Lift Off Time November 18th at 18:00 UTC Mission Name and what it is BeiDou-3 M17 & M18, two Navigation satellites for the Chinese Navigation Network (GPS) Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) China Aerospace Science and Technology […]
Lift Off Time (Subject to change) November 16th, 2018 at 18:14 UTC Mission Name and what it is Progress MS-10 (71P) – cargo freighter for the I.S.S. Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) Roscosmos Customer (who’s paying for […]
The Buran might look an awful lot like the Space Shuttle, but despite it’s looks, it performed its work in a quite different manner. The Soviet Union strapped the Buran shuttle to the side of the third most powerful rocket ever, the twice flown Energia rocket. The Buran orbiter didn’t do any of the lifting, unlike the the Space Shuttle Orbiter which had three RS-25 main engines power it through ascent.
Lift Off Time (Subject to change) November 15th, 2018 at 20:46 – 22:29 UTC (15:46 – 17:29 EST) Mission Name and what it is Es’Hail 2 – A communications satellite Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) SpaceX Customer […]
Lift Off Time (Subject to change) TBD Mission Name and what it is Spaceflight SSO-A, a ridesharing mission with 64 spacecraft Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) SpaceX Customer (who’s paying for this?) Spaceflight Industries Rocket Falcon […]
Lift Off Time (Subject to change) November 17, 2018 09:01 UTC (4:01 AM EST) Mission Name and what it is NG-10 – The SS John Young, an enhanced Cygnus cargo freighter Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) […]
Lift Off Time (Subject to change) November 14, 2018 11:38 UTC (17:08 IST) Mission Name and what it is GSAT 29 Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Customer (who’s paying for this?) Indian […]
A US based (but also half New Zealand based) rocket company, Rocket Lab, will be launching their beautiful Electron rocket from their gorgeous launch site, LC-1 on the Mahia Peninsula in New Zealand. This is their first time launching paying customer’s payloads and they’re launching a handful of small sats.
Lift Off Time November 1st at TBD Mission Name and what it is BeiDou-3 G1Q, a Navigation satellites for the Chinese Navigation Network (GPS) Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) […]
Lift Off Time November TBD Mission Name and what it is Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) Earth observation satellite Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems Customer (who’s paying for this?) NASA Rocket Pegasus XL […]
Lift Off Time October 29th at 00:30 UTC Mission Name and what it is CFOSAT Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) Customer (who’s paying for this?) Chinese Space Agency CNSA […]
Lift Off Time October 27th at TBD Mission Name and what it is Weilai-1 (Future-1), Earth observation satellite Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) LandSpace Customer (who’s paying for this?) CCTV Rocket Zhuque-1 Launch Location Jiuquan Satellite […]
Lift Off Time October 24th at 22:00 UTC until October 25th at 03:00 UTC Mission Name and what it is Lotos-S1 No.3 an intelligence gathering spy satellite Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) Strategic Rocket Forces of […]
Arianespace is launching ESA’s and JAXA’s joint BepiColombo mission to the planet Mercury. BepiColombo will launch on an Ariane 5 rocket on October 20th at 01:45 UTC at the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana.
Lift Off Time (Subject to change) October 17th, 2018 at 12:15 a.m. until 2:15 a.m. EDT (04:15 – 06:15 UTC) (There is a 2 hour launch window.) Mission Name and what it is AEHF-4. The fourth Advanced Extremely High […]
Rocket Lab may have just dropped a nuke on the small sat launch market by secretly opening up an enormous factory in Auckland, New Zealand.
SpaceX is being paid by CONAE, the Argentine space agency, to send the SAOCOM 1A satellite into a low Earth sun synchronous orbit. SpaceX will be launching the satellite on top of one of their Falcon 9 rockets.
Stopping at the Moon on the way to Mars SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard their BFR launch vehicle. An important step toward enabling access for everyday people who dream of traveling […]
Lift Off Time September 19th at 14:05 UTC Mission Name and what it is BeiDou-3 M13 & M14, two Navigation satellites for the Chinese Navigation Network (GPS) Launch Provider (What rocket company is launching it?) China Aerospace Science and […]
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will be launching a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket carrying two Earth Imaging Satellites and will launch from the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Sunday September 16th, 2018.
155th and final flight of a Delta 2 rocket, 7th mission for United Launch Alliance in 2018, 130th mission overall for United Launch Alliance since forming in December of 2006. Lift Off Time (Subject to change) September 15, 2018 […]
Prelaunch Preview: H-IIB 304 Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) September 11th, 2018 In Prelaunch Preview Lift Off Time September 17th, 2018 at 20:59 UTC Mission Name and what it is Kounotori 7 (HTV-7) The 7th Japanese Cargo Mission to the ISS […]
Prelaunch Preview: Long March 3B/YZ-1 BeiDou-3 M11 & M12 August 24, 2018 In Prelaunch Preview Lift Off Time August 24th, 2018 at 23:52 UTC Mission Name and what it is BeiDou-3 M11 & M12, two Navigation satellites for the […]
Arianespace will be launching the Aeolus satellite for the European Space Agency (ESA). Arianespace will be launching Aeolus on top of one of their 4 stage Vega rockets and will be launching from the new SLV (Site de Lancement Vega) launch pad for Vega at the old ELV/ELA-1 (Ensemble de Lancement Ariane 1)
Scientists, engineers, and officials from space agencies around the world gathered to discuss the technologies needed to get to Mars, and what technologies to bring to Mars. The goal seems to be what it would take to realize Mars colonization, but many of the attending parties are interested in pure science.
SpaceX almost NEVER lets anyone inside their Headquarters and rocket factory located smack in the middle of Los Angeles County in Hawthorne, California. HOWEVER, today they gave us an exciting look inside their factory to see their spacesuit, their Crew […]
SpaceX allowed a rare opportunity to get up close and personal with their Crew Dragon Capsule and Spacesuit. There’s a lot more to come, but first, let’s get some rare details of the suit itself. So here’s a bunch of Macro shots for your pleasure!
Looking for the a simple facts sheet about this upcoming mission? You’re in the right place! A quick glance at our Prelaunch Preview will tell you everything you need to know!
Looking for the a simple facts sheet about this upcoming mission? You’re in the right place! A quick glance at our Prelaunch Preview will tell you everything you need to know!
Looking for the a simple facts sheet about this upcoming mission? You’re in the right place! A quick glance at our Prelaunch Preview will tell you everything you need to know!
Yesterday was a big day in spaceflight history! After a four year wait, NASA announced the names of the first astronauts who will fly to the International Space Station by way of commercial providers. The Everyday Astronaut team got special […]
For the first time since the decommissioning of the Space Shuttle in 2011, American astronauts will launch to space aboard American-built rockets from American soil. America. Now we know who those astronauts are. The announcement was made today at NASA’s […]
Virgin Galactic has been increasing their cadence this year as they prepare to start flying paying customers onboard their SpaceShipTwo spaceplane, named VSS Unity. Today marked the highest flight test this year, reaching an apogee of about 52 km (170,000 feet).
SpaceX had a flawless mission deploying 10 satellites for its customer Iridium this morning. Despite crazy wind and rough seas, SpaceX did manage to recover the first stage on their autonomous space port drone ship, “Just Read the Instructions” BUT… they weren’t able to recover their first fairing with their fairing catching boat Mr. Steven due to the rough seas.
SpaceX is preparing to launch their 13th Falcon 9 rocket this year. This mission, Iridium-7, is the 7th overall mission for customer Iridium Communications. This will be SpaceX’s third launch for Iridium this year! They’ll also be attempting to land the booster, AND recover the payload fairing! Which is super exciting!
No, you’re not seeing SpaceX’s attempt to create a wormhole to another universe… This image was captured by my friend and fellow launch photographer Trevor Mahlman at SpaceX’s most recent Falcon 9 rocket launch that took place at 1:50 a.m. local eastern time on July 22, 2018. The mission was to deliver the Telstar 19 VANTAGE communications satellite to a geostationary transfer orbit, which it did successfully.
It was a picture perfect launch for SpaceX’s second Block 5 Falcon 9 which took off at 4:50 UTC (12:50 Eastern local time). This mission was extra impressive as it gave the newly upgraded Falcon 9 a chance to truly flex its muscles by lofting the heaviest commercial satellite ever made, the Telstar 19 VANTAGE.
SpaceX prepares to launch their 58th Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The four hour launch window opens at 5:50 UTC (1:50 Eastern local time) to deliver the Telstar 19V satellite to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO).
The Falcon 9. The world’s FIRST reusable rocket. Wait. No it’s not. Do you remember the Space Shuttle? It had those solid rocket boosters and the orbiter, which were both reusable weren’t they? Well, today we’re going to talk about […]
Space is hard. There’s a reason we use rocket science as a benchmark for anything extremely difficult. I for one champion all things space and eagerly await every single upcoming space event. But, in order to move forward, we’d better […]
My mission has always been to bring space down to Earth for everyday people. And I realize that not everyone will get a chance to get up close and personal with rockets in their lifetime. And even when you do see […]
Elon Musk is again talking about combining two of his companies, SpaceX and Tesla, in a pretty epic way. Instead of launching more Tesla’s into space, this time he’s talking about putting SpaceX rocket thrusters on their next generation Tesla Roadster… […]
Rockets are HUGE, complicated and expensive. As a matter of fact, the rocket that took humans to the moon, the Saturn 5, was 111 meters or 363 feet tall, and had more separation events than dating teenagers. So why do […]
One of the questions I get asked most often is “who do you like better NASA or SpaceX” Who do I like BETTER?!?! WHAT?! Is that even a fair question! It’s almost like saying, who do you like better, the […]
What rocket has 9 engines on its first stage, is built by a privately owned aerospace company, uses the most advanced manufacturing techniques available, is one of the cheapest rides to space and has a body that’s almost entirely made […]
Block 5. The elusive final iteration of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is finally almost here. Although we’ve known quite a bit about what’s going to be new with block V, the general public has had a very hard time understanding […]
NASA’s considering sending a nuclear powered flying robotic laser guided quadcopter drone to a world with oceans, rain and maybe one of the best views in our solar system.
We have SO MANY questions to answer about Falcon Heavy. We learned so much after the successful launch and there’s a ton to cover.
Instead of me trying to answer EVERYTHING in this article, I decided we’re going to focus on one big question first. WHY. Why the Falcon Heavy? Why does it matter? Why launch it now when it will soon be replaced soon by something bigger and better? And of course, the number one why, why did SpaceX launch a Tesla into space?
So…. You’re in Florida and want to watch a rocket launch huh? Perhaps Falcon Heavy? Maybe another SpaceX launch, or even a different launch provider’s rocket. Well, today I wanted to give you a rundown on the best locations for watching rockets launch on the space coast. We’ll show you pictures and videos from each location to help you make the best decision on launch day.
It’s ALIVE!!!!! For the very first time, the Falcon Heavy has successfully lit all 27 of its mighty Merlin engines in preparation for its maiden launch. Once it flies, the Falcon Heavy will be the most powerful rocket currently in […]
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