#NASA and #SpaceX will attempt to launch the Europa Clipper mission today atop a #FalconHeavy from #KSC Pad 39A. The NASA webcast begins at 11 AM EDT / 8 AM PDT with launch time targeting 12:06 PM EDT / 9:06 AM PDT. Here's the YouTube link.
#SpaceX just made history, as the Boca Chica launch tower caught the #Starship #SuperHeavy booster in mid-air on return to launch site. The Starship upper stage is in orbit attempting to successfully demonstrate entry and soft landing (in the Indian Ocean).
#California officials reject more #SpaceX launches from Vanderberg. Some cite Elon Musk's partisan political behavior as a reason.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-10-11/la-me-spacex-coastal-commission
#Weather #Hurricane #Florida #SpaceCoast
#NASA has postponed Thursday's #SpaceX #FalconHeavy Europa Clipper launch from #KSC Pad 39A due to #Milton.
For years, part of my spiel at #NASA #KSCVC was to tell guests that constellations such as #SpaceX #Starlink will one day give you the ability to access the Internet anywhere on planet Earth, including airplane flights, "so you can watch your cat videos on YouTube."
I'm declaring victory.
"The Inflight Wi-Fi Revolution Now Arriving: United Signs Starlink Deal to Provide Industry-Leading Connectivity in the Sky - For Free"
https://www.united.com/en/us/newsroom/announcements/cision-125346
"The Environmental Protection Agency fined Elon Musk's spacecraft company $148,378 for a 2022 liquid oxygen spill and for discharging gallons of deluge water to wetlands near its launch pad in recent months. The wetlands affected have a continuous surface connection to the Rio Grande and are considered protected navigable waters. As the EPA noted, those discharges require a specific permit that #SpaceX lacked."
https://www.beaumontenterprise.com/culture/article/epa-fine-spacex-texas-water-19760415.php
#SpaceX fined nearly $150,000 for spilling liquid oxygen and launch pad water deluge into Boca Chica wetlands.
#SpaceX is about the launch the crewed #PolarisDawn mission from #NASA #KSC Pad 39A., targeting 5:23 AM EDT. Watch live on Spaceflight Now.
#SpaceX scrubbed because of bad weather at the drone ship landing site. They'll try again tomorrow morning.
I am a long-time advocate of space exploration, settlement and commerce. Migrated from @WordsmithFL on Twitter.