NASA’s next big mission prepares for launch in Titusville. Meet IMAP spacecraft.
NASA’s next big science mission is being prepared in Titusville ahead of a late September launch. The goal: better understand our Sun and provide timely warning ahead of space weather events.
Meet IMAP.
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Future Voyagers Month: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers free child admission
Know a child dreaming of the stars? For all of September, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is offering free admission to “future voyagers.”
The Visitor Complex’s “Future Voyagers Month” offer includes three free child tickets per adult ticket purchased — admission cost of $77 per person 12 years and over. The offer is available for children ages 3-11.
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Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, NASA, ULA, rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral
By the end of August, a whopping 74 orbital rockets lifted off from Florida’s Space Coast. For perspective, that total surpassed the former annual record of 72 launches in 2023 — and 2024’s freshly established annual record of 93 launches is also on pace to fall by the wayside.
Will a new launch record materialize at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s neighboring Kennedy Space Center? Stay tuned.
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Launch recap: SpaceX rocket launches from Cape Canaveral Wednesday morning
Launch recap: Scroll down to read live updates from Starlink 10-22 mission, which launched 7:56 a.m. Sept. 3 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
U.S. Space Command’s move to Alabama, Houston’s Artemis control and 3I/Atlas: Space Beat
This week on SpaceBeat, host Rob Landers and space team reporter Eric Lagatta discuss President Trump’s decision to move U.S. Space Command to Alabama. Other topics include the new Artemis control room at Johnson Space Center and NASA’s objective to get a closer look at the interstellar object 3I/Atlas.
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Launch recap: SpaceX rocket launches Friday morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center
Launch recap: Scroll down to read live FLORIDA TODAY updates from the Starlink 10-57 mission, which launched 8:32 a.m. Sept. 5 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
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FAA: Starship launches, landings from KSC could delay Florida airline flights up to 2 hours
Future Florida airline flights could face rerouting and delays lasting 40 minutes to two hours during SpaceX’s Starship-Super Heavy mega-rocket missions at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the Federal Aviation Administration projects.
SpaceX seeks FAA licensing to launch and land up to 44 Starships and Super Heavy boosters per year at pad 39A. These temporary airspace hazard closure zones could trigger ground stops at major international airports in Tampa, Orlando, Miami and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood.
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SpaceX targeting Monday night to launch Indonesian satellite from Cape Canaveral, Florida
Potential “jellyfish effect” launch alert: SpaceX may propel a Falcon 9 rocket into flight shortly after sunset Monday, Sept. 8, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Sunset will occur at 7:35 p.m. Monday at the Cape, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. Soon afterward, SpaceX is targeting a 116-minute launch window that opens at 8:02 p.m. and ends at 9:58 p.m.
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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
This article originally appeared on Florida Today: 321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Sept. 8)
