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There’s a secret, extra member of Crew-11 traveling to the International Space Station right now: disease-causing bacteria. Or, at least, such bacteria will be growing aboard the orbiting laboratory very soon. Scientists at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel, in partnership with U.S.-based space tech company SpaceTango, have developed a study that will examine how microgravity affects the growth of …

SpaceX launched its eleventh operational astronaut mission for NASA today (Aug. 1), sending the four Crew-11 astronauts on a flight toward the International Space Station. A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida at 11:43 a.m. EDT (1543 GMT) today. Atop the rocket was the company’s Crew Dragon Endeavour …

SpaceX: Don’t Worry About Cutting Down Trees to Get a Starlink Signal Anymore  PCMag Source link

SpaceX just sent another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites into the final frontier. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 19 Starlink craft lifted off from California’s foggy Vandenberg Space Force Base today (July 31) at 2:35 p.m. EDT (1835 GMT; 11:35 a.m. local California time). The rocket’s first stage came back to Earth as planned about 8.5 minutes later, touching …

Twenty-eight more Starlink satellites are now in Earth orbit after launching from Florida on Tuesday night (July 29). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 11:37 p.m. EDT (0337 GMT on July 30) rom Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. After a nine minute climb into space, the 28 Starlink broadband internet …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX scrubbed today’s (July 31) launch attempt of the Crew-11 astronaut mission for NASA. Launch officials called the scrub just over a minute before liftoff, due to a bank of cumulus clouds that appeared over in the skies over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center here. “Unfortunately, the weather is just not playing alongside with today’s excitement on …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Thick clouds prompted SpaceX to call off Thursday’s planned launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. The countdown was halted at the one-minute, 7-second mark. SpaceX’s next launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center is Friday, although the weather forecast is less favorable. The U.S., Japanese and Russian crew will spend at …

SpaceX Set to Launch NASA’s Crew-11 Mission to the Space Station  The New York Times Live coverage: Former members of Crew-9, Starliner-1 missions unite to fly to the Space Station  Spaceflight Now WATCH: NASA’s SpaceX Dragon Crew-11 set to blast off for International Space Station at 12:09 pm  WPTV NASA SpaceX Crew-11 rocket launch in Florida: What time is liftoff near Cape Canaveral?  Florida …

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s Crew-11 astronaut mission to the International Space Station for NASA is go for launch. When Crew-11 launches, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from historic Launch Complex 39A here at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), sending a crew of four the ISS for a six-month stay. Mission managers with NASA and SpaceX all …

SpaceX is planning another rocket launch to take place at Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday, July 30. The Falcon 9 rocket launch is currently scheduled for 11:39 a.m. A livestream of the launch is expected to begin about five minutes before liftoff. The rocket will be delivering 19 Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit. About eight minutes after liftoff, SpaceX …