09 April 2016
Flawless launch for SpaceX Dragon
...(BEAM), to the orbital laboratory following its launch on a Falcon 9 rocket at 4:43 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The mission is SpaceX's eighth cargo delivery through NASA's Commercial Resupply...
16 June 2016
SpaceX Successfully Launches All-Electric Satellites; Loses First Stage in Landing Attempt
... been experimenting with sea landings (with three successful attempts so far, and a successful landing on dry land at Cape Canaveral). The purpose of such landings is to ultimately make rockets reusable, which in turn will make spaceflight more...
14 August 2016
Sixth successful landing for Space X rocket
... ship. The payload was JCSAT-16, a commercial communications satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida at 1:26 am ET, (5:26am UTC) and the return of the first stage to its landing site...
31 March 2017
Success for SpaceX's first 'flight-proven' launch
... for SpaceX if it can be achieved. It was remarked that the Falcon 9 relaunched yesterday will be donated to the Cape Canaveral Spaceport for display, however future boosters will be expected to fly up to ten times with no refurbishment and about ...
07 April 2017
Astronauts can zip to safety with new Emergency Egress System (EES) from ULA
... situated on level 12 of the Crew Access Tower (CAT), 52 metres above the Space Launch Complex 41 pad deck at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, crew will be able to evacuate to a landing zone in as little as 53 seconds, say ULA. And, by allowing...
08 May 2017
"Secret" space plane lands after 2 years in orbit
...'s experimental X-37B, which has overtones of the space shuttle design, blasted off in May 2015 from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard an Atlas 5 rocket that was built by United Launch Alliance. Since then it has...
