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SpaceX Crew Dragon Conducts Propulsive Hover and Parachute Drop Tests; Videos
On the road to restoring US Human spaceflight from US soil, SpaceX conducted a pair of key tests involving a…
Watch SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Almost Stick Droneship Landing, then Tip and Explode; Video
SpaceX came much closer to sticking the landing of their Falcon 9 rocket on a tiny droneship at sea than…
SpaceX Launching NASA Jason-3 Ocean Surveillance Satellite Jan. 17; with Barge Rocket Landing – Watch Live
The joint NASA-European ocean surveillance satellite named Jason-3 is poised for blastoff from SpaceX’s California launch pad on Sunday, Jan.…
SpaceX Trying Ambitious 2nd Rocket Recovery Landing in 4 Weeks
SpaceX is on course to move ahead with an ambitious spaceflight agenda, trying a 2nd rocket recovery landing of their…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 8, 2016: Elizabeth S. Sexton-Kennedy from FermiLab
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest:Elizabeth S. Sexton-Kennedy, who works at FermiLab as Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) Offline Coordinator. CMS…
What’s Ahead for Recovered SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster?
Now that SpaceX has successfully and safely demonstrated the upright recovery of their Falcon 9 booster that flew to the…
SpaceX Nails Perfect Return to Flight Launch and Historic Vertical Return Landing – Gallery
“There and back again,” said SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk after the amazing successful ‘Return to Flight’ launch of…
Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 16, 2015: Dr. Carolyn Porco and Cassini Update; Sexual Harassment in Astronomy and Academia
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Dr. Carolyn Porco is the leader of the Cassini Imaging Science team and the…
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Faulty Support Strut Likely Caused SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Failure: Elon Musk
The in-flight failure of a critical support strut inside the second stage liquid oxygen tank holding a high pressure helium…
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Falcon 9 Rocket Failure a Huge Blow to SpaceX: Musk
In his first public comments since the surprise disintegration of the commercial SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket some two minutes after…