All posts tagged "SpaceX"
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21.8KSpaceXSpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 booster preps for next launch as fairing fragments surface
As part of a recent 10-year anniversary celebration of SpaceX’s first successful launch to reach orbit, Falcon 9 B1047 was spotted undergoing...
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23.6KNewsSpaceX’s Falcon 9 returns to Earth in first on-site media photos of rocket recovery
Thanks to the introduction of a brand new rocket landing pad (LZ-4) less than half a kilometer (~0.3 miles) from SpaceX’s SLC-4...
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23.7KNewsSpaceX lights up California sky in successful West coast landing zone debut
SpaceX has successfully recovered a Falcon 9 Block 5 booster on a land-based landing zone for the first time in the rocket’s...
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37.5KSpaceXSpaceX’s Falcon 9 Block 5 ready for first Return-To-Launch-Site booster landing
Falcon 9 B1048.2 is vertical at SpaceX’s Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 4 (SLC-4) facilities ahead of the rocket’s second launch, targeted at...
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24.3KSpaceXSpaceX reinstalls Mr Steven’s arms for Sunday Falcon 9 fairing catch
Over the course of less than half a day, SpaceX recovery technicians completed installation of three of Mr. Steven’s four fairing recovery...
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25.6KNewsSpaceX executive talks rocket R&D: “Nobody paid us to make Falcon Heavy”
Set to give a keynote speech on October 3rd at 2018’s International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Hans Koenigsmann – SpaceX Vice President of...
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36.6KSpaceXSpaceX’s Starlink satellites may use unique solar array deployment mechanism
Spotted on an official SpaceX T-shirt commemorating Starlink’s first two prototype satellites and corroborated through analysis of limited public photos of the...
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40.3KSpaceXSpaceX’s Falcon 9 fairing catcher Mr Steven preps for October recovery attempt
Following a 45-day armless hiatus, SpaceX fairing recovery vessel Mr Steven’s four net-supporting arms have reappeared at its Berth 240 home, potentially...
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27.7KSpaceXSpaceX paints “X” on Western Falcon 9 landing pad for rocket recovery debut
According to NASASpaceflight.com, SpaceX has finished painting a fresh “X” on their newest Falcon 9 landing zone, located just a quarter of...
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28.9KNewsSpaceX restores a Falcon 1 rocket for 10th anniversary of first launch success
With plans to give the historic rocket its own place on display inside the company’s Hawthorne factory, SpaceX has refurbished the last...
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28.0KNewsSpaceX and NASA accidentally set the stage for a new race to the Moon
Almost entirely driven by chance, SpaceX and NASA may soon find themselves in an unintentional race to return humans to the Moon...
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25.7KNewsSpaceX’s BFR and Raptor deemed “science-fiction” by French space agency manager
Speaking in a September 7th interview with French newspaper Courrier International, Dr. Francis Rocard – director of French space agency CNES’ solar system...
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39.2KNewsSpaceX wants to land its BFR spaceships “like a skydiver” on Earth and Mars
Speaking at the company’s Hawthorne factory, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced a new strategy for efficiently recovering its next-gen BFR’s upper stage,...
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26.5KSpaceXSpaceX’s last Falcon 9 Block 4 launch showcased in NASA’s behind-the-scenes recap
Five months after the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) was placed in orbit, NASA has published a 4K video recapping the spacecraft’s...
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27.5KNewsSpaceX techs work towards Falcon 9 fairing recovery with wacky series of experiments
Over the course of the past week, Teslarati photographer Pauline Acalin has captured a multitude of unusual occurrences at SpaceX’s Port of Los...
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28.0KNewsSpaceX ramps South Texas activity to prepare for 2019 BFR spaceship testing
At the same time as the hardware for SpaceX’s first BFR spaceship is entering the early stages of manufacturing, the company’s South...
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35.1KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk lays out ambitious deadline for BFR-built Mars Base Alpha
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced what may be the company’s most ambitious deadline yet, stating that he believes a full ‘Mars...
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29.1KLifestyleTesla and SpaceX’s uphill climb and Elon Musk’s relentless drive captured perfectly in tribute video
Elon Musk is a man who never takes the easy way out. From starting SpaceX in 2002 to pursue his dreams of...
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41.3KNewsSpaceX’s first completed BFR spaceship section spotted in huge Port of L.A. tent
Described by CEO Elon Musk as “the first [completed] cylinder section” of SpaceX’s first BFR spaceship prototype, Teslarati’s West Coast photographer spotted...
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37.3KNewsSpaceX’s BFR rocket and spaceship look more real than ever in new 4K renders
Following a September 17th presentation from CEO Elon Musk, SpaceX has published a series of uniquely detailed renders of BFR, showing off...
