Moonshot pad roaring back into action with SpaceX launch
The launch pad used to send Americans to the moon and shuttle astronauts into orbit is roaring back into action.
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Feb 17, 2017
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Used SpaceX booster set for historic first reflight is test fired in Texas
The first orbit class rocket that will ever be reflown to launch a second payload to space was successfully test fired by SpaceX engineers at the firms Texas test facility last week.
Space Exploration
Feb 6, 2017
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SpaceX finds failure cause, announces January 8 as target for flight resumption
After an intensive four month investigation into why a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded without warning on the launch pad last September, the company today announced the failures likely cause as well as plans of a rapid resumption ...
Space Exploration
Jan 3, 2017
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SpaceX's 1st launch since rocket blast now bumped to January
SpaceX's first launch since a rocket explosion at the pad has slipped to January.
Space Exploration
Dec 7, 2016
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SpaceX aims for mid-December Falcon 9 launch resumption, says Musk
Hoping to recover quickly after suffering a calamitous launch pad explosion of their Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral some two months ago, SpaceX is aiming to resume launches of the booster in mid-December, said company ...
Space Exploration
Nov 9, 2016
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SpaceX's fueling process makes NASA queasy
On September 1st, 2016, SpaceX experienced a rather public setback when one of their Falcon 9 rockets exploded on its launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Launch Complex in Florida. Though the accident resulted in no fatalities ...
Space Exploration
Nov 7, 2016
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Spectacular video captures catastrophic SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explosion during prelaunch test
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that suffered a catastrophic explosion this morning, Thursday, Sept. 1, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida was captured in stunning detail in a spectacular video recorded by my space ...
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2016
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SpaceX to launch Japanese satellite early Friday
SpaceX plans to launch early Friday a Japanese communications satellite into a distant orbit before attempting to land the first stage of its Falcon rocket on a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean.
Space Exploration
May 5, 2016
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SpaceX will attempt ocean landing of rocket Jan 17
SpaceX will try again Sunday to land its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform, one month after successfully returning the rocket's first stage to an upright landing on solid ground.
Space Exploration
Jan 11, 2016
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SpaceX's returned booster rocket back in hangar
SpaceX's booster rocket, the Falcon, is back in its nest following a historic landing.
Space Exploration
Jan 4, 2016
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