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SpaceX, Dragon Capsule & Falcon 9: Latest News
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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Several companies are competing for funding under the next round of NASA's commercial crew program.
Here's how SpaceX will send a robotic cargo freighter to the International Space Station.
SpaceX's Dragon space capsule is slated to launch into orbit on May 19 at 4:55 a.m. EDT.
The Dragon space capsule is slated to launch May 19 at 4:55 a.m. EDT.
Brain-teasers about the private space firm and its Dragon capsule.
SpaceX and Bigelow Aerospace are joining forces.
The crewed version of the Dragon capsule will be able to carry seven passengers.
Engineers are conducting final tests to the private Dragon capsule before its upcoming launch.
Commercial rocket maker SpaceX will push back the May 7 launch date of its Dragon capsule's flight to the station.
Dragon is one contender for the first commercial spacecraft to carry humans to orbit.
SpaceX may give up its May 7 target launch date, according to reports.
SpaceX's Dragon will be the first commercial spacecraft to visit the space station.
The nine main engines on the Falcon 9 were worked out for 2 second on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket will carry the first commercial spacecraft, the Dragon capsule, to dock with the International Space Station.
The ultra-rich are getting involved in private spaceflight — and not just as customers.
The commercial firm plans to launch its unmanned Dragon space capsule to the International Space Station
The California-based company wants to make humanity a multiplanet species.
NASA hopes private American spaceships are carrying its astronauts by 2017.
The Progress 47 cargo ship delivered more than 2 tons of supplies for the International Space Station.
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