SpaceX

SpaceX Tests Falcon 9-R Advanced Reusable Prototype Rocket

Over the past weekend, SpaceX fired up a new version of the Falcon 9, known as the Falcon 9-R, with…

12 years ago

Antares Maiden Soar Pierces Virginia Sky and delivers NASA SmartPhone Pioneer Nanosats to Orbit

The privately developed Antares rocket built by Orbital Sciences Corp. successfully blasted off on its maiden test flight from the…

12 years ago

SpaceX Grasshopper Flies High

SpaceX's Grasshopper flew 250 meters (820 feet) straight up, tripling the height flown on its previous leap. The video provides…

12 years ago

Gallery: Dragon Splashes Down Successfully

Splashdown! The SpaceX Dragon has returned home safely, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at 16:36 UTC (12:36 p.m. EDT)…

12 years ago

SpaceX Grasshopper Takes a Leap Into a ‘Ring of Fire’

Last week, SpaceX’s Grasshopper took its highest leap ever, doubling its past flights. On March 7, 2013, the vertical and…

12 years ago

Feel the Power of a Mighty Falcon 9 Blast Off Creaming Cameras

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1Jf_G2ewrU Video: Launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 on CRS-2 mission on March 1, 2013 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Credit: Jeff…

12 years ago

Image Gallery: Astronauts Capture a Dragon

Sunday was a big day in space, and astronaut Chris Hadfield captured the excitement in photos, and shared them via…

12 years ago