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How to see SpaceX's Inspiration4 spacecraft in the night sky

Four private astronauts are currently circling the globe in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft, and you can see the capsule from Earth — if you're in the right place at the right time. The Crew Dragon launched into space on Wednesday (Sept.

Celebs, astronauts and more cheer on SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission after successful launch

At 8:02 p.m. EDT last night (0002 GMT Sept. 16), SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission successfully launched four people from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as part of the first all-civilian mission to orbit.

The moon will visit Saturn and Jupiter this week in skywatching doubleheader

Both nights, our nearest neighbor in space, the moon, will be shining in its waxing gibbous phase to join the spectacle. Here's what to expect from the planetary doubleheader. Related: The ...

Inspiration4 crew chats with Elon Musk, works through first full day in space

The first all-civilian, privately-funded crew to reach orbit came through their initial hours in weightless environment of space "healthy, happy and resting comfortably," SpaceX reported Thursday. Company founder Elon ...

900-year-old Chinese supernova mystery points to strange nebula

The event, like the famous Crab Nebula-forming stellar explosion of 1054, is one of just a handful of bright nearby flashes noted in historical records, but unlike the Crab Nebula, the 1181 spectacle was tricky to pin down.

SpaceX shows off Inspiration4's amazing view of Earth and new dome window

Inspiration4's Crew Dragon capsule, a vehicle called Resilience, soon settled into a circular orbit 364 miles (585 kilometers) above our planet. That's higher than any Crew Dragon has ever gone, and about 115 miles (185 km) above the path taken by the ...

SpaceX launches all-civilian crew on Inspiration4 mission

CBS News

CBS News

An all-civilian crew streaked into space atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday on the first privately funded, non-government trip to orbit, a historic three-day flight devoted to raising $200 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

China rolls out rocket for Tianzhou 3 cargo mission ahead of Monday launch (photos)

As one high-profile Chinese mission returns to Earth, another prepares to lift off. A Long March 7 rocket topped with the robotic Tianzhou 3 cargo spacecraft has rolled out to its pad at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center in Hainan, Chinese space ...

Four private citizens ride SpaceX rocket into orbit on historic mission

A Falcon 9 rocket lit up Florida's Space Coast with a roaring liftoff from pad 39A at Kennedy at 8:02:56 p.m. EDT Wednesday (0002:56 GMT Thursday). The launch kicked off SpaceX's fourth-ever crew mission to low Earth orbit, but the first without any NASA ...

SpaceX's Starship Could Rocket-Boost Research in Space

Scientific American

Scientific American

On Wednesday Elon Musk's commercial space company SpaceX launched four astronauts into orbit as part of Inspiration4, the first all-civilian spaceflight mission. They will return to Earth three days later, having made history. Yet apart from collecting ...