SpaceX has received tentative approval from NASA to send a Dragon spacecraft to the ISS on November 30th. This will be after combining two previous planned flights into the single ... [Read More]
This is a great little video. Enjoy! “Reusability is key to the dramatic cost savings that will enable advancements in human exploration of space. The Dragon spacecraft is a fully reusable and ... [Read More]
Here is a great photo of a Merlin engine test at the brand new dual test stand in McGregor, Texas. The company purchased the McGregor, Texas, testing facilities from Beal Aerospace. [Read More]
“For its first mission to the International Space Station, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will use deployable solar arrays as its primary power source for running sensors, driving ... [Read More]
Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has successfully test fired SuperDraco, a powerful new engine that will play a critical role in the company’s efforts to change ... [Read More]
Stanley Von Medvey has taken us in the near future with his fantastic SpaceX fan art. I say “Please give us more, sir!” Stanley Von Medvey is a freelance concept artist and illustrator, ... [Read More]
MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-070 Coverage Set for NASA/SpaceX Launch and Mission to Space Station CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Following the completion of NASA’s flight readiness review, the second ... [Read More]
UPDATE: Launch is likely to be pushed back another week due to more testing needed for the Dragon docking code. The historic flight of the first commercial transport to the ISS is only one week from ... [Read More]
“Hawthorne, CA – On Monday, April 30, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will webcast a static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket’s nine powerful Merlin engines in preparation ... [Read More]
UPDATE: SpaceX says May 7th date is unlikely. Press release soon. Here is the timeline and NASA coverage information. Monday, May 7 (L-0 day): NASA TV live coverage begins at 8 a.m. and concludes at ... [Read More]
SpaceX and Bigelow have agreed to a joint marketing effort that would allow people to fly in a Dragon spacecraft and be taken to a Bigelow habitat. News release follows: “Hawthorne, CA, and Las ... [Read More]
NASA has updated their TV schedule to include the mission objectives for the SpaceX COTS 2+3 flight . NASA has given its approval for the launch on May 19th. Scheduled for 4:55AM ET. This is ... [Read More]
Please check regularly – this post will be updated often Launch Currently Scheduled for May 19th 4:55:18 EDT The Falcon 9 currently stands vertical at Launch Complex 40 at CCAFS Launch Review ... [Read More]
Please check regularly – this post will be updated often 5-24-12 Upcoming 5-25 Berthing: 2 a.m. – SpaceX/Dragon ISS Rendezvous and Berthing Coverage – JSC (All Channels) 1 p.m. ... [Read More]
Upcoming return NASA TV Coverage “The Expedition 31 crew of the International Space Station spent much of the day Tuesday working with the SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle, reviewing procedures for ... [Read More]
FROM NASA PRESS RELEASE: “NASA managers, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) officials and international partner representatives Thursday announced Sunday, Oct. 7, as the target ... [Read More]
What: SpaceX resupply launch to ISS -SpaceX CRS-1 When: 7 p.m. on Oct. 7 Where: Cape Canaveral LC-40 “MEDIA ADVISORY : M12-194 NASA Coverage Set for Oct. 7 SpaceX Launch to Space ... [Read More]
SpaceX CRS-1 Mission Timeline Times and dates are subject to change Day 1: LAUNCH COUNTDOWN Hour/Min/Sec Events - 7:30:30 Vehicles are powered on - 3:50:00 Commence loading liquid oxygen (LOX) - ... [Read More]
SpaceX has released an official statement on Sunday’s launch anomaly. They say the engine did not explode. See my last post for a video of the anomaly. SPACEX CRS-1 MISSION UPDATE October ... [Read More]
UPDATE: Successful Launch at 10:10 am Be prepared for the mission. The launch will be webcast live, with commentary from SpaceX corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, California, at spacex.co ... [Read More]
“SpaceX’s Grasshopper doubled its highest leap to date to rise 24 stories or 80.1 meters (262.8 feet) today, hovering for approximately 34 seconds and landing safely using closed loop ... [Read More]
“Hawthorne, CA – Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification, a major milestone for the next generation Merlin engine. Through a 28 ... [Read More]
In the quest to fully recover the Falcon 9 first stage and validate the Grasshopper flights, Elon Musk announced that SpaceX will attempt a water “landing” on a flight later this year. ... [Read More]
Press Release from Spaceport America: Governor Susana Martinez today announced that Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, or SpaceX, has signed a three-year agreement to lease land and ... [Read More]
Musk has thrown around the name “MCT ” for a while but hasn’t elaborated on what it means. Musk has said the new rocket will be “several times” as powerful as the 1 ... [Read More]
another twitter follower posted this possible MCT mission plan and Elon Musk tweeted back and said it was “pretty close to what I have in mind”. also Musk says “Hyp ... [Read More]
New video released by SpaceX promoting Falcon 9 Watching the Video you get a view of the new landing leg configuration that we first mentioned here. SpaceX has also released a new version of its ... [Read More]
Here is the latest 2014 Launch Manifest for SpaceX YEAR* CUSTOMER LAUNCH VEHICLE 2014 2014 ORBCOMM CAPE CANAVERAL FALCON 9 2014 NASA RESUPPLY TO ISS – FLIGHT 3 CAPE CANAVERAL DRAGON ... [Read More]
UPDATE: Launch delayed to March 30th “To ensure the highest possible level of mission assurance and allow additional time to resolve remaining open items, SpaceX is now targeting March 30th ... [Read More]
UPDATE: CRS-3 Update Today’s launch has been scrubbed due to a Helium leak on Falcon 9’s first stage. A fix will be implemented by the next launch opportunity on Friday April 18, though ... [Read More]
During the CRS-3 mission the 1st stage did a soft retro landing above the water . The stage landing gear was released and the retro fire took place. When SpaceX retrieved the 21 second onboard video ... [Read More]
Redditor luke_in_the_sky created the picture using the actual launch arc from Sunday mornings launch and the SpaceX logo which flawlessly fit into the arc. [Read More]
During the upcoming Dec. 16th ISS Resupply mission SpaceX will attempt a first. They will attempt to land the first stage on a landing barge. If successful this will be a giant leap to ... [Read More]
CRS-5 Mission has slipped to 6 JAN 2015, a new T-0 has not been published. According to Twitter its a Engine static fire issue and ISS solar beta angle. [Read More]
It’s nice to see a spacecraft in the “not in low earth orbit” context again. Great photo of second stage delivering the spacecraft to it’s parking orbit for a spectacular ... [Read More]
Airbus engineers have secretly been working in a warehouse outside of Paris for 5 years. They have come up with a novel idea for rocket re-usability that could compete with SpaceX. Not nearly as ... [Read More]
NASA placed it’s first order with SpaceX for a crew mission to ISS. The Crew Dragon is scheduled to send astronauts to the ISS in 2017. Read the full story here [Read More]
Now that was exciting! SpaceX successfully lands first stage on land back at the Cape. Launch with landing made an exciting event. I’ll post video as soon as its ready. —– [Read More]
Now for all the paper model fans out there AXM has now released the paper models from the ORBCOMM2 flight. Both the 1st stage landing model and the Falcon 9 v 1.2 are reflected here. This looks like ... [Read More]
Here is a great new marketing style video from SpaceX containing newly released video footage from the Orbcomm2 flight and landing Also check out this great spreadsheet on the evolution of the Merlin ... [Read More]
If all goes well SpaceX will launch today. Space-X Press Release: “With this mission, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver the Jason-3 satellite to low-Earth orbit for the U.S. National ... [Read More]
Launch postponed for today Team opting to hold launch for today. Looking to try again tomorrow; window also opens at 6:46pm ET. Rocket and spacecraft remain healthy. -SpaceX “SpaceX’s Falcon ... [Read More]
About Payload: JCsat-14 A geostationary TV Broadcast satellite for Tokyo based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp., a satellite operator based in Japan “Following stage separation, the first stage of ... [Read More]
Landing after high speed. The surprise of the crowd was great! This was an amazing landing on many levels. At double the speed the stage would need to use more fuel for corrections. Congratulations ... [Read More]
UPDATE: THAICOM–8 launch has been postponed until tomorrow while they investigate a small engine glitch. Launch Date: May 26 Launch Time: 5:40 pm ET — DELAYED TO 7:40 Launch Window: ... [Read More]
Updated Images from Launch: “SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will deliver two commercial communications satellites to Geostationary Transfer Orbits (GTO). The two satellites, EUTELSAT 117 ... [Read More]
This morning an explosion rocked the Cape. During test for the AMOS-6 launch the SpaceX vehicle and payload were destroyed during an explosion at complex 40 at 9:07 am EDT. here is the official ... [Read More]
“SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will launch the Dragon spacecraft to low-Earth orbit to deliver critical cargo to the International Space Station for NASA. SpaceX is targeting a late morning launch ... [Read More]
SpaceX is targeting launch of the EchoStar XXIII mission tomorrow, Thursday, March 16th, from the historic Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The ... [Read More]
UPDATE 2: Looks like F9 wasn’t the only thing recovered. Payload fairing LANDED SUCCESSFULLY. Fairing has thruster systems and steerable parachute. UPDATE: Success!! Great Launch and ... [Read More]
SpaceX will Launch the NRO’s secretive NROL-76 on Sunday morning. WHERE: Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center WHEN: Sunday,April 30, at 7:00 a.m. EDT, or 11:00 ... [Read More]
SpaceX made launching and landing a rocket seem like everyday events this morning with it’s Falcon 9. The Launch of the NROL-76 secret mission was a flawless as it gets. Launch coverage was ... [Read More]
The Falcon Heavy had its first test last week. The Center Core was test fired at the test facility in McGregor Texas. About the Falcon Heavy: “When Falcon Heavy lifts off in 2017, it will be ... [Read More]
CRS-11 is also known as SPX-11 “SpaceX’s eleventh contracted cargo resupply mission with NASA to the International Space Station will deliver almost 6,000 pounds of science and research, ... [Read More]
Until July 5th, You can read “Making Humans a Multi-Planetary Species” over at New Space for free. I highly recommend this quick read Here is the link (available until July 5th 2017) [Read More]
SpaceX confirms successful Falcon Heavy Static fire. First static fire test of Falcon Heavy complete—one step closer to first test flight! pic.twitter.com/EZF4JOT8e4 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) ... [Read More]
UPDATE: Now 3:45 -Window closes at 4pm Launch Time: February 6th at 3:45 p.m. EST, 20:45 UTC. -Backup 2-7-18 Launch Location: LP 39A Cape Kennedy Payload: Tesla Roadster Landing: Yes(2 ... [Read More]
Put on your headphones on. Sit back and take in the sounds(BINAURAL AUDIO IMMERSION) of being at the Cape brought to you by the excellent work of Destin at Smarter Every Day Click HERE for the ... [Read More]
Launch Time: Wednesday, February 21 at 06:17 a.m. PST (Backup -February 22 at 6:17 a.m. PST) Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base Payload: Hisdesat’s ... [Read More]
Launch Time: 6th March, 12:33 am EST // 6th March, 05:33 UTC Launch Location: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral, Florida Payload: Hispasat 30W-6 Landing: Yes (Of Course I Still Love You) – Heavy ... [Read More]
Launch Time: Friday, March 30 7:13 a.m. PDT or 14:13 UTC (instantaneous launch opportunity ) Launch Location: Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Payload: The ... [Read More]
Launch Time: April 2nd at 4:30 p.m. EDT, or 20:30 UTC (backup:Tuesday, April 3 at 4:08 p.m. EDT, or 20:08 UTC) Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, ... [Read More]
Launch Time: June 1st -12:29-2:57am EDT (04:29-06:57 UTC) Launch Location: SLC-40 -Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Payload: SES-12 Landing: No Noteworthy: “Go Pursuit” has left ... [Read More]
Launch Time: June 29th 2018, 05:41 EDT / 09:41 UTC Launch Location: SLC-40, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Payload: Cargo re-supply mission. Read here on details of what is included in the ... [Read More]
Launch Time: 11:28 p.m. EDT on Sunday, September 9 (A four-hour backup launch window opens at 11:28 p.m. EDT on Monday, September 10, or 3:28 UTC on Tuesday, September 11.) Launch Location: Space ... [Read More]
SpaceX has made two announcements in the past 24 hours. they have signed the first private citizen for the mission to fly around the moon in the BFR “Only 24 humans have been to the Moon in ... [Read More]
ES’HAIL-2 MISSION –Updates HERE SpaceX is targeting launch of the Es’hail-2 satellite. Launch time: Thursday, November 15 from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space ... [Read More]
“SpaceX is targeting launch of the Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission to low Earth orbit on Sunday, December 2 from Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in ... [Read More]
“CRS-16 is the sixteenth of up to 20 missions to the International Space Station that SpaceX will fly for NASA under the first CRS contract. The Dragon spacecraft that will support the CRS-16 ... [Read More]
Launch time: 7:31 a.m. PST, 15:31 UTC ( instantaneous launch opportunity) Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Payload: 10 Iridium® NEXT ... [Read More]
Launch Time: The 32-minute launch window opens at 8:45 p.m. EST Launch Location: Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida Payloads: SSL built the Nusantara Satu ... [Read More]
SpaceX will launch a crew capable Dragon, known as Crew Dragon, on a test mission to the International Space Station. There will be no crew aboard(except a dummy that will measure body responses and ... [Read More]
I’m very excited about seeing another Falcon Heavy Launch. Last years inaugural launch was one of the most exciting launches I have ever seen. So many key moments to look forward to including ... [Read More]
SpaceX has received tentative approval from NASA to send a Dragon spacecraft to the ISS on November 30th. This will be after combining two previous planned flights into the single ... [Read More]
