Tag: SpaceX-5
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Ships deployed into the Atlantic for experimental rocket landing
An aerial view of SpaceX’s rocket landing barge, named the Marmac 300 and unofficially christened the “Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship.” Credit: SpaceX An ocean-going barge and command ship chartered by SpaceX are stationed in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida’s East Coast in a bid to recover a used-up Falcon 9 rocket stage Tuesday in a…
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Live coverage: Dragon completes space station resupply flight
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.
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Rain and clouds in the forecast for Tuesday’s SpaceX launch
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad before a previous mission. Credit: SpaceX Meteorologists predict mostly cloudy conditions with a chance of light rain for Tuesday morning’s scheduled takeoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with a space station-bound supply ship, with a 40 percent chance weather could…
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Falcon 9 completes full-duration static fire
The Falcon 9 rocket fires its nine Merlin 1D main engines Friday on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX fueled up a Falcon 9 rocket, ran through a mock countdown and fired the booster’s nine Merlin main engines Friday in a successful preflight static fire test officials hope will clear the way…
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Launch of SpaceX supply ship delayed to January
File photo of a Falcon 9 static fire before a previous launch. Credit: SpaceX Blaming a technical glitch encountered during a preflight test, officials said Thursday the launch of SpaceX’s next Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to early January. Liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is now expected no…
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Rocket landing experiment on tap after SpaceX cargo launch
An aerial view of SpaceX’s rocket landing barge, named the Marmac 300 and unofficially christened the “Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship.” Credit: SpaceX SpaceX hopes to take a giant leap forward in rocket technology a few minutes after Friday’s scheduled launch of a Falcon 9 booster taking up 2.5 tons of critical supplies and experiments to…
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SpaceX expected to set new Falcon 9 launch date
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad before a previous flight. Credit: SpaceX Officials will likely set a new launch date Thursday for a SpaceX-owned commercial cargo craft that was expected to take off Friday heading for the International Space Station, according to sources familiar with launch preparations.…
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Photos: SpaceX’s autonomous spaceport drone ship
An ocean-going cargo barge modified to serve as a landing pad for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster is set to depart the Port of Jacksonville for a journey into the Atlantic Ocean ahead of Friday’s launch of a space station cargo mission from Cape Canaveral. The barge will be stationed about 200 miles northeast of Cape…
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Launch of SpaceX cargo mission slips to Dec. 19
File photo of a Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket prepared for a previous SpaceX resupply mission. Credit: SpaceX The launch of SpaceX’s next resupply mission to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for no earlier than Dec. 19 to make sure the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship are ready for flight,…
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SpaceX hopes to recover rocket intact after next launch
SpaceX’s reusable rocket testbed — the Falcon 9R — touches down at the company’s Central Texas development facility after a brief vertical takeoff and landing test flight. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX will test out new stabilizing fins that could help land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean…