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Spotting the Dragon: How to See SpaceX on Approach to the ISS This Weekend

SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft may be appearing in a backyard sky near you this weekend. Scheduled to launch this Friday on…

12 years ago

Antares Rocket Critical Hotfire Engine Test Set for Feb. 12

Orbital Sciences Corporation has at last scheduled a critical engine test for the firm’s new commercially developed Antares medium class…

12 years ago

SpaceX Grasshopper Takes Off and Lands Vertically in New 12-Story Hop

SpaceX recently released video of the latest test of their Grasshopper Vertical Take Off and Landing Vehicle, where it rose…

12 years ago

SpaceX’s 10-Story Re-useable Grasshopper Rocket Takes a Bigger Hop

SpaceX is developing the "Grasshopper" reusable vertical takeoff, vertical landing rocket. Back in September, the 32-meter- (106-ft-) tall Grasshopper made…

12 years ago

Timelapse: Dragon’s Departure from the ISS

This video shows various views of the Dragon capsule being unberthed and moving away from the International Space Station, and…

12 years ago

SpaceX’s Dragon Splashes Down Safely

The Dragon capsule after splashing down successfully on October 28, 2012. Credit: SpaceX After leaving the International Space Station earlier…

12 years ago

Go Inside the Dragon Capsule with New Interactive Panorama

Wish you could be on the International Space Station right now, helping to unload the SpaceX Dragon capsule that is…

12 years ago

Falcon 9 Experienced Engine Anomaly But Kept Going to Orbit

During last night’s launch of the Dragon capsule by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, there was an anomaly on one of…

12 years ago