SpaceX has picked up NASA orders for five more commercial resupply missions to the International Space Station, according to an article in Space News. The agreement, which was signed in December, bring the total number of Dragon missions to ISS under the original CRS-1 contract to 20. The original order called for 12 flights, […]
Update from SpaceX: The ORBCOMM OG2 launch is currently targeted for liftoff on Monday, July 14, 2014 at 11:44am ET. A live launch webcast will begin here at approximately 11:25am EDT. Out of an abundance of caution, the team took some extra time this morning to look at a potential ground systems issue; we have […]
Media reports indicate that the SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon capsule which splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, took on water as it waited through a recovery effort which apparently lasted longer than usual. According to a report in Aviation Week: “The quantity of seawater intrusion and the source is unclear, said Dan Hartman, NASA’s […]
A previous version of this article contained erroneous information on several accounts. The corrections, which are significant, are illustrative of the unique approach SpaceX is taking in its Falcon / Dragon system. Innerspace.net originally reported that during a meeting of the NASA Advisory Council’s Human Exploration and Operations Committee, ISS Station Manager Mike Suffredini discussed […]
High above Burma, ISS astronauts released the SpaceX CRS-1 Dragon capsule at 8:29 AM CST. Following two brief burns to safely remove the spacecraft from the International Space Station’s “keep out sphere” the craft rotated, accelerated and began heading back to Earth for an estimated landing at 2:20 PM CST. The deorbit burn, which will lower […]
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