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SpaceX delivered two astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA on Sunday, following up a historic liftoff with an equally smooth docking in yet another first for Elon Musk´s company. With test pilots Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken poised to take over manual control if necessary, the SpaceX Dragon capsule pulled up to the … Read more
SpaceX is not having the best of luck this week – first the Falcon 9 launch was scrubbed Wednesday and now the firms’ a prototype Starship rocket has exploded. The prototype Serial Number 4 vanished into a fireball at SpaceX’s Boca Chica site in Texas Friday shortly the engine was ignited for a pressurized test. … Read more
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrived at the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday to watch the historic launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. They traveled to Florida with family members including Eric Trump, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and some of the grandkids. … Read more
SpaceX’s third Starship prototype IMPLODES after catastrophic failure resulting from a pressure test The test caused SpaceX’s Starship prototype to implode A pressure test flooded the craft with a super-cooling propellant This is the third Starship prototype to experience a catastrophic failure The specific cause of the implosion is still being investigated By James Pero … Read more
SpaceX’s new Starship suggests the craft could be used for hauling multiple satellites or up to 100 passengers in a single journey The manual outlines multiple use cases for SpaceX’s Starship craft The company foresees Starship being able to carry multiple satellites into orbit It can also be configured to carry 100 passengers on a single … Read more
Elon Musk is set launch at least 12,000 Starlink satellites into low-orbit to blanket the world with high speed internet, but the plan is causing quite the stir among astronomers and stargazers – the devices are blocking their views of the night sky. Now, a group of designers have taken matters into their own hands … Read more
It has been 18 years in the making, but SpaceX may finally send its first manned mission into space. The firm’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell revealed the California company is ‘gunning for May’ to fly astronauts aboard its Crew Dragon to the International Space Station. Shotwell noted that NASA astronauts set to take the … Read more
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has long dreamed of landing on Mars, but the billionaire has admitted that the feat may not be accomplished before he dies. Speaking at the Satellite 2020 conference in Washington on Monday, Musk explained that the firm is not progressing as planned and noted it has taken ’18 years just to … Read more
First ever human test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule could take off as soon as May SpaceX will conduct a test of Crew Dragon’s in-flight abort system this weekend The test will be the final one before the capsule is cleared for human launch Last year, Crew Dragon exploded during a test and badly … Read more