CAPE CANAVERAL: The Air Force's Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Flight-4 (SBIRS GEO-4) satellite completed encapsulation on January 9th at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Today, on January 10, 2018, GEO-4 will make the journey to Space Launch Complex-41, where it will be mated with its Atlas V-411 rocket. It is scheduled for launch on Jan. 18, 2018, at 7:52 p.m., Eastern.
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Budweiser Great American Lager, soon to be Great Martian Lager?
Anheuser-Busch InBev is sending two barley experiments on the SpaceX CRS-13 mission that might one day lead to a Budweiser brew pub on Mars. Dr. Gary Hanning discusses the challenges of brewing beyond Earth.
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SpaceX Ready to Debut Upgraded SLC-40
SpaceX spent approximately $50 Million to upgrade Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) and to make it compatible with LC-39A.
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KoreaSat-5A Launch Provides Test of OCISLY Fire Suppression System
On Monday, October 30th at 3:34 p.m., SpaceX successfully launched the Koreasat-5A satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This is SpaceX's 12th launch from Pad 39A in 2017 and their 16th launch this year. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage successfully landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. After the successful landing burn, a fire could be seen emanating from the engine area and partially up the rocket.
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Stunning, full color photo book covering every east coast launch spanning 2014-2015, including the first-ever powered landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
More InfoRising above the Space Coast at the same time of the rising sun, the Atlas V rocket sent to orbit the top secret NRO USSF-51 satellite for the United States Space Force
