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SpaceX doesn’t take the weekend off, at least on the Space Coast with Starlink launches on tap for both Saturday and Sunday night.

The cost of failure is much higher than the cost of scrubbing. I can’t say it better than that. We have an obligation to get this right,” NASA associate administrator Jim Free said.

The U.S. Air Force conducted an early-morning suborbital test of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, or ICBM, on Wednesday (Sept. 7).

Saturday afternoon brought thunderstorms over Kennedy Space Center including several lightning strikes at the launch pad from where the Artemis I mission is scheduled to lift off today.

Artemis I isn’t just a mission to orbit the moon. It’s the beginning of a new era for NASA that promises to not just return humans to the lunar surface, but to press on to Mars.

Saturday afternoon brought thunderstorms over Kennedy Space Center including several lightning strikes at the launch pad from where the Artemis I mission is scheduled to lift off on Monday.

Space Force weather forecasters are anticipating favorable conditions for NASAs Artemis I launch next week, marking another positive sign.

SpaceX teams at Cape Canaveral are targeting this week for launching Starlink satellites, one of the last before a NASA rocket takes off to the moon.

Weather conditions around Cape Canaveral are likely to be iffy for a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch later this week, according to Space Force forecasters.

Space Launch Delta 45, the unit that is responsible for all space launch operations from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral, used two robot dogs during the two-day test last month.