July 2014
Space 1.0 to Space 3.0: from Gagarin to market growth
... This idea is being put forward by Elon Musk, the founder of SpaceX and the guru of the Space 2.0 era. Space research can once ...example of this is that Elon Musk founded not only the SpaceX company, but also the Tesla company, which has introduced ...
01 March 2019
Crew Dragon gets ready for first liftoff
... Dragon. "The goal is to get an idea of how humans would feel in her place, basically," said Hans Koenigsmann, SpaceX's vice president of build and flight reliability. "I don't expect, actually a lot of surprises there. But it's better to verify...
07 June 2021
Bezos to join auction winner on first crewed New Shepard flight
... following protests submitted by Blue Origin and Dynetics, SpaceX’s other competitor. “The Human Landing System program needs...Firefly Aerospace, and a former engineer at Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, in an interview with the Financial Times...
11 November 2020
Senate deals major blow to Bridenstine’s Moon ambitions
... Program, which started under the Obama administration. NASA also announced on 10 November that it had certified the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to legally carry humans, clearing the way for regular trips to the ISS. Other...
03 March 2021
Japanese billionaire offers space seats on his private lunar trip
...launches from the company’s rocket facility in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX hope to perform a high altitude flight test of SN10 today... and even if a similar outcome arises Musk is confident that SpaceX will fly its deep-space rocket in orbit "many, many ...
12 June 2017
US spy satellite buzzes ISS
...ISS). After its launch into orbit from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX on 1 May 2017 analysts around the world quickly realised it... of the launch – and at the request of the NRO – SpaceX cut off launch coverage two minutes and 48 seconds after liftoff, some...
