With last Friday’s successful launch of CRS-13, SpaceX marked its fiftieth orbital launch. The milestone comes less than twelve years after the company’s first, unsuccessful, mission lifted off in March 2006, in which time SpaceX has gone from another hopeful startup to one of the biggest players in the global launch industry.
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SpaceX
SpaceX set to return to action with RTF Falcon 9 launch of Iridium spacecraft
by Chris BerginSpaceX is set to Return To Flight (RTF) no sooner than January 14, with the…
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In preparation for a December return to launch operations, SpaceX has delivered one Falcon 9…
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As SpaceX narrows on a second stage COPV (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel) as the cause…
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SpaceX is still working towards a root cause into the failure of its Falcon 9…
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SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk has updated the status of the investigation into…
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SpaceX is deep into an internal mishap investigation following the loss during First Stage flight of…
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SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on the next Falcon 9 rocket set to…
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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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CommercialUncrewed
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 has realigned its next Falcon 9 v1.1 launch to NET (No Earlier Than) June…
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While troubleshooting on the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) saw the flight seal removed on…
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Since the Return to Flight timeframe, concerns regarding the state of the Composite Overwrapped Pressure…
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Endeavour will launch only when engineers are happy they have a full understanding of the…
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In what is likely to be the final attempt to close the minimum five year…
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Shuttle
ISS prepares for arrival of STS-126 – STS-119 launch date advancement debate
by Chris BerginWith STS-126 closing in on the start of S0007 – otherwise known as the three…
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As is usual in a pre-launch flow, engineers have been troubleshooting a couple of issues…
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Three orbiters and three good processing flows, NASA is on track to carry out another…
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The seven man crew that are set to launch with Shuttle Atlantis on Friday have…
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NASA managers are midway through their two day Flight Readiness Review (FRR), with all elements…