Space Explored

Where will Elon Musk be when his company SpaceX launches astronauts to space for the first time in history on Wednesday? Elon biographer and Businessweek reporter Ashlee Vance has published a pre-launch interview with the SpaceX founder that answers that question and more.

Three months ago, I announced this personal side project here at SpaceExplored․com where I’ve been writing about NASA and all the space exploration companies making news in this decade. My goal is to capture all the milestones and accomplishments that we’ll make in the next 10 years.

Today I’m over-the-moon-thrilled to share that Space Explored is officially joining Seth Weintraub’s excellent network of sites that includes 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, Electrek, and DroneDJ.

Vice President Mike Pence who chairs the Space Counsel is expected to be in attendance when NASA and SpaceX send astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley to the ISS from the U.S. next week, and now President Trump has weighed in:

Work on Space Launch System, NASA’s heavy lift rocket designed to return astronauts to the Moon, was chugging along through March before COVID-19 closed down the country.

Starting this week, NASA says Stennis Space Center in Mississippi will start again on the Core Stage for SLS ahead of the Green Run test later this fall.

SpaceX is less than two weeks from crossing a major milestone: sending humans to space for the first time with its rocket. The historic DM-2 mission will also mark the return of human spaceflight to America for the first time since the space shuttle program ended in 2011.

NASA will rely on SpaceX (and later Boeing) to provide access to space from America through its Commercial Crew Program.

Today NASA released a cinematic animation of the mission sequence.