Space Shuttle

Spectacular SpaceX Launch Opens Historic New Era in Spaceflight

[/caption]Following this morning’s (May 22) spectacular nighttime blastoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, human exploration of the cosmos embarked…

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[/caption] SpaceX engineers have successfully replaced a faulty valve in a first stage engine that triggered a launch abort on…

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[/caption] Today’s (May 19) historic launch of the first ever privately developed rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS)…

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[/caption] The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is now poised at the launch pad and set to open a completely new…

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[/caption] In less than 48 hours, SpaceX is primed to make history and launch the first ever commercial rocket and…

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[/caption] Former NASA astronaut Story Musgrave is neither happy nor excited about the current state of the space administration or…

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Yesterday, space shuttle Enterprise was removed from NASA's 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft at JKF Airport in New York. You can…

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[/caption] At 9:58 a.m. this morning (Friday May 11), technicians unplugged Space Shuttle Endeavour marking the final power down of…

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[/caption]SpaceX has announced that the upcoming launch of the firms Falcon 9 and Dragon spacecraft on the commercial COTS 2…

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When I attended my first space shuttle launch, the most amazing thing about the whole launch experience may have been…

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