Tag: SpaceX
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SpaceX makes its first liftoff from NASA’s historic moon pad – and then lands Falcon 9 booster
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket rises from Launch Complex 39A. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX sent a rocket rising from NASA’s historic Launch Complex 39A today for the first time since the space shuttle fleet retired, marking a new chapter for a pad that served as the springboard for Apollo moon missions. The Falcon 9 rocket sent…
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Technical issue forces SpaceX to put its first liftoff from historic Pad 39A on hold
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 sits on Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39A. (NASA via YouTube) SpaceX postponed the first launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center since the last shuttle flight in 2011, due to concerns about a control system on the Falcon 9 rocket’s second stage. The Falcon 9 had been due to loft a robotic Dragon…
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SpaceX CRS-10 pre-launch news conference video replay
The pre-launch news conference for the SpaceX CRS-10 space station resupply mission is held at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site on February 17, 2017. The participants in the news conference are: George Diller, NASA Public Affairs Dan Hartman, deputy manager, International Space Station Program, Johnson Space Center Jessica Jensen, director, Dragon mission management, SpaceX…
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Concern with steering mechanism scrubs Falcon 9 launch
The Falcon 9 rocket is seen at launch pad 39A in Florida following Saturday’s scrub. Credit: NASA TV/Spaceflight Now SpaceX called off the planned launch of a Falcon 9 rocket Saturday less than 15 seconds before liftoff to investigate the “slightly odd” behavior of the vehicle’s upper stage engine steering system, company chief Elon Musk…
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Video: Last minute technical problem scrubs Falcon 9 launch
The launch of a Falcon 9 rocket on a space station resupply run was aborted 13 seconds before liftoff when ground controllers were alerted to a potential problem with the vehicle’s second stage steering system. Video: NASA TV.
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Launch timeline for SpaceX’s 10th space station resupply mission
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Saturday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 5,500 pounds of supplies and experiments. Liftoff is set for 1501:32 GMT (10:01:32 a.m. EST) Saturday from the Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A. It will…
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Fire returns to flame trench at Apollo-era launch pad in Florida
Credit: William Harwood/CBS News Nine Merlin engines ignited and throttled up to nearly 2 million pounds of thrust Sunday during a brief hold-down firing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, sending a plume of smoke out of the flame trench at Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad 39A as the company preps for a space station…
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Falcon 9 conducts static fire test on 39A ahead of CRS-10 launch
A moment nearly six years in the making. Fire and flame returned to the historic LC-39A launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX conducted the static fire of its Falcon 9 rocket tasked with lofting the SpX-10 Dragon resupply mission to the International Space Station. The ignition of the Falcon 9’s engines occurred…
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SpaceX readies rocket for tests at historic pad 39A
An aerial view of launch pad 39A from late 2015. Credit: NASA SpaceX engineers are preparing to mount a Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center’s historic launch pad 39A for the first time this week as the company declares the modified facility ready to support a new era of commercial space missions. The two-stage…
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SpaceX rocket tagged for reuse test-fired in Texas
The test-firing of a previously-flown Falcon 9 first stage booster in late January paves the way for its second launch scheduled for no earlier than March. Credit: SpaceX The Falcon 9 first stage booster assigned to launch as soon as March on SpaceX’s first mission with a previously-flown rocket has been test-fired at the company’s…