On the calm and clear evening of Sept. 15, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Inspiration4 mission into history. It represented the first all-civilian orbital mission, with the crew spending approximately three days in low Earth orbit (LEO).The mission served a dual purpose; blazing a trail for civilian space travel and raising funds for St. Jude Children’s Research … [Read more...]
To Nona & Beyond: SpaceX’s New Drone Ship
On July 15, SpaceX’s long-awaited autonomous spaceport drone ship named “A Shortfall of Gravitas” (ASOG) arrived at Port Canaveral. A drone ship serves as an ocean-based landing platform for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster. However, unlike all previous drone ships, ASOG has the capability to autonomously navigate to the appropriate landing zone and make its way back to port! This is … [Read more...]