Tag: SpaceX
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SpaceX’s CRS-13 Dragon returns home
SpaceX’s CRS-13 Dragon unberthed from the ISS ahead of a return to a Pacific Ocean splashdown on Saturday, concluding the spacecraft’s latest resupply mission. Dragon returned with 4,100 pounds of cargo, highlighting her unique downmass capability for NASA. Splashdown occurred around 10:36 Eastern Time (07:36 local time on the West Coast). Dragon has enjoyed yet…
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Time-lapse video: The Falcon Heavy goes vertical again
Watch a time-lapse video as the Falcon Heavy is moved into position for prelaunch testing at the Kennedy Space Center’s pad 39A on January 12, 2018. The video runs at 40 times normal speed. This video is made possible by the generous support of Spaceflight Now members. Join today. We appreciate your support.
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Fate of mystery Zuma satellite in question
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 8 p.m. EDT Sunday (0100 GMT Monday) from Cape Canaveral with the Zuma mission. Credit: SpaceX A classified satellite code-named Zuma, launched Sunday night atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, may have suffered a mission-ending failure during or shortly after the…
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Live coverage: Falcon Heavy completes dramatic pre-launch engine test
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the first Falcon Heavy launch from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket pictured on launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Spaceflight Now members can watch a live video feed…
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Video: Replay of SpaceX’s first launch and landing of 2018
Watch a replay of the launch and landing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 7 at Cape Canaveral. This video shows the 229-foot-tall (70-meter) Falcon 9 rocket taking off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 8 p.m. EST Jan. 7 (0100 GMT Jan. 8) and climbing through mostly clear skies over Florida’s…
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Video: Falcon 9’s first stage paints a dazzling spectacle in the sky
Watch a video clip of the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage separating and firing its engines to return to Cape Canaveral shortly after liftoff Jan. 7. The view shows the first and second stage engine plumes interacting high in the atmosphere about two-and-a-half minutes after the Falcon 9 blasted off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40…
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Mysterious U.S. government spy satellite believed to be lost after SpaceX launch
Blast-off for the Zuma mission on Sunday. (SpaceX Photo) Turns out this weekend’s SpaceX mission didn’t go off without a hitch, after all. The secret U.S. government payload — believed to be a spy satellite — failed to reach orbit and fell back into the atmosphere, according to a Wall Street Journal report, citing industry…
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SpaceX kicks off ambitious 2018 schedule with launch for U.S. government
Two streaks in this long exposure photo show the Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral’s pad 40, and then its first stage returning to Earth at a nearby landing pad. Credit: SpaceX Running nearly two months late after technical concerns prevented liftoff last year, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired into the sky…
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SpaceX launches clandestine Zuma satellite – questions over spacecraft’s health
SpaceX launched its first mission of 2018, involving the secretive Zuma spacecraft. The launch took place on Sunday and while SpaceX note the performance of the rocket was nominal, there are growing questions over the fate of the spacecraft, with some reports it has failed. The secrecy surrounding the Zuma launch resulted in the launch…
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SpaceX launches ‘Zuma’ spacecraft with secret U.S. government payload, lands Falcon 9
UPDATED: SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center this evening, carrying a secretive U.S. government payload known as “Zuma” to low-Earth orbit. Falcon 9 first stage has landed at Landing Zone 1. pic.twitter.com/679wN4F8kX — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 8, 2018 It was SpaceX’s third classified launch for the U.S. government, this one…