by Matt Wilson | Oct 20, 2016 | commercial launch services, Launches, Satellites, SpaceX
It was announced on 11 October, that Spaceflight Industries had signed Google-owned Terra Bella as the co-lead on their “2017 Sun Synch Express” (SSO-A) mission. The SSO-A mission will utilise one of Spaceflight’s SHERPA Tugs to transport over 20...
by David Todd | Oct 18, 2016 | SpaceX
Following our “On a Lighter Note” story that the “smoking gun” cause of the Falcon 9 on-pad failure might really have been a smoking gun, SpaceX founder Elon Musk has accepted the possibility of such an event – even if it is not probable. Space News has a transcript...
by David Todd | Oct 12, 2016 | exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
While not a noted proponent of long range space exploration (he often stood in its way), President Barack Obama has seen fit to characterise the last days of his US Presidency by strongly advocating a manned mission to orbit Mars to take place by the mid-2030s with a...
by Matt Wilson | Sep 28, 2016 | Commercial human spaceflight, exploration, Personal spaceflight, SpaceX, Technology, test
On 23 September, SpaceX released a statement explaining the progress they had made in the investigation into the cause of the Falcon 9 “anomaly” in the run-up to the AMOS-6 mission. It stated that “…the Accident Investigation Team (AIT),...
by David Todd | Sep 27, 2016 | exploration, NASA, SpaceX, Technology
At the International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2016) in Guadalajara, Mexico, Elon Musk, the billionaire founder and Chief Technical Officer of the launch provider and manufacturer SpaceX, revealed his plan to put mankind onto the planet Mars, in effect becoming THE...
by David Todd | Sep 1, 2016 | International Space Station, Launches, NASA, SpaceX
A major explosion has taken place at SpaceX launch site at Cape Canaveral, Florida, on 1 September. The explosion took place ahead of a prelaunch test of the full Falcon 9V1.2 FT-R rocket which was to launch the AMOS-6 communications satellite on 3 September. AMOS-6...
