Nearly fifteen years after its originally planned launch date, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission has set sail atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday at 18:03 local time. A scrub on Sunday’s was followed by unacceptable Upper Level winds ahead of the second attempt on Tuesday. Wednesday’s conditions were perfect for the launch.
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SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on its latest Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket Saturday,…
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DSCOVR and Recover: SpaceX chase the cigar with next Falcon 9 mission
by Chris BerginSpaceX will conduct a second attempt at landing a Falcon 9 v1.1 core stage on…
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The launch of the Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory is now targeting December 13,…
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With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone…
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SpaceX launched its fortieth Falcon 9 Thursday, carrying the Formosat-5 spacecraft for the Taiwan’s National…
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Throughout the inner solar system in 2016, NASA, ESA, JAXA, Roscosmos, and ISRO built upon…
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SpaceX is working a conveyor belt of Falcon 9 rockets for what it hopes will…
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Fresh from its unique three engine landing success, the Falcon 9 first stage (F9-0024-S1) has…
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SpaceX achieved another milestone on Friday when it conducted a Static Fire test on the…
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For the two commercial companies contracted with NASA for cargo resupply of the International Space Station,…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to flight Monday, on a mission for communications firm Orbcomm…
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SpaceX launched its eighth Dragon resupply mission, on a flight that was scheduled to loft…
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What was once thought to be a pipe dream of having a reusable system of…
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SpaceX’s aspirations towards recovering launched Falcon 9 first stages are continuing to focus on ocean…
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SpaceX is getting ever closer to successfully returning the first stage of its Falcon 9 v1.1,…
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SpaceX successfully launched its seventh Dragon resupply mission en route to the International Space Station…
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SpaceX preparing for a busy season of missions and test milestones
by Chris BerginSpaceX is set for a salvo of events over the coming months, ranging from resupply…
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SpaceX’s reusability aspirations will receive further testing at Spaceport America, in the shape of the…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its sixteenth launch Sunday, carrying a pair of commercial communications…