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…
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…
SpaceX kept up its impressive launch pace as the company reused its first Block 5…
Just over two weeks after their previous launch, SpaceX is again preparing their Falcon 9…
SpaceX launched their sixth mission for telecommunications giants SES. The launch, using a flight-proven Falcon…
The first Block 5 Falcon 9 completed a static fire test at Launch Complex 39A…
Spacecom has announced Maxar Technologies’ SSL (Space Systems Loral) has won the contract to build the…
On Monday, NASA’s Independent Review Team (IRT) published the first public report on the SpaceX…
SpaceX is progressing well through what they hope to be their busiest year yet, conducting…
SpaceX launched Luxembourg’s first military spacecraft on Wednesday, with a flight-proven Falcon 9 carrying the…
As Kennedy Space Center continues its transition to becoming a multi-user spaceport, more details are…
SpaceX launched its first mission of 2018, involving the secretive Zuma spacecraft. The launch took…
SpaceX conducted its final launch of 2017 Friday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from…
With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone…