SpaceNews reports that Israeli satellite operating firm Spacecom has decided to exercise its “free relaunch” that was owed to it by SpaceX after that company unintentionally destroyed its AMOS-6 spacecraft in a Falcon 9 fiery prelaunch accident in...
Much has been written so far about the mysterious launch, code-named ZUMA, that SpaceX has reportedly scheduled for November. This writer would like to put his two pennies’ worth in: the ZUMA flight might be a first “Hail Mary” attempt to land a reusable Falcon 9...
Less than three days after their previous mission from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, SpaceX have conducted another launch, this time from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The launch took place at 2253 GMT on 11 October, and utilised Launch Complex 39A pad....
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle successfully launched ten Iridium NEXT spacecraft, this is the third of eight contracted for the firm. The launch took place from the Vandenberg launch site in California at 1237 GMT on 9 October. Following its separation, the Falcon...
SpaceX leader Elon Musk has explained how his vision for travel to Mars encompasses uses in low Earth orbit and on the Moon – and may even act as a point-to-point superfast Earth transportation system. Speaking at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2017),...
While we all know that SpaceX has managed to land its Falcon 9 first stages successfully, the firm has, for a bit of fun, released footage of its failed attempts…and some are jolly amusing (see the drunkenly sliding rocket especially). Mind you, they put the...
