Elon Musk’s SpaceX venture launches Inspiration4, an all-civilian spaceflight which will be the first attempt at orbit around the Earth without a professional crew of astronauts. Jared Issacman, a billionaire who earned his fortune in the payment procession business; Haley Arcenaux, a physician’s assistant and childhood bone cancer survivor; Chris Sembrowski, a data engineer; and…
SpaceX to Launch First All-Civilian Space Flight
The SpaceX “Inspiration4” mission takes flight on Sept. 15, making history on several fronts. The SpaceX program, based in Hawthorne, Calif., will launch the first-ever all-civilian crew on a three-day mission to space. The flight, called “Inspiration4,” is a part of a fundraising campaign for St. Jude’s Hospital and will be launched from the Kennedy…
SpaceX Launches First All-Civilian Space Flight
The SpaceX “Inspiration4” mission took flight on Sept. 15, making history on several fronts. The SpaceX program, based in Hawthorne, Calif., will launch the first-ever all-civilian crew on a three-day mission to space. The flight, called “Inspiration4,” is a part of a fundraising campaign for St. Jude’s Hospital and will be launched from the Kennedy…
Insurers Balk at New Coverage for Space Launches
An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to the devices that transmit texts, maps, videos, and scientific data, industry sources said. Thousands of new satellites are being launched into areas where orbital rubbish has been accumulating since early space missions nearly 65 years…
SpaceX Capsule Delivers Supplies to Space Station
SpaceX’s latest cargo delivery showed up at the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday after a day in transit. NASA released pictures of the automated docking, overseen by NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, who was celebrating her 50th birthday onboard the space station. Launched on Sunday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre, the capsule contains lemons, cherry…
SpaceX Launches Ants, Avocados, Robot to Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados, and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The delivery—due to arrive Monday—is the company’s 23rd for NASA in just under a decade. A recycled Falcon rocket blasted into the predawn sky from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. After hoisting the Dragon capsule,…
Mystery of Space Inspired New Zealand Rocket Man’s Journey to Nasdaq
WELLINGTON—New Zealand entrepreneur Peter Beck said his space firm Rocket Lab was the result of a lifelong quest for signs of life outside earth, as the startup hit a new milestone with a Nasdaq listing on Thursday. The small satellite launch firm, often compared to Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX, listed on the Nasdaq…
Elon Musk Teams up With Netflix to Stream SpaceX Space Mission in ‘Near Real Time’
By Entrepreneur Staff September 15, 2021 is the scheduled date for the launch of the Inspiration4 mission, the first to send a ship occupied only by civilians into space. The space travel aboard a rocket from SpaceX, Elon Musk’s aerospace company, will be broadcast on Netflix in “near real time.” This Thursday, the streaming platform announced the launch…
Blue Origin Sues US Government Over SpaceX Lunar Lander Contract
WASHINGTON—Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin sued the U.S government over NASA’s decision to award a $2.9 billion lunar lander contract to Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Blue Origin said its lawsuit filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Friday is “an attempt to remedy the flaws in the acquisition process found in NASA’s Human Landing System.”…
Musk Says Starship Orbital Stack to Be Ready for Flight in Few Weeks
SpaceX founder Elon Musk said on Saturday the first orbital stack of the Starship rocket should be ready for flight in the coming weeks, taking the unorthodox billionaire a step closer to his dream of orbital and then interplanetary travel. SpaceX in May successfully landed its Starship prototype, SN15, a reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle that…
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