As @NASAAstronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams prepare for their Monday night launch to @Space_Station, they will fly a crew-carrying spacecraft which has taken an agonizing decade to reach fruition. The post Best Laid Plans: The Troubled Rise of Starliner (Part 1) first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

May "may" be only 2 days young, but @SpaceX flight rate shows no signs of slowing down with 2 launches completed already. The post SpaceX Flies Two Missions Hours Apart, Continues Starlink Cadence first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

After completing a pair of back-to-back, 12-mission months, @SpaceX has begun an ambitious May launch schedule in fine style. The post 20x-Flown SpaceX Booster Launches WorldView Legion Twins from West Coast first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

@NASAAstronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Suni Williams are only days away from their Monday night launch to @Space_Station. The post Crew Flight Test (CFT) Targets Monday Launch, Ambitious Starliner Mission Ahead first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

@NASAAstronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams arrived in Florida on Thursday for their long-awaited Starliner launch, targeted for NET 6 May. The post Wilmore, Williams Arrive in Florida, Ahead of Historic Starliner Launch NET 6 May first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

OTD in 1990, @NASAHubble began its mission to explore the cosmos. It is a mission that continues more than 30 years later. The post “Somebody Get a Camera”: Remembering the Deployment of Hubble, OTD in 1990 first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

OTD in 1990, NASA launched the Hubble Space Telescope on a mission of astronomical discovery. But getting shuttle Discovery to the highest orbit attained since Apollo would prove challenging. The post Eighth Wonder: Remembering the Launch of Hubble, OTD in 1990 first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

@SpaceX has completed its 300th successful landing of a Falcon vehicle with Tuesday's post-sunset flight of B1078. The post SpaceX Completes Tenth Launch of April, 300th Falcon Landing first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

Elon Musk recently disclosed that SpaceX's next-generation Starship rocket is dealing with a 50% performance shortfall. If it is not rectified, this issue could prevent Starship from landing NASA astronauts on the Moon during Artemis 3. SpaceX seeks to offset the underperformance with upgraded variants of Starship and its Raptor engine. The post Starship Faces Performance Shortfall for Lunar Missions first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more

OTD in 1972, Apollo 16 headed to the Moon...and almost didn't land. The post “A Couple Weeks Later”: Remembering Apollo 16’s (Almost-Not) Moon Landing, OTD in 1972 first appeared on AmericaSpace ..read more