For SpaceX and its founder Elon Musk, it was a day 15 years in the making. The accomplishment Thursday evening of launching a flight-proven Falcon 9 core stage and landing it yet again on the ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You, is a stunning and beautiful feat of engineering that opens the door on a new era of spaceflight, one Elon Musk states will make Humanity a spacefaring civilization.
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With NASA’s management officially informing the workforce that evaluations are taking place into installing a…
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The Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft has completed its fast track journey to the International Space Station…
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As preparations continue for next week’s Falcon 9 launch of the CRS-6 Dragon spacecraft from…
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Europe’s Automated Transfer Vehicle-4 (ATV-4) “Albert Einstein” spacecraft successfully docked to the International Space Station…
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The Antares launch vehicle will soon make its debut flight, ahead of an important year…
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While the United States celebrated its Independence Day on Wednesday, the most powerful nation on…
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In a wide-ranging release of information, ATK have announced what is their complete crew transportation…
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Commercial
NASA FRR tentatively sets April 30 for Dragon’s first flight to fully prepared ISS
by Pete HardingFor the first time in history, NASA’s extensive Flight Readiness Review (FRR) process has concluded…
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The United Launch Alliance (ULA) – best known in recent years for their high end…
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After becoming the third nation to master the human spaceflight, China has made its next…
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China returned to flight with the launch of a military communications satellite from the Xichang…
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April 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin launches into orbit aboard Vostok 1 to become the first…
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If the first third of 2010 represented an outstanding and unwavering commitment to safety and…
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International Launch Services (ILS) have launched their Proton-M rocket on Sunday, on a mission which…
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Shuttle
STS-133: ET-137 flight rationale progress – Two launch date options prepared
by Chris BerginProgress continues to be made in returning Discovery’s External Tank (ET-137) back to flight status,…
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Endeavour enjoyed an extremely clean flight, following a post-landing TPS (Thermal Protection System) report, which…
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Last week’s Space Shuttle Program (SSP) Flight Readiness Review (FRR) has approved the installation of…
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Aiding the requirement of flight rationale for STS-125, engineers have found that the three replacement…
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NASA successfully completed STS-122’s Shuttle level Flight Readiness Review (FRR) on Tuesday, moving the pre-launch…