SpaceX believes they have “all the necessary pieces” to achieve a full recovery of the booster stage, with the next launch of their Falcon 9 v1.1 set to test another key technology towards that aim, via the debut of landing legs on the aft of the first stage. While there is a low likelihood SpaceX will be able to recover the first stage of the CRS-3 Falcon 9 from the water, the returning booster will attempt to deploy its landing legs during its descent.
SpaceX announced a new capability for the Dragon spacecraft on Sept. 27 in the unlikely…
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander launched from the Second Launch Pad…
Following a year of testing and development, NASA recently selected SpaceX’s Starship-based Human Landing System…
In a historic move, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched the Chandrayaan-2 mission…
The world’s first privately-funded and operated lunar lander, an entrant in the defunct Google Lunar…
SpaceX launched Luxembourg’s first military spacecraft on Wednesday, with a flight-proven Falcon 9 carrying the…
SpaceX returned its Falcon 9 rocket to flight Saturday with a mission that delivered ten…
After more than 12 years in space and two years at comet 67P, the European…
SpaceX has launched its Falcon 9 rocket early on Monday, carrying the CRS-9 Dragon spacecraft…
The next great adventures for human space exploration have been touted as missions to asteroids…
SpaceX is getting ever closer to successfully returning the first stage of its Falcon 9 v1.1,…
SpaceX successfully conducted a second attempt to launch its Falcon 9 rocket, tasked with sending…
SpaceX’s Commercial Crew contender, the Dragon V2, will initially return to terra firma under parachutes,…
When SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket last April, most eyes were on the…
SpaceX is expected to take another leap towards the full reusability of their Falcon 9…
The prospect of a Falcon 9 v1.1 first stage returning to terra firma following launch…
SpaceX kicked off 2025 by continuing its record-breaking pace of Falcon 9 launches while also…
French company MaiaSpace has a good shot at becoming the first European launch provider to…
NASA and SpaceX successfully launched the next ISS crew-rotation mission, Crew-10. The 10th operational crewed…
