Falcon 9 lifting off from pad 39A in Florida and beginning Polaris Dawn’s multi-day mission on-orbit, where they will conduct the first-ever commercial spacewalk as early as Thursday, September 12
No word on the next attempt for the Polaris Dawn mission.
SpaceX is grounded until the FAA finishes their investigation.
Will update when a date is given.
Due to unfavorable weather forecasted in Dragon’s splashdown areas off the coast of Florida, we are now standing down from tonight and tomorrow’s Falcon 9 launch opportunities of Polaris Dawn. Teams will continue to monitor weather for favorable launch and return conditions
The @PolarisProgram launch has sipped a day to now Wednesday at 3:38AM EDT.
The additional time is needed for checks and to resolve a ground-side helium leak on the Quick Disconnect umbilical.
📸- @Booster_Buddies for NHS
The SpaceX launch of the @PolarisProgram is still on track for a liftoff time of 3:38AM EDT 8/27/24.
This mission will be the first of its kind to achieve a Higher Earth orbit by a private crewed team and will conduct a spacewalk while in orbit.
Various other objectives will be conducted while the team is on their 5 day mission.
Read the full mission details below ⬇️
https://t.co/N3dVc1dDN8
📸- @Booster_Buddies for NHS
Final photo share from the launch of the @NOAA#GOESU weather satellite.
The #FalconHeavy was the taxi and boy did it deliver!
5 star rating 🤔? I’m thinking definitely!
#SpaceX
Atlas V and Starliner lifting off with Butch and Suni on their way to the International Space Station, Go Atlas! Go Centaur! Go Starliner! #ULA#CFT#AtlasV
UPDATE: Boeing, NASA and United Launch Alliance have made the decision to allow engineering teams to spend Tuesday, May 7, evaluating the data and the next launch opportunity will be no earlier than Friday, May 10.
Engineers have confirmed that corrupted memory aboard my twin #Voyager1 has been causing it to send unreadable data to Earth. It may take months, but our team is optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally again: https://t.co/qe5iQUu4Oj
Earlier this morning the mobile service tower rolled back to fully reveal the last Delta IV heavy, currently scheduled to launch NROL-70 at 1:40pm today. Go Delta!