Soyuz crew heads home, SpaceX Crew Dragon prepped for launch
Three space station fliers returned to Earth amid preparations for SpaceX Crew Dragon launch Thursday.
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Three space station fliers returned to Earth amid preparations for SpaceX Crew Dragon launch Thursday.
The flight will mark the third piloted launch of SpaceX's futuristic astronaut ferry ship.
The short "taxi" flight clears the way for arrival of another Crew Dragon later this month.
SpaceX presses ahead with Starship testing despite initial setbacks.
The Inspiration4 flight will be the first featuring a non-government, all-civilian crew.
Earthlings speculated a streak of light against the darkness might be a meteor shower but the National Weather Service it was likely space junk re-entering the atmosphere.
SpaceX has launched 1,265 Starlinks to date with another 60 awaiting launch this weekend. Thousands more are planned.
The $2.4 billion rover working in near flawless fashion as scientists plan initial exploration.
A SpaceX Starship rocket prototype nailed the landing in a test flight, but then was destroyed in an explosion. CBSN AM's Anne-Marie Green has the details.
The launch and landing were successful, but the prototype exploded a few minutes after touchdown.
SpaceX has launched 20 Starlink missions to date, putting 1,205 internet relay satellites in orbit.
"I will pay for the entire journey. I have bought all the seats, so it will be a private ride," Yusaku Maezawa said.
Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old cancer survivor and physician's assistant, will be one of three passengers aboard a commercial SpaceX flight to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
SpaceX has now launched 1,145 Starlink internet relay satellites with launches of thousands more anticipated.
One down, one to go: SpaceX launches the first of two back-to-back Falcon 9 flights.
It was the second Starship landing mishap in a row as SpaceX continues the booster's rapid-fire development.
SpaceX launched a prototype Starship rocket from its flight facility in Boca Chica, Texas, successfully sending the booster up some 6 miles as planned. But the unpiloted test flight ended with a spectacular explosion when the rocket failed to right itself and slow down enough for a tail-first landing. CBS Los Angeles reports.
The mission aims to raise $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and one of the crew members will be a frontline health worker.
The proposed historic mission is aiming for a January 2022 launch date aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
It was the most satellites ever launched by a single rocket
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket boosted a record 143 small satellites into a polar orbit on Sunday in the company's first dedicated "rideshare" mission. CBSN's Lana Zak reports.
SpaceX will make another attempt to launch its Transporter 1 "rideshare" mission Sunday.
SpaceX has now launched more than 1,000 Starlink internet relay satellites.
The launching was the first of 40 or more SpaceX flights planned for 2021.
The pandemic offered an opportunity for advances in science and technology to help see us through a troubling time. Correspondent David Pogue reminds us of some of the often-overshadowed bright spots of the past year.