All posts tagged "SpaceX"
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26.8KNewsSpaceX transports Falcon 9 to launch site ahead of Block 5’s second expendable launch ever
Photos published on July 28th by customer Spacecom show a sooty SpaceX Falcon 9 booster and fresh upper stage on their way...
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34.8KNewsSpaceX retracts Falcon 9 booster’s landing legs a second time after speedy reuse
Following the Falcon 9 booster’s second successful NASA launch in less than three months, SpaceX recovery technicians have once again rapidly retracted...
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33.6KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts uncut Falcon 9 landing video: reentry burn to touchdown
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has posted a unique, uninterrupted view of Falcon 9’s latest landing, completed by booster B1056 on July 25th...
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37.6KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk posts uncut Raptor, drone videos of Starhopper’s flight test debut
Some two hours after Starhopper’s inaugural untethered flight, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to post an uncut video showing the...
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37.4KNewsSpaceX’s Starhopper nails first untethered flight as CEO Elon Musk teases next test
Starhopper has completed its first untethered flight ever, simultaneously a small step for the awkward prototype and a giant leap for SpaceX’s...
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26.3KNewsSpaceX Falcon 9 booster nails landing in lead-up to next NASA-sponsored reuse milestone
SpaceX has nailed its 24th Falcon booster reuse and 44th Falcon booster landing with Falcon 9 B1056’s flawless Landing Zone-1 recovery, setting...
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22.9KNewsSpaceX set for second CRS-18 launch attempt with flight-proven Falcon 9, spacecraft
After exceptionally bad weather conditions forced SpaceX to scrub its first CRS-18 launch attempt on Wednesday, July 24th, the weather has significantly...
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34.1KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk hints that Starship’s ‘sweating’ metal heat shield is no more
In the latest entry of SpaceX’s ever-changing Starship design process, CEO Elon Musk has indicated that the nominally reusable orbital spacecraft has...
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45.5KNewsSpaceX’s Starhopper aborts first free flight after igniting Raptor engine, catching fire [updated]
SpaceX has aborted Starhopper’s inaugural untethered flight test shortly after the planned T-0 liftoff time and is in the process of analyzing...
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17.5KNewsSpaceX’s Starhopper on track for today’s hover test after Cargo Dragon launch scrubbed [updated]
Update: Starhopper briefly ignited its single Raptor engine before a methane vent caught fire and the hover test was rapidly aborted. The...
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15.1KNewsSpaceX testing ceramic Starship heat shield tiles on flight-proven CRS-18 Cargo Dragon
SpaceX announced during its CRS-18 Cargo Dragon webcast that the twice-flown orbital spacecraft will feature a handful of ceramic Starship heat shield...
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14.0KNewsSpaceX tests Starhopper’s maneuvering thrusters ahead of inaugural flight test
Late at night on July 22nd, SpaceX’s South Texas team of technicians and engineers were busy testing a small but critical component...
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22.6KNewsSpaceX set to deliver cargo to the space station with a twice-flown Dragon spacecraft
SpaceX is set to become the only company in history to launch the same commercial space capsule to orbit three times, a...
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25.9KNewsTerraforming Mars may still be possible after NASA concludes otherwise, scientists say
SpaceX’s Elon Musk may imagine a nuclear device acting as an artificial sun on Mars for his long-term terraforming plans, but NASA...
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14.5KNewsSpaceX CEO Elon Musk says Crew Dragon spaceship 6 months from astronaut launch debut
Speaking in a mid-July interview with a CNBC correspondent, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk stated that he believed the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft...
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28.3KNewsSpaceX to build massive, new Hyperloop tunnel for 2020 competition, says Elon Musk
SpaceX just completed its fourth hosted Hyperloop competition since its 2017 debut and Hyperloop inventor and CEO Elon Musk capped the successful...
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31.8KNewsSpaceX’s Elon Musk says Starship, Super Heavy will have more than 40 Raptor engines
According to tweets published by CEO Elon Musk on July 21st, SpaceX’s combined Starship and Super Heavy launch vehicle (BFR) could have...
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18.2KLifestyleElon Musk is a one stop, pop culture to STEM recruiting shop, and that’s a good thing
WARNING This column will be unabashedly full of pop culture references in honor of its topic. Check out the end of the...
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21.5KNewsSpaceX Falcon 9 nears NASA’s first flight-proven Block 5 launch after static fire delays
After multiple days of delays, many a finger is crossed that SpaceX will be able to perform a critical static fire test...
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25.1KNewsSpaceX’s Elon Musk says landing Starship on the Moon could be easier than convincing NASA
Speaking in an interview with TIME Magazine’s Jeffrey Kluger, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk telegraphed some clear, latent frustration with US space agency...
