Tag: SpaceX
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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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SpaceX set for another Falcon 9 landing attempt; new Planetary Resources satellite on board for Space Station
The “autonomous spaceport drone ship” that SpaceX built to recover the Falcon 9 first stage. Update, 1:30 p.m.: Monday’s launch has been scrubbed due to weather. Another launch will be attempted on Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. Pacific. Launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching anvil cloud — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 13, 2015 This…
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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.
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Photos: Falcon 9 rocket awaits launch from Florida
SpaceX’s 20-story Falcon 9 rocket counts down to launch from Cape Canaveral on Monday with 2.2 tons of gear and experiments for the International Space Station. The 208-foot-tall launcher will blast off from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad at 4:33 p.m. EDT (2033 GMT) to kick off a two-day pursuit of the space station…
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SpaceX drone ship in position for daring rocket landing
Updated April 14 with Musk’s comments, details SpaceX’s rocket landing platform — christened “Just Read the Instructions — is on location in the Atlantic Ocean for Monday’s launch. Credit: SpaceX Buoyed by lessons from past attempts and a forecast for calm seas, SpaceX engineers expect a good shot at landing a Falcon 9 booster on…