SpaceX's returned booster rocket back in hangar
SpaceX's booster rocket, the Falcon, is back in its nest following a historic landing.
SpaceX's booster rocket, the Falcon, is back in its nest following a historic landing.
Space Exploration
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SpaceX sent a Falcon rocket soaring toward orbit Monday night with 11 small satellites, its first mission since an accident last summer. Then in an even more astounding feat, it landed the 15-story leftover booster back on ...
Space Exploration
Dec 22, 2015
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Russia on Sunday successfully launched a military satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the defence ministry said in a statement.
Space Exploration
Dec 13, 2015
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Russia has lost communication with a newly developed military satellite after it apparently failed to separate from the booster rocket after its launch, a source in the country's air and space forces told TASS state news ...
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2015
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In the booming commercial space business, ventures founded by tech billionaires Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Paul Allen are reinventing the most expensive aspect - launching spacecraft into orbit.
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2015
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Back-to-back rocket launch failures have dealt Russia one of the heaviest blows to its space industry since the Soviet collapse—with national pride and billions of dollars at stake.
Space Exploration
May 21, 2015
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A private space company founded by Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos has launched an unmanned spaceship in its first test flight, the latest development in the commercial space race.
Space Exploration
Apr 30, 2015
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SpaceX counted on better flying weather Wednesday as it geared up for the third time to launch a deep-space observatory, but canceled a radical rocket-landing test because of rough seas.
Space Exploration
Feb 11, 2015
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SpaceX has released dramatic footage of its booster rocket trying to land on a floating ocean barge after a launch—an unprecedented attempt that ended in a fiery explosion.
Space Exploration
Jan 17, 2015
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SpaceX will try again Saturday to launch a load of groceries and other supplies to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
Jan 7, 2015
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