15th Payload Flight Also Took Thousands Of Postcards To Space

Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster rocket successfully completed the program’s 15th payload mission to space carrying more than 40 research and scientific payloads on a suborbital flight that was its 20th spaceflight without a crew. It was the 12th and final mission for the RSS H.G. Wells Crew Capsule, the dedicated vehicle for flying customer payloads.

SpaceX Can Expand Operations At Starbase

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said in Washington, D.C. that the FAA had fulfilled its obligation “to take a hard look at the effects of light on nearby wildlife” in rejecting a suit brought by conservation groups opposing the FAA’s 2022 approval of expanded rocket launch operations by SpaceX at its Starbase facility in south Texas.

Northrop Grumman CRS-23 Launched On SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket

NASA sent the Northrop Grumman Cygnus XL spacecraft with more science, crew supplies, and tech demonstrations to the International Space Station on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, September 14, and is expected to join the station on Wednesday, September 17.