This past week was an unusually eventful several days for “NewSpace,” dominated by both the introduction of the Inspiration Mars Foundation and its flyby mission to Mars, and of course, the launch of the SpaceX / NASA CRS-2 mission to ISS, accompanied by a few hours of high anxiety as the company successfully worked through an initial problem with three of […]
Update: 4:05 PM EST SpaceX has now reported that all four thruster pods are operational, and orbital adjustments will begin shortly Original post SpaceX’s CRS-2 mission to the International Space Station is beginning to get back on track following a successful effort to pressurize three of four oxidizer tanks aboard the Dragon spacecraft. Although […]
This update corrects an earlier version which reported in error that one of three thruster pods was brought on line during an initial pass over Australia Solar panels were in fact deployed prior to returning three thruster segments to functionality Liftoff of the SpaceX Falcon 9 on NASA’s CRS-2 mission. The fifth and final Falcon […]
As dusk settled on Florida’s Cape Canaveral Thursday evening, SpaceX made a couple of late package deliveries to the Dragon spacecraft scheduled to blast off for the International Space Station this morning. Among the items, fresh fruit for the astronauts aboard ISS, grown in an orchard owned by the parents of a SpaceX employee. With […]
Less than a day before liftoff of the next SpaceX Dragon headed for the International Space Station, NASA held a science briefing at Kennedy Space Center to highlight the work related to this mission. Officially there will be 330 kg going up and 500 coming down, which doesn’t necessarily sound like much, but with the increasing […]
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