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Update from SpaceX
Between the Falcon 1 return to flight, Falcon 9 development and the NASA COTS program, has been an inordinately busy period for SpaceX.
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced that it has signed a contract with the Department of Defence's Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office to carry their first Jumpstart mission payload onboard the upcoming Falcon 1 launch. Scheduled for flight in June 2008 from the Sp...
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Development of the Falcon 1 rocket from Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is taking longer and costing more than expected, but the El Segundo, California based start-up still expects to make its maiden launch this year.
"It’s costing more than I thought, I have to ad...
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DemoFlight 2 Launch
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SpaceX Press release: DemoFlight 2 Launch Update During our final check-outs prior to static fire, we uncovered an anomaly with the thrust vector control (TVC) pitch actuator on the second stage that will result in launch being pushed to February. Since this is not used during the static fire, we ha...
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first five-engine firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas Test Facility outside McGregor on Thursday, May 29. At full power the engines generated almost half a million pounds of force, and consumed 1,750 lbs of fue...
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Space Exploration Technologies Corp (SpaceX) announces the passing of a significant technical milestone in the development of its Dragon spacecraft with the successful arc jet testing of PICA-X high performance heat shield material. Subjected to temperatures as high as 1850 degrees Celsius (...
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SpaceX to launch huge new rocket The Californian SpaceX company says it plans to launch the most powerful rocket since the Apollo era next year. The Falcon 9-Heavy is a beefed up version of the vehicle the firm will soon use to send a robotic cargo ship to the space station. The new rocket should be capab...
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1st Private Rocket Launch to Space Station Delayed The first test flight of a privately built robot space capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to allow more time to prepare the vehicle, the spacecraft's builder announced today (Jan. 16). [url=http://www.oddonion.com/20...
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SpaceX Testing - SuperDraco Engine Firing SpaceX successfully test fires SuperDraco, a powerful new engine that will play a critical role in efforts to change the future of human spaceflight. These engines will power a revolut...
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Dragon C-2 Falcon 9
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Dragon C2, also known as COTS Demo Flight 2, is the second planned flight of the unmanned SpaceX Dragon spacecraft which is planned to orbit the Earth in 2011, and the third flight of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle. The flight is the second flight in the COTS ("Commercial Orbital Transportation Ser...
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NASA Delays Next SpaceX Rocket Launch WMFE- NASA managers say the next launch of a Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station will be postponed from January until March. The commercial space company, California-based SpaceX, has a $1.6 billion dollar contract with NASA to launch 12 flight...
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