29 June 2015
SpaceX Falcon 9 failure: will launch markets and manned spaceflight be affected?
... reminded that risk is the name of the game in space. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was carrying an unmanned Dragon cargo vehicle when it disintegrated shortlt after launch on Sunday, June 28. This was the first such launch...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
... are still on schedule to begin in 2017. Shotwell said the company is planning an in-flight abort test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft before the end of this year, where the vehicle uses its thrusters to separate from a Falcon...
08 March 2016
Falcon 9 Successfully Launches SES-9
... and the Middle East. The next Falcon 9 launch is tentatively scheduled for March 30, and will carry a Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. NASA officials said on March 2 that an exact launch date for...
12 April 2016
ULA teams up with Bigelow
..., and the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM), which has just arrived at the ISS aboard SpaceX's Dragon cargo capsule. The goal of BEAM - which offers just five per cent the volume of a B330 - is to prove...
12 April 2016
SpaceX booster back in port
.... The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 1643 local time on Friday carrying a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. About 10 minutes later, the first stage landed - and remained upright...
02 September 2016
Falcon 9 rocket and Amos-6 satellite explode during testing
... to launch its SES-10 and SES-11 satellites on separate Falcon 9 launches this year, and NASA was planning a Dragon cargo mission to the ISS in November of this year. Senator Bill Nelson, whose single space shuttle flight...
