{"id":19653,"date":"2015-04-13T21:38:15","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T13:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/spacex-set-for-another-falcon-9-landing-attempt-new-planetary-resources-satellite-on-board-for-space-station\/"},"modified":"2015-04-13T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T13:38:15","slug":"spacex-set-for-another-falcon-9-landing-attempt-new-planetary-resources-satellite-on-board-for-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/spacex-set-for-another-falcon-9-landing-attempt-new-planetary-resources-satellite-on-board-for-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX set for another Falcon 9 landing attempt; new Planetary Resources satellite on board for Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_149013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-149013\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-149013\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship-620x357.jpg\" alt=\"The \u201cautonomous spaceport drone ship\u201d that SpaceX built to recover the Falcon 9 first stage.\" width=\"620\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship-620x357.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/autonomous_spaceport_drone_ship.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-149013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The \u201cautonomous spaceport drone ship\u201d that SpaceX built to recover the Falcon 9 first stage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update, 1:30 p.m.:<\/strong> Monday\u2019s launch has been scrubbed due to weather. Another launch will be attempted on Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. Pacific.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=toddbishop&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfdGltZWxpbmVfbGlzdCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOltdLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2ZvbGxvd2VyX2NvdW50X3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9iYWNrZW5kIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19yZWZzcmNfc2Vzc2lvbiI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZm9zbnJfc29mdF9pbnRlcnZlbnRpb25zX2VuYWJsZWQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib24iLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X21peGVkX21lZGlhXzE1ODk3Ijp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRyZWF0bWVudCIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3Nob3dfYmlyZHdhdGNoX3Bpdm90c19lbmFibGVkIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6Im9uIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH0sInRmd19kdXBsaWNhdGVfc2NyaWJlc190b19zZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdXNlX3Byb2ZpbGVfaW1hZ2Vfc2hhcGVfZW5hYmxlZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdmlkZW9faGxzX2R5bmFtaWNfbWFuaWZlc3RzXzE1MDgyIjp7ImJ1Y2tldCI6InRydWVfYml0cmF0ZSIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfbGVnYWN5X3RpbWVsaW5lX3N1bnNldCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOnRydWUsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9LCJ0ZndfdHdlZXRfZWRpdF9mcm9udGVuZCI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJvbiIsInZlcnNpb24iOm51bGx9fQ%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=587715056432889856&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2015%2Fspacex-set-for-another-falcon-9-landing-attempt-new-planetary-resources-satellite-on-board-for-space-station%2F&amp;sessionId=bd7bf1acc701a31823165572d4cc19025e107d6d&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"587715056432889856\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803664715490797=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching anvil cloud<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 13, 2015<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s planned SpaceX launch&nbsp;from&nbsp;Cape Canaveral, Fla.,&nbsp;is all about second chances.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the launch, SpaceX&nbsp;will try again to land its Falcon 9 rocket on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean, following an unsuccessful attempt in January. If successful, it would be a key milestone in efforts to make commercial space more economical by recovering and reusing booster rockets.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how it will work, if all goes according to plan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169451\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169451\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-169451 size-full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spacex-620x353.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX diagram of the Falcon 9 launch and recovery.\" width=\"620\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spacex-620x353.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spacex-1240x706.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/spacex.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-169451\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SpaceX diagram of the Falcon 9 launch and recovery. (Click for larger image.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, on&nbsp;board the Dragon capsule, headed for the International Space Station, will be a test satellite&nbsp;from Seattle-area asteroid mining company Planetary Resources. The&nbsp;company is looking&nbsp;to recover from the loss of its earlier satellite&nbsp;as part of the October explosion of an&nbsp;Orbital Sciences Antares rocket lifting off from Wallops, Va.<\/p>\n<p>The launch is set for 1:33 p.m. Pacific time today, and the webcast is available here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=toddbishop&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=587656388978978818&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2015%2Fspacex-set-for-another-falcon-9-landing-attempt-new-planetary-resources-satellite-on-board-for-space-station%2F&amp;sessionId=bd7bf1acc701a31823165572d4cc19025e107d6d&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"587656388978978818\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803664715490797=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">#Falcon9 &amp; #Dragon now vertical in advance of today\u2019s CRS-6 launch, targeted for 4:33pm ET. http:\/\/t.co\/tdni53IviI pic.twitter.com\/2eDUh4HIkO<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 13, 2015<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cautonomous spaceport drone ship\u201d that SpaceX built to recover the Falcon 9 first stage. Update, 1:30 p.m.: Monday\u2019s launch has been scrubbed due to weather. Another launch will be attempted on Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. Pacific. Launch postponed due to lightning from an approaching anvil cloud \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 13, 2015 This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4820,316],"class_list":["post-19653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-planetary-resources","tag-spacex"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}