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Celebrate SpaceX’s fourth Starship flight with these amazing iPhone wallpapers
There’s nothing more photogenic than the world’s most powerful rocket. While conditions made photographing last week’s Starship Flight 4 difficult for the press, to SpaceX’s cameras, it was glorious. Here are five Starship wallpapers taken by SpaceX’s cameras, both on the ground and on the rocket.
Expand Expanding CloseHow many rockets has SpaceX launched in 2024?
SpaceX is aiming for 148 launches in 2024, once again another increase over the 98 it completed the year before. This cadence would mean the company would have to launch once every two and a half days. Keep track below of all of SpaceX’s 2024 launches.
Expand Expanding CloseIt wasn’t clean, but Starliner successfully docked with the ISS
Over a 24 hour process, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft inched their way to rendezvous with the International Space Station Thursday. In typical Starliner fashion, it wasn’t perfect, but the crew arrived to the station safe and are ready to get some work done.
Expand Expanding CloseStarship Flight 4 makes a big splash, twice
SpaceX successfully launched its fourth Starship flight from its launch site in Starbase, Texas. Unlike Flight 3, Flight 4 made two successful splashdowns in both the Gulf of Mexico and Indian Ocean. Although, the jury is still out on what exactly we did and didn’t see during today’s flight.
Expand Expanding CloseWatch Boeing Starliner dock with the International Space Station
NASA and Boeing teams are targeting a 12:15 P.M. ET docking of Starliner with the International Space Station after a successful liftoff Wednesday morning.
Expand Expanding CloseBoeing Starliner lifts off on historic first mission
Wednesday morning Boeing, ULA, and NASA once again convened to attempt to launch the Starliner CFT mission with astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams onboard. With a clean countdown, ULA’s Atlas V successfully delivered Starliner to space, however, two additional helium leaks have been found while in orbit, but docking is planned to continue unchanged.
Expand Expanding CloseWatch SpaceX launch its fourth Starship mission from Starbase
Yes I know we just had a big mission yesterday but this week is not for the weary. This morning SpaceX is attempting Starship Flight 4 from its launch facility down in Starbase, Texas.
Expand Expanding CloseWatch Boeing launch its first crewed Starliner mission to the ISS
After about a month of delays due to a helium leak and review of its propulsion system, Boeing and NASA are ready to launch the final test flight of the Commercial Crew Program, Starliner Crewed Flight Test.
Expand Expanding CloseSpaceX receives launch approval from the FAA for Starship Flight 4
The FAA has approved Starship to launch once again, but this time it seems to have been written to give SpaceX the ability to launch again without another FAA investigation (if there’s a failure somewhere). The company is now making final preparations for launch on Thursday, June 6.
Expand Expanding CloseNASA limits Hubble Space Telescope to a single gyro, hopefully extending its life
NASA held a conference today at 4:00 pm EST to report on the status of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). It recently went into Safe Mode due to an ongoing issue with the Telescope’s gyros. The telescope uses these gyros to maintain its orientation in space.
Expand Expanding CloseThe Hubble Space Telescope has once again gone into sleep mode
Over a week ago the Hubble Space Telescope went into sleep mode after one of its gyroscopes malfunctioned. NASA will lay out its plan for recovery at a press conference later tonight.
Expand Expanding CloseThis Week in Launch: Starship and Starliner share the stage, Virgin Galactic reenters chat?
Spoiler alert: This is looking to be a very busy week for rocket launches and not a single one is coming from a company outside the US (Rocket Lab is an exception). Starship, Starliner, and Virgin Galactic all have big missions this week.
Expand Expanding CloseULA finishes repairs as Starliner CFT resets for Wednesday, June 5
ULA has completed repairs to Atlas V‘s ground launch sequencer, which was the cause of Saturday’s last-minute abort to Boeing‘s first crewed liftoff. Starliner’s CFT mission has been rescheduled for Wednesday, June 5 at 10:52 A.M. ET.
Expand Expanding ClosedearMoon benefactor cancels Starship mission around the Moon
Announced late Friday evening here in the US, the dearMoon mission to launch a team of artists and athletes around the Moon is no more. Its creator canceled the mission due to no near-term schedule certainty.
Expand Expanding CloseWatch SpaceX launch ESA’s EarthCARE mission from California
At 2:30 P.M. PT SpaceX plans to launch the ESA and JAXA mission called EarthCARE from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. The Falcon 9 rocket will lift off from SLC-4E with the booster making a landing at LZ-4 just a few hundred feet from the launch pad.
EarthCARE will study Earth’s clouds and aerosols to better understand global warming and the changing climate of our planet.
You can watch live coverage from ESA already live on their YouTube channel. SpaceX’s coverage will begin closer to launch over on X.
This Week in Launch: SpaceX launching European science mission as ESA waits for Ariane 6
Alongside possibly two other missions, SpaceX is launching a science mission co-sponsored by ESA and JAXA, beating both agencies home-built rockets. This week we’ll also see a resupply mission to the ISS by Russia and two mysterious launches from a Chinese company within a few days of each other.
For the fourth time, Boeing’s Starliner CFT makes an appearance as it struggles with leakage and propellent issues in the spacecraft’s service module.
Expand Expanding CloseStarliner pushes back even further with new June 1 launch date
It seems like this is again not Starliner’s week, as NASA and Boeing pushing the launch of the first crewed Starliner spaceflight back from the May 25th launch date. The new launch date is no earlier than June 1, one week later. However what is going on with Starliner is less than clear.
Expand Expanding CloseSpaceX just demoed its first Starlink phone-to-phone video call without special hardware
SpaceX has been cooking up Starlink-backed satellite cell service for a while now, and the company just demoed a major milestone.
Expand Expanding CloseThis Week in Launch: Third week’s the charm for Starliner CFT?
This week will be the third week in a row the headline launch is supposed to be Boeing’s Starliner Crewed Flight Test. SpaceX is also planning another banger of a week with three launches and Rocket Lab shows up again.
Expand Expanding CloseNASA not yet sold on Polaris-Hubble servicing mission
In 2022 NASA and representatives from SpaceX and the Polaris Program gave a press conference announcing a study to boost and service the aging Hubble Space Telescope. However, in an NPR report, NASA officials and study reviewers are not yet sold on the need for such a risky mission.
Expand Expanding CloseNASA retires its DC-8 airborne satellite test bed and laboratory
After flying for over 50 years, NASA’s DC-8 aircraft was flown to Idaho State University with preparation to decommission it and hand it over to the university. The long serving research aircraft has served many roles for NASA but is most known for its Earth science missions.
Expand Expanding CloseNASA gets its own Chief AI Officer
Whether you believe AI is the future of humanity’s next greatest step or it will slowly destroy the world, it is here to stay. NASA believes this too as this week they announced they have appointed one of their chief civil servants to the role of Chief AI Officer.
Expand Expanding CloseULA is building a new ship to help increase Vulcan launch cadence
ULA announced last week that it will be building a second cargo ship capable of transporting its Vulcan rocket hardware from its factory in Decatur, Alabama and its launch sites on both the East and West Coasts. The press release also emphasizes the importance Amazon‘s Kuiper satellite constellation plays in Vulcan’s launch services.
Expand Expanding CloseBlue Origin is targeting Sunday for next crewed New Shepard launch
Following a long delay in flights, Blue Origin is returning to crewed spaceflight missions for its New Shepard rocket, with a launch date scheduled for May 19. The missions will carry six customers to an altitude just above the Karman Line.
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