SpaceX is just days away from shooting up a crew capsule to test a launch escape system designed to save astronauts' lives.
Space Exploration
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SpaceX stands ready to resume station deliveries for NASA and it couldn't have a more attention-grabbing payload: the first inflatable room ever built for astronauts.
Space Exploration
Apr 8, 2016
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The private SpaceX company sent a supply ship soaring flawlessly toward the International Space Station on Saturday, but the booster rocket ended up in pieces in the Atlantic following a failed attempt to land on a barge.
Space Exploration
Jan 10, 2015
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You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - he certainly dreams big. The entrepreneur loves to take on tough technical challenges and turn them into business opportunities. He revolutionized online payment services with PayPal, ...
Engineering
Aug 15, 2013
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An unmanned spacecraft bankrolled by Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos failed during a recent test flight.
Space Exploration
Sep 3, 2011
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For the first time, NASA is putting its trust in a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule for a crew.
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2021
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SpaceX is poised to blast off a Falcon 9 rocket on Saturday, marking its first return to flight since a costly and complicated launchpad explosion in September.
Space Exploration
Jan 14, 2017
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SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has downplayed the chances of a successful inaugural flight for his Falcon Heavy space launch vehicle, admitting there is a "good chance it would not make it to orbit in its first launch."
Space Exploration
Jul 19, 2017
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SpaceX completed the last big test of its crew capsule before launching astronauts in the next few months, mimicking an emergency escape shortly after liftoff Sunday.
Space Exploration
Jan 19, 2020
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A new high resolution video from SpaceX shows just how close the landing attempt of their Falcon 9 first stage on an ocean floating barge came to succeeding following the rockets launch on Tuesday afternoon, April 14, from ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2015
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