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Polaris Dawn has landed. The historic SpaceX astronaut mission — which conducted the first-ever private spacewalk, among other achievements —returned to Earth today (Sept. 15), splashing down safely in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida at 3:36 a.m. EDT (0736 GMT). “Polaris Dawn we are mission complete. Thanks for all the big …

SpaceX’s Private Polaris Dawn Astronauts Splash Down To End Historic Spacewalk Mission. Read More »

Pursuant to the Constitution of the Republic of Rwanda, in its articles 116 and 112, His Excellency The President of the Republic, Paul Kagame, has appointed Hon. Mr Gaspard Twagirayezu as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rwanda Space Agency (RSA). This appointment was made on September 11, 2024, with Mr Twagirayezu succeeding …

Honourable Gaspard Twagirayezu Appointed as New CEO of Rwanda Space Agency. Read More »

A model of SpaceX’s Starship Super Heavy rocket has passed NASA wind tunnel testing, marking another milestone in its development as part of plans to launch future Artemis missions to the moon. NASA tested a 1.2% scale model of the Super Heavy rocket in the transonic Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel at the space agency’s Ames …

SpaceX Super Heavy Rocket Gets Supersonic Wind Tunnel Test For NASA’s Artemis Moon Missions. Read More »

SpaceX launched a new batch of Starlink satellites into orbit from its West Coast launch site on Thursday (Sept. 12). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 21 Starlink internet satellites soared into space from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 9:45 p.m. EDT (0145 GMT Friday, Sept. 13 or 6:45 p.m. local time). The first …

SpaceX Launches 21 Starlink Satellites From California’s Vandenberg Space Force Base, Lands Rocket. Read More »

ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is ultimately headed for the Jovian system, but on Aug. 20, it took a quick look at Earth. The spacecraft returned some very exciting news: the Earth is indeed habitable. The probe launched in April 2023 and is currently making its way through the solar system on an eight-year …

ESA’s JUICE Spacecraft Confirmed Earth Is Habitable. Read More »

The private Polaris Dawn astronauts keep notching milestones in Earth orbit. The four-person Polaris Dawn mission launched aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule early Tuesday morning (Sept. 10). Later that day, the astronauts got farther from Earth — 870 miles (1,400.7 kilometers) — than any crewed mission since the Apollo era. Polaris Dawn next pulled off …

SpaceX’s Private Polaris Dawn Astronauts Beam Photos To Earth Using Starlink Satellites. Read More »

Polaris Dawn astronaut Sarah Gillis, a violinist, released a new music video from space this morning. Just yesterday (Sept. 12), Gillis was one of two Polaris Dawn astronauts to perform a historic spacewalk, the world’s first commercial extravehicular activity, or EVA. During the one-hour and 46-minute spacewalk, Gillis and Polaris Dawn mission commander and financier …

SpaceX Polaris Dawn Astronaut Plays ‘Star Wars’ Song In Music Video Beamed From Space. Read More »

SpaceX’s Starship will be grounded for a while longer yet. Starship — the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built — flew for the fourth time in June, and SpaceX has been gearing up for flight number five ever since. But that test mission is probably still at least 2.5 months away, according to the U.S. …

SpaceX’s Starship Won’t Be Licensed To Fly Again Until Late November, FAA says. Read More »

The private Polaris Dawn crew called home from space to share their historic mission with two nonprofit organizations close to their hearts. Polaris Dawn, funded and commanded by billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, lifted off early Tuesday morning (Sept. 10) and has since accomplished the first commercial spacewalk and the highest orbit of a crewed vehicle …

SpaceX’s Private Polaris Dawn Astronauts Talk US Flag And Kids’ Books From Orbit On Historic Spaceflight. Read More »

Two private astronauts conducting the first commercial spacewalk did not so much float out of their spacecraft as they did “stand up.” Polaris Dawn crewmates Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis took turns emerging from the upper hatch of SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft “Resilience” on Thursday (Sept. 12). It was the first time that non-government astronauts have …

World’s 1st Commercial Spacewalk Was History’s 20th Stand-Up EVA. Read More »