17 January 2020
SpaceX's last critical test before crewed flights begin
... later this year. In preparation of this last major milestone, SpaceX has already raised up its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon... final spacecraft inspections and side hatch closeout. NASA and SpaceX are targeting 8 am EST (13:00 GMT) Saturday, 18...
20 January 2020
SpaceX complete final major flight test of crew spacecraft
... milestone for Crew Dragon.” As part of the test, SpaceX configured Crew Dragon to trigger a launch escape about 1.5 ...be completed prior to NASA astronauts flying the system during SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working...
16 November 2020
SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS
...NASA-certified commercial human spacecraft system in history. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission lifted off at 7:27 pm EST Sunday from... Jim Bridenstine. “This is an important mission for NASA, SpaceX and our partners at JAXA, and we look forward to watching...
24 May 2019
SpaceX launches first 60 satellites of its Starlink mega-constellation
... releasing each unit on an individual spring-based mechanism, SpaceX literally spun the satellites off the rocket’s upper stage. ...saying only that they will utilise frequencies above 10,000 GHz. SpaceX has indicated that it would need as many as 420 ...
24 October 2019
SpaceX confirm plans to build cities on the Moon and Mars
...Martian city is expected to be completed by 2050. In true SpaceX style, the companies ambitions do not stop there however. The ...life support systems. With these in place, said Wooster, SpaceX’s eventual goal is to establish a planet-hopping network ...
05 August 2020
SpaceX’s Mars rocket prototype completes important test flight
...is powered by the same methane and oxygen-fuelled Raptor engine SpaceX intends to use to reach Mars. Although SN5 featured a ... able to land vertically on the Red Planet. In typical SpaceX style, both vehicles will be fully reusable, an approach that...
