Tag: Dragon
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Photos: Falcon 9 breaks apart en route to ISS
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket broke apart just after launch on a commercial resupply run to the International Space Station. Here are a few images from NASA TV’s launch broadcast. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Falcon 9 rocket destroyed in launch mishap
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a Dragon cargo ship loaded with more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and equipment bound for the International Space Station — including a critical docking adapter needed by future U.S. crew ships — broke apart in a shower of debris shortly after…
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Video: SpaceX supply mission explodes just after launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket failed approximately 2 minutes, 20 seconds after liftoff from Cape Canaveral on Sunday. Watch a video of the dramatic launch failure, plus a slowed-down version at one-tenth normal speed in the second video window. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Falcon 9’s launch failure viewed from KSC press site
Spaceflight Now’s camera at the Kennedy Space Center’s Complex 39 press site captured this view of the Falcon 9 rocket’s high-altitude anomaly Sunday. Email the author. Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.
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Photos: SpaceX supply ship poised for blastoff
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, standing 208 feet tall, is mounted on a Cape Canaveral launch pad for liftoff with a fresh package of supplies and research experiments for the International Space Station. The kerosene-fueled launcher was counting down to takeoff at 10:21 a.m. EDT (1421 GMT) Sunday to kick off the Dragon supply ship’s two-day…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 fails during launch following second stage issue
SpaceX launched its eighth Dragon resupply mission, on a flight that was scheduled to loft cargo to the International Space Station – along with a docking adaptor for future manned missions. However, the launch failed just over two minutes into the ascent from Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 10:21 local time (14:21 UTC),…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 disintegrates after launch
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft on a resupply mission to 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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Falcon 9 rocket passes last major preflight test
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad. Credit: SpaceX Ground crews plan to load the final cargo into SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship Saturday after the capsule’s Falcon 9 rocket booster briefly fired up on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral for a flight readiness check. The Falcon 9 rocket ignited its…
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SpaceX conducts Falcon 9 Static Fire ahead of key ISS mission
SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire of its Falcon 9 v1.1 on Friday, a key milestone ahead of Sunday’s planned launch of the CRS-7/SpX-7 Dragon to the International Space Station (ISS). The mission will help restock the orbital outpost with vital supplies, highlighted by an investigation into high Total Organic Carbon (TOC) levels in the…
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SpaceX Dragon completes CRS-6 mission with splashdown
SpaceX’s CRS-6 Dragon unberthed from the International Space Station (ISS) and was released from the grip of the Station’s “Big Arm” on Thursday. The resupply ship then completed homeward leg of her trouble-free orbital adventures, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean expected less than six hours after parting ways with the orbital outpost. CRS-6:…