Spaceflight Insider
Theresa Cross
May 24th, 2021
SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity coasts toward apogee after its first spaceflight from New Mexico’s Spaceport America. Credit: Virgin Galactic
On May 22, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completed its third crewed test flight from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The first-ever human spaceflight from New Mexico for the company also represents the third state to date launching people to space.
The successful launch of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo vehicle, VSS Unity, on Saturday is just another necessary step and achievement toward the start of the company’s commercial operations from the spaceport.
After VSS Unity was released from its mothership, VMS Eve, at 11:26 a.m. EDT (15:26 UTC), the spacecraft fired its engine for about a minute to reach a speed of about Mach 3. It then coasted upward on a suborbital trajectory to reach a maximum altitude of 55.45 miles (89.2 kilometers), just above the U.S.-defined threshold of space, befor
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Spaceflight Insider
Theresa Cross
May 15th, 2021
Falcon 9 Booster B1058 lofts a mixed-customer payload as SpaceX launched their 15th rocket of the year; the first stage was successfully recovered minutes later. Image: Theresa Cross, Spaceflight Insider
Saturday evening, May 15 at 6:56 p.m. EDT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from LC-39A at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
A daytime, weekend launch was a welcome sight on the Space Coast, with the Falcon 9 launch visible for miles around. Veteran Spaceflight Insider correspondent Mark Usciak captured the launch from the Max Brewer Bridge, in Titusville. Credit: Mark Usciak, Spaceflight Insider
The rideshare mission for SpaceX carried 52 Starlink satellites, a Capella Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite, and the Tyvak-0130 on board. Falcon 9 booster B-1058 made its eighth trip to space, following a thirty eight day turnaround. SpaceX fleet drone-ship ‘Of Course I still Love You’, supported by GO Quest, recovered t
Spaceflight Insider
Theresa Cross
May 12th, 2021
A file photo of the Crew-1 Dragon docked at the space-facing port of the Harmony module. As early as January 2022, a SpaceX Crew Dragon with four private astronauts for Axiom Space is expected to visit the International Space Station for eight days. Credit: NASA
NASA and Axiom Space announced May 10, 2021, an order for the first private astronaut mission to the International Space Station.
The mission, dubbed Ax-1, is expected to see a private crew of four launch in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as soon as January 2022. The mission is expected to last about 10 days with eight days at the outpost.
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