Category: falcon heavy

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

[ad_1] 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 SpaceX’s projects, including Crew Dragon and Starlink. Six key staffers will be […]

NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission will use a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket

[ad_1] Scientists want to visit the unique metal asteroid, because they believe that it could actually be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet that broke apart due to violent collisions. The mission’s findings could shed light on the formation of our solar system and offer a window into the “violent history of collisions […]

Watch SpaceX attempt a ‘most challenging’ Falcon Heavy launch at 2:30 AM ET

[ad_1] The launch window was scheduled to open at 11:30 PM ET, but NASA and SpaceX are now targeting takeoff for 2:30 AM ET. The launch window extends until 3:30 AM, and a backup window will open tomorrow night between 11:30 PM ET and 2:30 AM ET. This flight is also important because of its […]

SpaceX sues over ‘wrongly awarded’ Air Force rocket contracts

[ad_1] The firm also pointed to other criteria that it thought should have put it out front, including its ability to lower costs and offer vehicles that are “commercially viable.” Rivals, SpaceX argued, would have to “rely exclusively” on government contracts and thus drain taxpayer money. ULA was even going to rely on Russian rocket […]

Eat your heart out, Soundgarden

[ad_1] Self-healing space suits among 18 ideas to receive NASA funding If the recent cancellation of what would have been the first all-women space walk showed us anything, it’s that we desperately need spacesuits designed for (and in) the 21st century. NASA agrees and announced this week that it is awarding funding to universities to […]