The much anticipated, but oft delayed launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying 6 Orbcomm OG2 satellites has been reset for this Friday, with a backup slot open on Saturday. The latest delay was triggered when Orbcomm elected to perform further investigations regarding an undisclosed problem on one of the six satellites. The issue apparently […]
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 […]
Image Credit SpaceX The SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon made a safe, on time splash down today in the Pacific ocean, drawing its 28 day mission to ISS to a highly successful conclusion. For all the news lately regarding U.S./Russian relations and the future U.S. access to space, it should not go unnoticed that the SpaceX Dragon […]
Although today’s SpaceX press conference was held primarily to announce a lawsuit filed to stop the Air Force/ULA block buy, it also shed quite a bit more light onto last Friday’s soft landing of the Falcon 9 first stage. To sum it up, in the words of Chief Brody “You’re going to need a bigger […]
There were no chocolate bunnies packed aboard, at least according to the official manifest, but astronauts on the International Space Station received a very larger Easter basket this morning in the form of the SpaceX-3 Dragon capsule. After conducting a series of overnight burns which brought it within visual range of the station, the […]
One perplexing item regarding today’s SpaceX CRS-3 launch to ISS, and subsequent first stage landing recovery attempt, was the fact that we had yet to see any flight test of the new F9R test vehicle, with the only released video having been a ground level static fire. It seemed therefore, that even if first stage […]
Image Credit NASA The weather front stretching from north Alabama to nearly the Florida Keys held off to the west today, allowing SpaceX and NASA the window they needed to get the CRS-3 mission safely off the ground and on its way to the International Space Station. Lifting off under cloudy skies at precisely 3:25:22 […]
The oft delayed SpaceX CRS-3 launch to ISS has been reset for tomorrow, and a Good Friday launch attempt, one which will hopefully bring a bit more “good” than the previous SES-8 Thanksgiving Day attempt. That flight also resulted in a delay, but ultimately culminated in a flawless first commercial flight to GTO for SpaceX […]
Falcon 9 V1.1 poised for launch. The NASA / SpaceX-3 ressuply mission to the International Space Station is poised for a historic launch out of Cape Canaveral today. Standing on its transporter/erector at SLC-40 the rocket for today’s launch will be the first Falcon 9 v1.1 to launch to station, following three consecutive successful flights […]
Elon Musk tweeted the latest image of the Falcon 9 being prepared for next month’s NASA CRS-3 mission.
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