14 August 2016
Sixth successful landing for Space X rocket
..., Florida at 1:26 am ET, (5:26am UTC) and the return of the first stage to its landing site was already forewarned by SpaceX to be a challenging mission. Delivering cargo into a geostationary transfer orbit uses up a lot of fuel during take off and...
04 August 2018
First NASA Commercial Crew revealed
... low Earth orbit in Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX’s Crew Dragon vehicles as part of the agency’s Commercial...Boeing's Starliner and Victor Glover and Michael Hopkins will be SpaceX's pioneering ISS crew. Additional team members will be assigned...
28 September 2016
Musk unveils ambitious plans for Mars
.... Mr Musk, who founded private spaceflight company SpaceX in 2002, said his colonisation plan uses a...and work. Initial development is being funded by profit from SpaceX and Mr Musk's own wealth. SpaceX also plans to launch its first Red Dragon to Mars...
07 February 2018
Musk sets pace in the race to Mars
... smaller Falcon 9's strapped together) was built by SpaceX, the company founded and run by the billionaire ...out into the solar system. It’s difficult to overstate what SpaceX has accomplished. The successful introduction of a new heavy rocket ...
30 May 2020
An historic day for US spaceflight as Crew Dragon launches successfully
...the first time it has taken people above the atmosphere. Now that SpaceX has proven itself to be a worthy space “taxi” to ferry ... successful end to Demo-2; the final major step required by SpaceX's Crew Dragon, in order to get certified by Nasa's ...
02 August 2020
Crew Dragon are on their way home
... on May 31, following a successful launch on May 30 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During their... Station for the first time since 2011. This is SpaceX’s final test flight and is providing data on the ...
