From SpaceX: “SpaceX is still tracking towards a 6:03pm ET liftoff of DSCOVR, but unfortunately we will not be able to attempt to recover the first stage of the Falcon 9. The drone ship was designed to operate in all but the most extreme weather. We are experiencing just such weather in the Atlantic with […]
On Tuesday, SpaceX released this YouTube “Flight Animation” depicting a Falcon Heavy launch and landing from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. There are a couple of interesting points to consider, particularly in the context of the recently released Draft Environmental Assessment regarding SpaceX’s plan to use abandoned Launch Complex 13 at the […]
The future is being revealed one Youtube video at a time. Late yesterday, SpaceX released this chase plane video of the Falcon 9 first stage under controlled descent as it approaches the Atlantic Ocean at the end of the July 14 Orbcomm 2 launch. Regrettably, the camera operator attempts to refocus just as it nears […]
Lifting off into a bright blue sky punctuated by intermittent clouds, the SpaceX Falcon 9 / Orbcomm OG-2 mission launched at 11:15 am EDT today from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40. After initially pushing the planned launch time back from to 9:21 to 11:44 am in order to investigate a possible ground equipment issue, it finally came […]
Image Credit Elon Musk This image, tweeted by Elon Musk today, was shot from the Falcon 9 first stage just before it touched down into a stormy Atlantic ocean on Friday, April 18th as part of the CRS-3 mission to ISS. According to Musk, the accompanying video will be posted to the SpaceX website shortly. […]
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