As SpaceX narrows on a second stage COPV (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel) as the cause of the AMOS-6 static fire pad failure on 1 September, the company is pressing ahead with hot fire operations on a new first stages at its McGregor, Texas, facility. The new booster is set to power what SpaceX hopes will be a December mission from the soon-to-be-christened LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
SpaceX is still working towards a root cause into the failure of its Falcon 9…
SpaceX has suffered a failure during the static test fire of the Falcon 9 rocket…
SpaceX is lining up its next two missions, with Falcon 9 hardware currently in pre-launch…
Nearly every rocket that has flown has had an anomaly. With thousands of components that…
This week was expected to see the maiden launches of two new spacecraft: Boeing’s crewed…
Following several launch delays last week, the week of Aug. 21 through Aug. 27 is…
SpaceX launched another batch of 56 Starlink internet communication satellites into low Earth orbit (LEO)…
SpaceX broke several records on the Starlink Group 3-2 mission. Launching from Space Launch Complex…
SpaceX launched its third back-to-back Starlink mission in barely a fortnight Friday. Falcon 9 lifted…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has conducted a static fire test ahead of the Crew Dragon…
NASA’s Commercial Crew Program has made significant progress in recent months towards its first crewed…
With all parties in agreement, the 45th Space Wing of the US Air Force and…
The much-awaited and heralded launch of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellite constellation launched on Thursday. With…
With the all-important Demo-1 launch complete, SpaceX has quickly begun converting Pad 39A to ready…
SpaceX has conducted the milestone of a static fire test in preparation of the historic…
The eighth and final Iridium NEXT launch – that was conducted on Friday – will…
The SpaceX Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon capsule which will execute the Demonstration Mission-1 (DM-1)…
Following the failure of the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft to deliver Aleksey Nikolayevich Ovchinin and Nick…
SpaceX is finishing its years-long campaign to return Launch Pad 39A to crew operations. Following…
