posted on 02/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

SpaceX’s history-making Crew Dragon mission has come to a close two months after it began. Astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley successfully landed in the Atlantic Ocean at 2:48PM Eastern after starting their return to Earth nearly 20 hours earlier...

Watch SpaceX return Crew Dragon astronauts to Earth starting at 5:45PM ET

Posted on 01/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

SpaceX’s historic first crewed mission is about to come to an end, and you can watch the conclusion as it happens. NASA TV is providing live coverage as astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley undock Crew Dragon and return to Earth. The broadcast star...

NASA’s SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts will return to Earth on August 2nd

Posted on 17/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Two months after NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley traveled via SpaceX’s Crew Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS), they’ll return to Earth. NASA is planning for the SpaceX Crew Dragon to splash down in the Atlantic Ocean on Augu...

SpaceX will answer Crew Dragon and Starlink questions on Reddit at 3PM ET

Posted on 06/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

If you’ve wanted to learn more about SpaceX’s projects than you normally see in the news, now’s your chance. The company’s software team is holding a Reddit AMA session today starting at 3PM Eastern to answer questions on the software that guides Spa...

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