Tag: commercial-space
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SpaceX releases close up images of Falcon Heavy’s launch pad debut
SpaceX has released the first close-up images and video of the Falcon Heavy rocket at launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket was rolled out on December 28, 2017 and raised vertical on the launch pad. It was lowered and returned to its hangar the following day. The Falcon Heavy will return…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches and lands at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the Zuma payload for the U.S. government. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. SpaceX’s live video webcast begins around 15 minutes prior to launch, and will be available on this page.
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Time-lapse video: Falcon Heavy lowered after launch pad debut
The Falcon Heavy rocket was lowered to the horizontal position before sunrise Friday morning after less than a day standing at the launch pad. This time-lapse video plays at 10 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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Falcon Heavy raised on pad 39A for first time
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10:30 a.m. EST (1530 GMT) Friday after Falcon Heavy was lowered back horizontal at pad 39A. This image was taken on the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex bus tour near pad 39A. Credit: Dave Borinski SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket, made up of two previously-flown Falcon 9 boosters and a beefed up…
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Time-lapse video: Falcon Heavy goes vertical at launch pad 39A
Watch a time-lapse video as the Falcon Heavy goes vertical at launch pad 39A on December 28, 2017. The video runs at 34 times normal speed. This video is made possible by the generous support of Spaceflight Now members. Join today. We appreciate your support. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Photos: Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster prepped for one-way trip to deep space
Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has released photos of Elon Musk’s midnight cherry red Tesla Roadster, the dummy payload selected for the Falcon Heavy rocket’s maiden test flight, being readied for launch at Cape Canaveral. The electric sports car will be launched on a trajectory to escape the grasp of Earth’s gravity aboard the first flight of…
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Falcon 9 launch lights up Southern California sky
Take a look back at the Dec. 22 liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a launch that was visible across Southern California and as far away as Arizona as the booster climbed into sunlight at dusk to deliver 10 commercial Iridium communications satellites to orbit. The 229-foot-tall…
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Blue Origin space venture spends $14M on space for offices and warehouse in Kent
A Blue Origin engineer assembles a New Shepard parachute cover, with the crew capsule in the background at the company’s production facility in Kent, Wash. (Credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin, the space venture founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, has spent $14.1 million to buy 31 acres of land that’s earmarked for expansion of its…
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SpaceX launch dazzles, delivering 10 more satellites for Iridium
Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Putting on a holiday light show for Southern California and much of the desert southwest, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fired into a twilight sky from the Pacific coastline Friday night to add 10 new satellites to Iridium’s upgraded communications network. The two-stage, kerosene-fueled rocket climbed into the rarefied upper…
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Video: Falcon 9 lifts off at dusk from Vandenberg Air Force Base
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Pacific coastline northwest of Los Angeles on Friday night, sending 10 Iridium communications satellites toward orbit on a previously-flown first stage booster. The 229-foot-tall (70-meter) rocket lifted off at 5:27:34 p.m. PST (8:27:34 p.m. EST; 0127:34 GMT) from Space Launch Complex 4-East…