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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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A private unmanned spacecraft designed to ferry supplies to the International Space Station is slated to launch on its first demonstration flight, tentatively scheduled for early November.
The private spaceflight company SpaceX is now targeting a November launch for its first Dragon spacecraft test.
The private spaceflight company SpaceX rolled the second Falcon 9 rocket completed a fueling test this week ahead of the booster's planned October launch.
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is modifying the software for its Falcon 9 rocket.
A grounded space station module could be launched in a few years to act as a hub for inflatable habitats and technology demonstrations.
NASA reassured commercial space firms that it will be a supportive customer for privately built space taxis.
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully droped its Dragon spacecraft from 14,000 feet in a high-altitude drop test to check its parachute and splashdown systems
The commercial space company SpaceX has put its unmanned Dragon craft through a parachute test from 14,000 feet.
Elon Musk, CEO of electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors and rocket company SpaceX talks about the challenges he faces, both professionally and personally.
After riding a flame into Earth orbit more than three weeks ago, the dormant upper stage of the first Falcon 9 rocket plunged back into the atmosphere Sunday.
The Space Station gets two women; Ships leave "contrails" at sea; Moon has more water; Mars had an ocean; Mars 500 crew sealed in; Kepler finds 700 planets; new astronaut candidates but where will they go?; SPACEX gets Iridium deal
The private rocket company SpaceX, fresh off the success of its Falcon 9 rocket debut, has signed the largest single commercial launch contract with satellite company Iridium Communications, Inc. – a deal worth $492 million.
A small capsule containing dust from the asteroid Itokawa touched down Sunday at the Woomera test range in the Australian Outback. Launched in May 2003, Hayabusa suffered a host of technical problems and malfunctions, but in the end came home.
Was Falcon 9's launch really proof of Obama's space policy? Does SPACEX have the cash to continue? Why are some US senators attacking the company? Miles O'Brien's deep conversation with Elon Musk, founder of SPACEX, This Week in Space.
Some skywatchers have wondered whether SpaceX's recently launched private Falcon 9 rocket and mock-up Dragon capsule are widely visible from Earth. The answer, apparently, is no.
The successful liftoff of a new private rocket helps
vindicate President Barack Obama's plan to rely on commercial spaceships to
carry cargo and possibly astronauts to orbit, the rocket's millionaire owner
said.
SPACE.com's launch updates for the first SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch on June 4, 2010.
The brand new commercial Falcon 9 rocket soared into orbit
from Florida on its maiden flight Friday, the first test for a new era of
private vehicles that could one day send cargo – and possibly astronauts – into
space.
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