News Archive / Tagged: SpaceX
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Remains of Falcon Heavy center core returned to port
Derek RichardsonApril 18th, 2019A week after launching, what remains of the Falcon Heavy center core that toppled over because of rough seas has been returned to port.
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Video: Countdown to history – Falcon Heavy soars with Arabsat-6A!
Jason RhianApril 16th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- SpaceX launched the second of the company's Falcon Heavy rockets with the 13,230 lbs Arabsat-6A satellite as its payload on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 6:35 p.m. ET (22:35 GMT). The historic mission safely sent its payload on its way to geostationary orbit and also saw three of the rocket's first stage cores successfully touch back down for reuse.
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No booster for you! Falcon Heavy core stage topples over in rough seas
Jason RhianApril 15th, 2019A tweet made by Tim "The Everyday Astronaut" Dodd reported that the core booster of the Falcon Heavy rocket that launched April 11 has been lost to the sea.
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SpaceX racks up another win with latest NASA contract
Jason RhianApril 15th, 2019SpaceX has landed the contract to launch a historic mission for NASA, marking the latest chapter in what is turning out to be a banner year for the company.
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Gallery: Falcon Heavy with Arabsat-6A – Hard as thunder, light as rain
Jason RhianApril 11th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — One, two, three. Each of these numbers denoted major milestone achieved by SpaceX with the flight of the Arabsat-6A mission on one of the company's Falcon Heavy rockets.
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3 landings, 1 commercial payload – SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy makes history – again
Derek RichardsonApril 11th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — After a wait of more than a year, SpaceX’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket has finally begun launching commercial payloads.SpaceX also managed to mark another (or was it three?) notch in its milestone list with today's flight.
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High winds ground Falcon Heavy
Derek RichardsonApril 10th, 2019Higher than acceptable upper level winds prompt mission managers at SpaceX to postpone the launch of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket.
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Video: SpaceX raises the Heavy
Jason RhianApril 10th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Launch preparations continued for the second flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket. Part of those efforts included raising the 730-foot-tall rocket into the vertical position.
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2nd Falcon Heavy launch rescheduled for Wednesday
Jason RhianApril 9th, 2019KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The second launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket, which had been slated to lift off today, has been rescheduled. The cause of this readjustment to the mission's time table is one all too familiar to launch service providers working on the Space Coast.
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UPDATE: SpaceX’s 2nd Falcon Heavy to launch Arabsat-6A
Patrick AttwellApril 8th, 2019SpaceX is poised to conduct the first commercial launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket with the Arabsat-6A mission as early as this week.
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Launch date of 2nd Falcon Heavy flight pushed back
Jason RhianApril 5th, 2019The first flight of a Falcon Heavy rocket with a commercial payload will have to wait a little while longer before lifting off from Kennedy Space Center.
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Raptor roars under Starship prototype in 1st static fire test
Derek RichardsonApril 4th, 2019SpaceX’s stainless steel Starship prototype in South Texas has undergone its first static fire test with a Raptor engine installed beneath it.
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With Crew Dragon’s first flight complete, where’s Boeing’s Starliner?
Jason RhianMarch 19th, 2019In a video promoting Boeing's Starliner spacecraft the words "Your Ride Is Here" are prominently-placed. The statement suggests Starliner is prepped and ready to send crews to the ISS - but is it?
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1st Starship Hopper test firing could be this week
Derek RichardsonMarch 18th, 2019SpaceX’s Starship Hopper test article recently had a Raptor engine installed in advance of its first test firing, which could come as early as this week.
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NASA studying option to fly Orion EM-1 on commercial rockets
Derek RichardsonMarch 14th, 2019The head of NASA told senators the first SLS flight would again be delayed and the agency is “considering all options” to get the program back on track.
