The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that SpaceX cargo capsule, designed to resupply the International Space Station (ISS), has successfully docked the orbital station Monday morning. The launch took place Saturday morning at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Both the rocket launch and cargo ship docking were successful. However, SpaceX had some … [Read more...]
SpaceX: Rocket Launch Was Successful; Booster Had a Hard Landing
SpaceX’s CEO, Elon Musk, announced Saturday that Falcon 9 rocket’s cargo capsule was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) and it would dock it on Monday, but the first stage booster had a hard landing on the floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. Both booster and platform were damaged when the landing took place. Soon after the liftoff, Mrs. Musk tweeted that the first stage … [Read more...]
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket launched successfully
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was successfully blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Friday, defying a bleak weather forecast. “The rocket flight was perfect as far as we could tell,” SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk told mediaperson soon after the launch. Ending a series of delays that was caused due to several technical issues, the rocket finally launched at 3:25 p.m. … [Read more...]