SpaceX Prepares to Get a Leg Up on Everybody
The Shape of Things to ComeCredit: SpaceX SpaceX founder Elon Musk has tweeted the above image of the Falcon 9 V1.1 currently being readied for the NASA Commercial Resupply 3 (CRS-3) mission scheduled...
View ArticleFirst Falcon 9 with Legs Stands Ready for Launch
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...
View ArticleSpaceX Falcon 9 Lifts off on CRS-3 Mission to ISS
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...
View ArticleUpdate: SpaceX Counting Down to Orbcomm OG-2 Launch
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...
View ArticleSpaceX Video Confirms Soft Landing on Orbomm Flight
SpaceX released the following video of the first stage return on the July 14 Orbcomm mission. Early front runner for best short film of the year. SpaceX Description Published on Jul 22, 2014 Video of...
View ArticleSpaceX: More Orders, a New F-9R, but No Legs
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...
View ArticleElon Musk Reveals SpaceX Landing Barge
Perhaps unimpressed with the weekend’s college football lineup, Elon Musk took to Twitter once again on Saturday, this time to reveal the landing barge SpaceX has commissioned for construction in...
View ArticleReaching for History (But still sitting on the ground)
Falcon 9 sits on the pad at T-Minus 7 hours Update: Falcon 9 is still sitting on the pad ten minutes after it was scheduled to launch. According to initial reports, today’s planned flight was scrubbed...
View ArticleSpaceX Landing Sequence in Detail (Weather at 80%)
Falcon 9 on the pad Monday evening / Image Credit S. Money Meteorologists with the U.S. Air Force’s 45th Space Wing are estimating an 80% change of good weather for Saturday’s 4:47 AM EST SpaceX launch...
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