Tag: SpaceX
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Citing schedule slips, Spaceflight rebooks 89 satellites on SpaceX’s launch list
Spaceflight’s SHERPA carrier is designed to deploy scores of satellites. (Spaceflight Illustration) For more than a year, Seattle-based Spaceflight has been waiting to launch an array of 89 miniaturized satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and deploy them in orbit from its innovative SHERPA carrier. Now the launch logistics company isn’t waiting any longer. All…
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SpaceX to fly two private individuals on a Dragon 2 lunar mission
In a hastily arranged announcement, Elon Musk has revealed a plan to launch a Dragon 2 spacecraft on a circumlunar mission, with two paying customers. The launch, which will be conducted by a Falcon Heavy rocket in late 2018, is being seen as a major statement of intent by SpaceX, especially when NASA is conducting a…
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SpaceX reveals plan to send two private citizens around the moon in 2018
An artist’s conception shows SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX says it’s making plans to send two private citizens around the moon late next year – using its yet-to-be-flown Falcon Heavy rocket and its crew-capable Dragon capsule, which is still under development. The would-be fliers have not been identified, but they have already paid a…
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SpaceX to send two private citizens around the moon and back
Updated at 6:15 p.m. EST (2315 GMT) with details. An Apollo astronaut took this image of the Earth above the lunar horizon. Credit: NASA SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk announced Monday plans to send two paying “private individuals” on a week-long flight around the moon and back to Earth by the end of…
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CRS-10 Dragon completes rendezvous and berthing with Station
After lifting off from historic LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, on Sunday morning, SpaceX’s Dragon capsule for the SpX-10/CRS-10 mission has successfully completed rendezvous and berthing operations on Thursday, following an abort on Wednesday. The mission is delivering thousands of pounds of supplies, hardware, food, and experiments to the ISS. Launch and quick-look…
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket soars into overcast sky from pad 39A
Check out one more gallery of photos from Sunday’s blastoff of a SpaceX Falcon rocket from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. These images show the Falcon 9 rocket’s preflight preparations at pad 39A, the final loading of the Dragon supply ship with time-sensitive cargo, and the lifting of the 213-foot-tall…
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SpaceX cargo ship makes ‘smooth’ hookup to space station one day after aborted try
The International Space Station’s robotic arm is positioned to capture SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule. (ESA / NASA Photo / Thomas Pesquet) SpaceX’s robotic Dragon capsule has made a trouble-free cargo delivery to the International Space Station, one day after a navigational glitch forced a rare wave-off. Astronauts used the station’s robotic arm to bring in…
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Drone’s view of Sunday’s SpaceX rocket landing
Check out a dazzling drone’s-eye view of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket booster returning to an on-target landing at Cape Canaveral a few minutes after launching Sunday with more than 2.5 tons of space station cargo. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Watch the Falcon 9 launch from pad 39A
Watch Falcon 9 lift off from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39A on a space station resupply mission. The rocket’s first stage then returned to land at neighboring Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Video: NASA TV.
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Get a drone’s-eye view of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket landing – and much, much more
The Falcon 9 rocket’s first-stage booster descends through the clouds. (SpaceX Photo) SpaceX’s first-ever commercial rocket launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center was picture-perfect, but the landing was arguably even more photogenic – or should we say “dronogenic”? The company’s Falcon 9 rocket quickly rose into the clouds over Launch Pad 39A, the Florida takeoff point…