The IM-2 mission will test lunar mobility, resource prospecting and the first-ever cellular network on the moon.
Who's up for back-to-back rocket launches? Weather permitting, two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets should be visible from the Treasure and Space Coasts Monday.
Monday's SpaceX twin Falcon 9 missions are slated to become the 11th and 12th orbital rocket launches thus far this year from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
After a week of nasty weather across Florida, the business of launching rockets got back on track Monday afternoon.
The company hopes to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket will carry and send the SpainSat NG I, a Spanish telecommunications satellite, into orbit. If needed, SpaceX has arranged for a backup launch window for Thursday night.
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from Florida's Space Coast today (Jan. 27). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink spacecraft, including 13 with direct-to-cellphone capability, lifted off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today at 5:05 p.m. EST (2205 GMT).
To follow FLORIDA TODAY Space Team live coverage of Tuesday's mission, visit floridatoday.com/space starting about 90 minutes before liftoff.
SpaceX is gearing up to launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink satellites to low Earth-orbit from Florida on Monday.
SpaceX is launching a Falcon 9 tonight — and in a rare move, SpaceX does not plan to recover the booster. SpaceX is targeting launch of the SpainSat satellite during a two-hour launch window which opens at 8:34 p.m. ET. The liftoff will be from from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A, and the rocket will head on an eastern trajectory.
A SpaceX launch is set for Wednesday night, with a satellite being sent into orbit in an effort to improve communications across the globe.
The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid 2024 YR4 was found on Dec. 27 by a telescope in Chile but has since caught the attention of astronomers in the United States as well as Europe.