May 2022
The Space Industry in 2022
... tons of payload on a reusable rocket, taking people and cargo to the Moon and potentially fulfilling billionaire Elon Musk’s dream of colonising Mars. Other heavy rocket launches include ULA’s Vulcan, Blue Origin’s New Glenn, as well...
21 December 2015
SpaceX’s postponed rocket launch due for lift off today
... landing," SpaceX said in a statement. Monday "has a 10 percent higher chance of a good landing,” announced internet tycoon Elon Musk on Sunday afternoon, several hours before its initially planned launch. Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket and the...
18 January 2016
Falcon 9 Launches Successfully, Though First Stage Landing Fails
... as we touched down on the droneship,” he said. “Unfortunately we are not standing upright on the droneship at the moment.” Elon Musk, SpaceX founder and CEO later tweeted that it was “definitely harder to land on a ship. ...A leg lockout didn...
05 February 2016
SpaceX' Ambitious Plans Discussed at Commercial Space Transportation Conference
..., although Shotwell did not announce a more detailed schedule for the first launch. On January 30th, Elon Musk, founder and CEO of SpaceX, said that the vehicle “is supposed to launch toward the end of this year...
12 April 2016
SpaceX booster back in port
... engines multiple times and then attempt to launch it for a second time, possibly as soon as June, according to Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO.
14 August 2016
Sixth successful landing for Space X rocket
... on its promise, as it has yet to re-use any of its rockets. This key goal is still in sight however as Elon Musk tweeted in June of this year, that they hope for a first re-flight of the fourth rocket that landed...
