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SpaceX Photos/Flickr After successfully launching the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket on May 11, Elon Musk tweeted that it still has about “300 missions over 5 years” left in its lifespan. SpaceX is predicted to “build 30 to 40 rocket cores” for the Falcon 9 Block 5 to cover about 300 missions over the next […]
The mission also christens an improved launch pad—destroyed in a 2016 explosion—to support the next generation of launches. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a2ee32feb4788232f942237/master/pass/spacex-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Enlarge / SpaceX launched its first military payload on May 1. Now the US House of Representatives said the military should consider reusable rockets. (credit: SpaceX) The US Congress has begun the “markup” process to consider budget appropriations for fiscal year 2018, and on Thursday, the House subcommittee overseeing Strategic Forces held a hearing for […]
SpaceX/Flickr (public domain) Rockets are as awe-inspiring as they are wasteful. These marvels of engineering typically become trash soon after launch, either by sinking into an ocean or crashing into a desert. It’s a big reason why sending anything to space requires unfathomable sums of money. But SpaceX, founded and run by tech mogul Elon […]
SpaceX just launched its seventh Falcon 9 rocket of the year. Riding atop the rocket was a Dragon capsule — but this isn’t just any Dragon. This was the first reused Dragon capsule that SpaceX has ever launched. The Dragon is designed to lift thousands of pounds of cargo to astronauts on board the International Space Station. However, each time […]
This is the first time SpaceX—or any commercial space company—has attempted to reuse a rocket to send something into orbit. The post Watch SpaceX Launch Its First Truly Reusable Rocket appeared first on WIRED. WIRED
Enlarge / SpaceX completed a static fire test of a flown Falcon 9 booster at its McGregor, Texas, rocket development facility last week. (credit: SpaceX) On Tuesday evening, SpaceX revealed that it has performed a critical static firing of one of its boosters. Not just any booster though; this exact same booster launched a cargo […]
