Tag: Falcon 9R

SpaceX Releases F9R Flight Test Video Hours Before Orbital Launch
By 2014.04.18 0 Comments Read More →

SpaceX Releases F9R Flight Test Video Hours Before Orbital Launch

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 […]

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No “Surrendering America” Here: Watch SpaceX Test Fire New Falcon F9R First Stage
By 2014.03.29 1 Comments Read More →

No “Surrendering America” Here: Watch SpaceX Test Fire New Falcon F9R First Stage

Image Credit: SpaceX/Youtube SpaceX released the following statement with the video Friday evening. Several hours later, FOX News ran a special segment “Surrendering America” which focused in part on the decline of the American space program.  Perhaps they should have checked youtube first. SpaceX statement: SpaceX successfully test fired the first stage of F9R—an advanced […]

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