Last Thursday, SpaceX performed its first full-blown fairing recovery test during the Falcon 9 launch of PAZ and two Starlink demonstration satellites. The attempt involved a new addition to the SpaceX recovery fleet, Mr. Steven, complete with a giant net that is designed to catch returning fairings. While the catch during the PAZ mission was unsuccessful, the other phases of the recovery process showed significant progress.
"Mr Steven"
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Thursday, carrying a payload of three…
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SpaceX successfully launched the seventh of eight planned missions for Iridium Communications from California’s Vandenberg…
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SpaceX conducted their thirteenth launch of the year Sunday, with a Falcon 9 rocket deploying…
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SpaceX launched their sixth mission for telecommunications giants SES. The launch, using a flight-proven Falcon…
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SpaceX conducted its tenth launch of the year Tuesday, deploying five commercial Iridium communications satellites…
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SpaceX launched Luxembourg’s first military spacecraft on Wednesday, with a flight-proven Falcon 9 carrying the…
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SpaceX conducted its final launch of 2017 Friday, with a Falcon 9 lifting off from…
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by Philip SlossNASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Program and prime contractor Boeing have a new framework in…
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SpaceX is busy on all fronts, from its bread and butter commercial satellite launches to…
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After years of payload preparation, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launched one of the company’s most-challenging…
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SpaceX deployed Canada’s Radarsat Constellation via a Falcon 9 launch Wednesday. Lifting off from California’s…
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NASA is looking at deferring some programmatic certification activities until after the Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1)…
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One year ago today, Falcon Heavy launched for the first time – successfully sending Starman…
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The eighth and final Iridium NEXT launch – that was conducted on Friday – will…
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SpaceX’s launch manifest for the remainder of 2018 is beginning to take shape. The company…
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The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the first West Coast return-to-launch-site mission Sunday. The launch,…
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SpaceX launched its second mission in two months for Telesat Canada Sunday, with a Falcon…
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Begining July 22nd, SpaceX is currently scheduled to perform three Falcon 9 droneship recoveries, a…