Tag: SpaceX
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Falcon 9 explodes during AMOS-6 static fire test
SpaceX has suffered a failure during the static test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket that was to help haul the AMOS-6 satellite to geostationary orbit later this week. The rocket suffered an unspecified failure in the second stage’s LOX tank during the test early on Thursday. Fire crews are currently putting out fires at…
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SES agrees to launch satellite on ‘flight-proven’ Falcon 9 rocket
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket launch. Credit: SpaceX SpaceX and SES, an international communications satellite operator based in Luxembourg, have agreed to place the SES 10 television relay craft aboard the first launch of a reused “flight-proven” Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral as soon as October, the companies announced Tuesday. The agreement…
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Live coverage: SpaceX supply ship returns to Earth
Live coverage of the departure of SpaceX’s Dragon supply ship from the International Space Station and its splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with several tons of experiment samples and cargo. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.
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Dragon spacecraft splashes down with station research specimens
SpaceX released this view of the Dragon spacecraft descending to the Pacific Ocean on Friday. Credit: SpaceX A SpaceX-owned Dragon cargo craft left the International Space Station on Friday and flew back to Earth for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean with a dozen mice and more than 3,000 pounds of experiment specimens and…
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SpaceX Dragon capsule splashes down, bringing mice and more from space station
SpaceX’s Dragon pulls away from the International Space Station. (Credit: NASA TV) SpaceX’s Dragon cargo capsule successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today, carrying more than 3,000 pounds of cargo and science samples back down to Earth from the International Space Station. NASA’s Kate Rubins and Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi worked with the station’s robotic…
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CRS-9 Dragon completes homecoming, concludes successful mission
SpaceX’s CRS-9 Dragon spacecraft departed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday, following a highly successful Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) mission to the orbital outpost. Known as End Of Mission (EOM) operations, Dragon’s safe return was marked by a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean later in the day. SpaceX CRS-9 EOM: Dragon’s journey into space…
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SpaceX puts historic flown rocket on permanent display
Credit: Gene Blevins/LA Daily News Crews outside the SpaceX’s headquarters in Southern California on Saturday positioned the booster that stuck the first Falcon 9 rocket landing for vertical display, and now the launcher is an unmistakable Space Age trophy visible to passersby on nearby streets and freeways. Workers put the rocket near the southeast corner…
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Another Falcon 9 rocket returns to perch in Port Canaveral
A 156-foot-tall (47-meter) first stage from a Falcon 9 rocket sits at Port Canaveral on Saturday evening. Credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now The sixth Falcon 9 rocket booster recovered by SpaceX has returned to Port Canaveral after an up-and-down flight Aug. 14 that sent a commercial Japanese broadcasting satellite toward orbit. The 15-story first stage of…
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Space station crew installs a new front door for SpaceX and Boeing spaceships
NASA’s Jeff Williams works on the space station’s International Docking Adapter. (Credit: NASA TV) The International Space Station now has a door that will let crews float in from the commercial space taxis that SpaceX and Boeing are building, thanks to a nearly six-hour spacewalk. NASA spacewalkers Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins installed the Boeing-built door, known as…
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Carbon fiber report whips up interest in SpaceX’s plans for a colony on Mars
An artist’s conception shows a Falcon Heavy rocket lifting off for Mars. (Credit: SpaceX) Is SpaceX planning to buy billions of dollars’ worth of carbon fiber for future Mars-bound spaceships? The answer’s up in the air, but a report to that effect from Japan’s Nikkei Asian Review has set SpaceX’s fans abuzz. The report claims…