04 April 2018
A storm hunter and space junk collector on its way to the ISS
...blasted off on 2 April has aboard some very interesting cargo amongst the supplies and equipment it is due to deliver....bone marrow and how materials behave in space, the reusable Dragon spacecraft is packed with an observatory that will study severe ...
29 June 2015
SpaceX Falcon 9 failure: will launch markets and manned spaceflight be affected?
...The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was carrying an unmanned Dragon cargo vehicle when it disintegrated shortlt after launch on Sunday,... of the rocket is the third major disaster to befall cargo ships en route to the International Space Station in less than...
27 June 2017
New Roll-Out Solar Array tested at the ISS
..., microgravity and vibrations. Once retracted, the panel will be stowed back inside the trunk of SpaceX’s Dragon cargo vehicle ready for its return to Earth. The solar electric propulsion technology that is scalable, can also be configured...
