Tag: SpaceX
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SpaceX preparing for the crewed Dragon abort tests
SpaceX has revealed more details into its upcoming drive to bring the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft on line, in its bid to return a domestic crew transportation system to the United States. Near term milestones include two abort tests, ahead of launching a crew on the Dragon V2, following what SpaceX estimates will…
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CRS-5: Dextre grabs CATS from the belly of a Dragon
Canada’s multi-tasking robot, Dextre, successfully removed the CATS (Cloud-Aerosol Transport System) payload from the unpressurised trunk of the CRS-5/SpX-5 Dragon on Thursday morning. The payload was handed over to the Japanese Experiment Module, Kibo, marking the first “handover” between the Canadian robot and the JAXA arm. Dextre letting the CATS out of the bag: The latest…
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Next Falcon 9 launch rescheduled for Feb. 8
Credit: NOAA The next liftoff of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been reset for no earlier than Feb. 8, NOAA and NASA officials said Tuesday, apparently to give the launch provider more time to prepare for the mission. The launch with NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory, a repurposed satellite originally built in the late 1990s,…
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Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative
Google CEO Larry Page Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s new Seattle-based satellite Internet initiative, according to a report by The Information this morning, citing people familiar with the talks. The deal, if it happens, would create a powerful alliance between two companies…
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How Elon Musk plans to get to Mars, via Seattle: What the SpaceX founder said at that private event
If Seattle needs inspiration to think big, it has arrived in the form of Elon Musk. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO took the stage at Seattle Center on Friday and delivered his vision for creating an entirely new satellite Internet network that he believes could ultimately lead to the establishment of a city on Mars. It was a private event, and…
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DSCOVR and Recover: SpaceX chase the cigar with next Falcon 9 mission
SpaceX will conduct a second attempt at landing a Falcon 9 v1.1 core stage on to its Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS) next month, during its primary mission of lofting the DSCOVR spacecraft to orbit. With stunning footage of the first attempt – during the CRS-5 mission – showing how close the core stage came to…
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Photos: SpaceX founder Elon Musk reveals new $10B ‘Space Internet’ plan at private Seattle event
SpaceX founder Elon Musk addresses the crowd at a private event at Seattle Center. (GeekWire Photo) Elon Musk stopped in Seattle on Friday evening, on his way to Mars. The SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO slipped quietly into town to speak at a private event at Seattle Center — where he revealed previously unannounced details about SpaceX’s plans for its fledgling Seattle-area…
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Photos: SpaceX Dragon capsule delivered to Seattle Center for private event with Elon Musk
SpaceX has officially arrived in Seattle. As shown in these photos, posted to Facebook by the Cornish College of the Arts, the company’s Dragon space capsule has been delivered to Seattle Center in advance of a private event tonight where company founder Elon Musk is expected to mark the opening of a SpaceX engineering office…
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SpaceX shares dramatic video of Falcon 9’s crash landing
SpaceX has shared a dramatic video of the Falcon 9 booster’s crash landing on a ship in the Atlantic Ocean after the rocket’s successful Jan. 10 liftoff with supplies for the International Space Station. SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk posted images from the video on Twitter early Friday, offering commentary on what happened as…
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24 launches scheduled at Cape Canaveral this year
A Falcon 9 rocket streaks into orbit Jan. 10 in this long exposure photograph from Kennedy Space Center’s press site. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now Up to 24 launches are planned from Cape Canaveral in 2015, thanks to jam-packed manifests for SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to send up satellites for the U.S. military, NASA and…