For the two commercial companies contracted with NASA for cargo resupply of the International Space Station, 2015 could have been a year marked entirely by the risk that eventually catches all space companies. Instead, for SpaceX and Orbital ATK, 2015 marked an astounding resurgence and recovery from launch mishaps, ending in December with the return of Orbital ATK’s Cygnus and the unprecedented success of a first stage Falcon 9 rocket landing back on land.
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to flight Monday, on a mission for communications firm Orbcomm…
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Three Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft are to play a major role in understanding the threat…
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The Russian Progress M-28M cargo ship has successfully arrived at the International Space Station (ISS)…
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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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Updates to master planning schedules have revealed NASA’s intention to add four more Commercial Resupply…
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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket made its sixteenth launch Sunday, carrying a pair of commercial communications…
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Nearly fifteen years after its originally planned launch date, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
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SpaceX has conducted a Static Fire test on its latest Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket Saturday,…
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SpaceX has revealed more details into its upcoming drive to bring the crewed version of…
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United Launch Alliance conducted its first launch of 2015 on Tuesday, with an Atlas V…
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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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Alarms in the US section of the International Space Station – pointing to a potential,…
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SpaceX’s CRS-5/SpX-5 Dragon has been captured and berthed by the International Space Station (ISS) on…