Tag: Reusability
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Photos: Upgraded New Shepard booster flies from West Texas
Blue Origin’s Crew Capsule 2.0 carried a crash test dummy on Tuesday’s flight. Credit: Blue Origin Blue Origin’s third New Shepard suborbital booster lifted off on its first brief up-and-down test flight Tuesday, soaring to an altitude of 322,000 feet over West Texas to prove out the rocket and its automated crew capsule, which flew…
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Blue Origin launches New Shepard test flight
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, launched a reusable New Shepard sub-orbital rocket from the company’s west Texas launch site Tuesday, boosting an unpiloted crew capsule out of the dense lower atmosphere for a brief foray into space before a parachute descent to Earth. The booster,…
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SpaceX cargo launch slips to Friday, allowing for additional rocket inspections
SpaceX’s mission patch for the CRS-13 cargo mission. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX has delayed liftoff of its next cargo ship bound for the International Space Station until Friday, setting up a one-shot attempt to launch the commercial supply carrier from Cape Canaveral before a potential slip to late December due to high solar angles in orbit.…
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SpaceX to restore upgraded launch pad to service with Wednesday cargo flight
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated at 10 p.m. EST on Dec. 11 with one-day launch delay. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, sporting markings from the first stage’s first flight in June, stands poised for launch from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Tuesday. Credit: SpaceX Ready to double its Florida launch capacity with two pads, SpaceX is preparing…
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Blue Origin could fly new suborbital vehicle this week
File photo of a New Shepard launch from Blue Origin’s West Texas test site. Credit: Blue Origin An airspace restriction over West Texas posted on the Federal Aviation Administration’s website and filed by Blue Origin suggests the company founded by Amazon.com’s Jeff Bezos could launch its upgraded reusable New Shepard suborbital booster for the first…
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Video: Falcon 9 rocket test-fired at pad 40
SpaceX fired up a Falcon 9 booster at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday in advance of a space station resupply launch Dec. 12, returning the pad to service after a rocket explosion there last year. The previously-flown rocket fired its Merlin 1D main engines at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) Wednesday in a…
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Test-firing at repaired launch pad clears way for SpaceX cargo flight next week
The Falcon 9 rocket’s previously-flown first stage fired its engines at pad 40 Wednesday. Credit: Steven Young/Spaceflight Now SpaceX ignited a reused Falcon 9 first stage booster at Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad Wednesday ahead of a planned space station resupply launch Dec. 12, a major step in restoring the repaired facility to service…
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Live coverage: Falcon 9 rocket fires engines in hold-down test at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of SpaceX’s preparations for the next Falcon 9 rocket launch from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission will launch a Dragon supply ship with several tons of cargo and experiments for the International Space Station. Text updates will appear automatically below. Follow us on Twitter. File photo of…
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NASA agrees to launch station supplies on reused SpaceX rocket
A Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster returns to landing at at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on June 3 following launch of a Dragon supply ship to the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX will launch a space station-bound cargo ship with nearly 2.5 tons of supplies and experiments next Friday, Dec. 8, with…
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SpaceX delays launch to study data from recent payload fairing test
EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated Nov. 17. The Falcon 9 rocket with Zuma stands at pad 39A on Wednesday afternoon. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX has postponed its next launch from the Kennedy Space Center indefinitely to examine data from a recent payload fairing test for another customer. The company said in a statement Thursday that the…