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Due to a tropical depression developing off the Southeast Coast of the U.S., now targeting Tuesday, May 19 at 3:10 a.m. EDT for the Starlink mission—SpaceX teams will continue monitoring launch and landing weather conditions
1927
Due to a conflict on the Range, now targeting Monday, May 18 at 3:32 a.m. EDT for launch of Starlink
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The deadline to submit is Wednesday, May 20 at 9:00 a.m. PDT
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Ahead of Crew Dragon’s first flight with @NASA astronauts on board, class of 2020 graduates – from kindergarten to graduate school – can submit their photo to be flown on the spacecraft to the International Space Station → spacex.com/classof2020
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The first stage rocket booster supporting this mission previously launched two Starlink missions, as well as the Iridium-8 and Telstar 18 VANTAGE missions
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Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting Sunday, May 17 at 3:53 a.m. EDT, 7:53 UTC, for launch of the eighth Starlink mission, which will lift off from SLC-40 in Florida
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Planet will launch on upcoming Starlink rideshare missions. More info on how small satellite operators can book their ride to orbit online → spacex.com/smallsat twitter.com/planet/status/…
1933
Crew Dragon missions will autonomously dock and undock with the space station, but crew can take manual control of the spacecraft if necessary
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Simulator of Crew Dragon docking with @Space_Station → iss-sim.spacex.com
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Crew Dragon at the Cape undergoing final preparations ahead of first flight to the @Space_Station with @NASA astronauts onboard
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27th and final test of Crew Dragon’s upgraded Mark 3 parachutes complete – one step closer to flying @NASA astronauts @AstroBehnken and @Astro_Doug to the @Space_Station and safely returning them back home to Earth
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Once Demo-2 is complete, and the SpaceX and NASA teams have reviewed all the data for certification, SpaceX will launch Crew Dragon’s first six-month operational mission (Crew-1) later this year. The Crew-1 spacecraft is in production and astronaut training is well underway
1939
Video recap of Crew Dragon’s in-flight escape test, which verified the system’s capability to carry astronauts to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency on ascent → youtube.com/watch?v=DJ70N5…
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And just last month, NASA selected SpaceX to deliver supplies to Gateway! twitter.com/SpaceX/status/…
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Last year, NASA announced Starship as eligible for the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative – to deliver payloads between Earth and the Moon, and to enable humans to return to the Moon go.nasa.gov/39ioqMZ
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With large habitable and storage volume, Starship is capable of delivering significant amounts of cargo for research and to support robust operations on the lunar surface to enable a sustainable Moon base
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A lunar optimized Starship can fly many times between the surface of the Moon and lunar orbit without flaps or heat shielding required for Earth return
1944
SpaceX has been selected to develop a lunar optimized Starship to transport crew between lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon as part of @NASA’s Artemis program! go.nasa.gov/3f0o3ux
1945
Falcon 9’s second stage engine at our Hawthorne headquarters before shipping to Texas – it is the 100th second stage engine SpaceX has built
1946
The McGregor team also completed a static fire test earlier this week of Falcon 9’s second stage engine for the Crew-1 mission, which will propel Crew Dragon toward the @Space_Station once the first stage separates and reorients to land back on Earth
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Falcon 9 launches 60 Starlink satellites to orbit, completing this booster's fourth flight
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Successful deployment of 60 Starlink satellites confirmed
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Falcon 9’s first stage has landed on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship!
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