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...]
Spaceport Sits Empty, Future Commercial Spaceflight in Jeopardy
Virgin Galactic’s catastrophic failure last month, when the SpaceShip Two crashed, has caused major problems that have reached Santa Fe. Christine Anderson, the Executive Director of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority, is the one taking the heat. Lawmakers fearing the financial solvency of Spaceport America asked tough questions. Spaceport America is the home of commercial spaceflight efforts, … [Read more...]
Nasa Chooses Companies to Bring Astronauts Into Space
Boeing and SpaceX will be receiving $6.2 billion from NASA in an ambitious project that aims to finish developing new crew capsules that will bring NASA astronauts back into space. In 2011, space shuttles were retired and since then, Americans have been relying on Russia’s Soyuz vehicles to transport their astronauts to the International Space Station. However, Boeing and SpaceX now claim to … [Read more...]
SpaceX Launch Again Delayed due to Weather Issues, Third Attempt today
SpaceX once more delayed the scheduled launch of its Falcon 9 rocket with six Orbcomm telecommunication satellites aboard on Saturday and stirred up some grumbling in the process. The privately owned company had rescheduled launch for Saturday after encountering a technical problem minutes before a launch attempt on Friday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The rocket carries six … [Read more...]
Spacex’s Elon Musk says, he will Put HUMANS On MARS By 2026
Electric car and rocket tycoon Elon Musk expects to put the first human on Mars in the next decade and says he'll float his SpaceX company on Earth-bound stock exchanges once the interplanetary mission gets underway.He recently unveiled a manned version of his successful Dragon spacecraft. He’s talking about retrieving the first stage of his Falcon 9 rocket, a feat that has never been … [Read more...]
Computer glitch not to affect SpaceX’s launch
Despite a computer glitch that threatened to delay the mission, the upstart rocket manufacturer SpaceX plans to launch a cargo mission to the International Space Station. The Hawthorne company has decided to go ahead with its scheduled 1:58 pm PT blast off from Cape Canaveral on Monday. On Sunday, officials at NASA said that the International Space Station possesses enough redundancy to … [Read more...]
