SpaceX's Demo-2 Mission is Ready for Launch

Will Smoot

May 26, 2020

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NASA SpaceX
May 26, 2020
Will Smoot

Questions about weather, touchscreen flight controls, astronaut breakfast and the new black closeout suits are addressed at Monday's pre-launch briefing.

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On a brilliantly blue morning in Virginia, the Cygnus cargo freighter begins its 2-day journey to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Scott Schilke / We Report Space

Northrop Grumman debuts Antares 230+ launch vehicle on NG-12 mission

NASA Northrop Grumman
November 2, 2019
Will Smoot

The morning calm of Chincoteague Island and the surrounding Eastern Shore of Virginia was briefly interrupted by a powerful rocket launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on November 2, 2019. Correspondent Will Smoot provides a first-hand account of launch viewing from Tom's Cove.

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Northrop Grumman's Cyngus spacecraft receives late-load cargo less than 24 hours prior to the launch of the NG-12 mission. Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

What's on board NG-12?

Northrop Grumman NASA
November 1, 2019
Will Smoot

A day prior to the scheduled launch of Northrop Grumman's Antares 230+ rocket and Cygnus spacecraft, NASA presents a briefing on the various payloads traveling to the International Space Station.

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Single frame long exposure of the launch (and landing) of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy STP-2 mission. Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space

SpaceX Launches STP-2 atop a Falcon Heavy

SpaceX US Air Force
June 25, 2019
Will Smoot

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy delivers a plethora of payloads to orbit during its first Department of Defense mission.

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Falcon 9 and Starlink on the launchpad. Photo credit: Mary Ellen Jelen / We Report Space

Elon Musk talks Starlink

SpaceX
May 15, 2019
Will Smoot

Hours before the scheduled launch of the first batch of Starlink satellites, SpaceX hosted a media call with Elon Musk to talk about the upcoming mission.

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