Tag: Falcon 9
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Fine-tuning Falcon 9 landing focuses on throttle valve response
SpaceX is getting ever closer to successfully returning the first stage of its Falcon 9 v1.1, with the latest attempt showing the effort is now focused on fine-tuning. The return of the first stage used during the CRS-6 Dragon launch was the best landing attempt to date, with a slower than expected throttle valve response parameter…
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Photos: SpaceX’s debris-strewn landing barge back in port
This image, shared with Spaceflight Now by Twitter user @petr_bourdais, was posted anonymously on Reddit. Returning to port late Thursday under the cover of darkness, SpaceX’s rocket recovery platform has moored at a dock in Jacksonville, Florida, for unloading of charred debris from Tuesday’s crash landing of a Falcon 9 booster. The 14-story booster was…
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No time wasted in SpaceX’s rapid-fire launch campaign
Updated with new launch date. File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket inside SpaceX’s hangar at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Hours after launching a batch of cargo and provisions to the International Space Station on Tuesday, SpaceX ground teams wheeled another Falcon 9 rocket into the hangar at Cape Canaveral for a commercial satellite launch…
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Photos: Tuesday’s SpaceX launch from Cape Canaveral
A sun-splashed Florida afternoon was the setting for Tuesday’s liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket, which fired its nine-engine booster stage and climbed into space with a commercial cargo spacecraft en route to the International Space Station. Photo credit: Walter Scriptunas II / Scriptunas Images Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Video: SpaceX rocket booster crash lands on barge
A Falcon 9 rocket booster — under the power of a single Merlin 1D engine — descends toward a specially-outfitted ocean landing platform off Florida’s East Coast on Tuesday in a brief video clip released by SpaceX. The rocket tipped over moments after touching down on the barge, which was parked in the Atlantic Ocean…
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Images from Falcon 9’s launch and landing
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, powering a commercial Dragon cargo ship into orbit while trying a dicey descent maneuver to return to landing on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX says the booster touched down hard and tipped over after landing. Photo credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now Photo credit:…
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Falcon 9 successfully launches, descends to off-balance landing
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral at 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010 GMT). Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Cape Canaveral with a 2.2-ton package of supplies and experiments for the International Space Station on Tuesday, but the booster toppled over after descending to a barge parked in the…
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Nearby storms keep Falcon 9 rocket grounded
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket awaits Monday’s launch attempt. Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett Hazardous anvil clouds approaching from a nearby thunderstorm forced SpaceX to abort the takeoff of a Falcon 9 launcher Monday, delaying the start of an International Space Station resupply mission and a bold attempt to recover the rocket intact on an ocean-going platform. The…
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Live coverage: Dragon cargo craft arrives at space station
Live coverage of the countdown, launch and rendezvous of a SpaceX Dragon supply ship for the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.