The SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon’s return from ISS is now scheduled for this Saturday, October 25th, with departure beginning at 9:30 AM EDT. This will mark the sixth return of Dragon capsule from orbit. The next SpaceX flight to ISS is currently scheduled for December 9th. NASA media advisory: October 20, 2014 MEDIA ADVISORY M14-173 NASA […]
Event though it was not equipped with landing legs, the SpaceX Falcon 9 V1.1 first stage which boosted the Dragon CRS-4 mission to ISS on September 21st, still made a bit of history. And the imagery is simply amazing. As part of the ongoing campaign to use operational Falcon 9 missions to advance the development […]
Artists Rendering of South Texas Launch Pad: Credit SpaceX Drawing a dramatic seven day period to a close, the SpaceX CRS-4 Dragon spacecraft was successfully berthed to the International Space Station at 8:21 am CDT this morning. One week ago today, SpaceX was named one of two winners in the final phase of NASA’s Commercial […]
Note: Last night’s launch marks the 8th flight in the first year for the Falcon 9 V1.1 NASA News Story An eruption of fire and smoke sent a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft skyward laden with 5,000 pounds of scientific equipment and supplies destined for use by the crew of the International Space Station. “This launch kicks […]
Update: If you happened to watch even a moment of the USF-UConn game Friday night, it was clear that an awful lot of rain was falling on Central Florida. And in this case it stretched from the Gulf to the Atlantic coasts, including of of course, Cape Canaveral. When it became evident that a weather […]
A general roundup of SpaceX news as the latest launch week begins. Tweets from Aviation Week coming from a conference in Paris relay that SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell told an audience that the company had signed 9 new launch orders including possibly “2 to 3 Heavies” Once confirmed, it would would be solid counter to […]
Two items in the news highlight the potential of additive manufacturing, or 3D printing to benefit an expanding future in space. The first is very near term, with the upcoming launch of the first 3-D printer to the International Space Station. The printer, which is manufactured by NewSpace company Made in Space, is among the […]
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