May 23
Last month, SpaceX filed a lawsuit to get work with the Air Force, something that has been henceforth granted to a Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture. That led to … Continue reading
May 23
The SpaceX Dragon MK 2 is coming, and will be unveiled in full next week. Via Twitter, SpaceX guru Elon Musk confirmed May 29 would be the day we get … Continue reading
Apr 18
SpaceX has successfully launched its CRS-3 Mission, the second attempt to send the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station and further demonstrate the effectiveness of … Continue reading
Apr 18
Behold the first test of the Falcon 9 Reusable rocket, launching and then smoothly landing in another location—an entire rocket going up and landing back on Earth ready to be refilled and launched again. Unlike the Grasshopper, this thing is huge! It is so amazing that I squeaked like a little girl when I saw it in action.
Apr 18
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has just posted video of a successful F9R launch, their re-usable rocket concept. The shuttle (pronounced “f-niner”, incidentally) is shown taking off, rising to 250 meters, then … Continue reading
Apr 14
SpaceX ISS cargo mission cancelled
Posted in: Today's ChiliSpaceX has been working towards a milestone mission to the International Space Station, where it would deposit cargo including, among other things, a pair of robotic legs. Unfortunately, a last … Continue reading
Apr 14
Robonaut 2 is a robot living aboard the International Space Station with its many scientists, taking on tasks that allow the crew to do more scientific research while it does … Continue reading
Mar 05
Today Elon Musk, CEO and Chief Designer with SpaceX – and head of companies like Tesla Motors – spoke with the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense. There he laid … Continue reading
Dec 10
We all have to crawl before we can walk, and NASA’s Morpheus lander is no different—well, except for the fact that "crawl," in this case, actually means burst into a pile of flames. But all that’s in the past, and NASA’s taken to their YouTube and Instagram accounts to show off the absolutely stunning success of the new Morpheus prototype’s very first (successful) free flight.
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Dec 04
SpaceX celebrated a flawless launch of its Falcon 9 spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Sta
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SpaceX celebrated a flawless launch of its Falcon 9 spacecraft from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Wednesday. It delivered an SES-8 satellite into orbit without a glitch bringing the Falcon 9 one flight away from being qualified to fly missions for the Air Force. [SpaceX via BoingBoing]
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