...5:49 ET (9:49 am GMT) in a flawless flight which saw SpaceX launch both a reused rocket and a reused capsule for the first...upper stage as scheduled 12 minutes after launch. Meanwhile SpaceX’s reusable Falcon 9 first stage, which incorporates nine ...
...$1 billion in contracts to three private US space companies – SpaceX, Dynetics and Blue Origin – to design and develop human landing...that NASA acted improperly in making a single award to SpaceX, the Accountability office said in its statement. Blue ...
..., a grassroots lobbying effort that promoted legislation in Washington to help open space travel and allow companies like SpaceX to exist. Sian Proctor, a 51-year-old geology professor with a pilots license, was almost selected to become an astronaut...
...The leadership shake-up also saw the recent departure of SpaceX vice president of mission and launch operations Lee Rosen...family of methane/liquid oxygen rocket engines under development by SpaceX since the late 2000s. They are designed to power ...
.... The company's successful in-flight test in January showed that the capsule could carry astronauts to safety in an emergency. SpaceX has pioneered the use of reusable rocket boosters, landing them 50 times after launches. Company founder Elon...
...-Fixed-Price, Indefinite Delivery Requirement contracts for National Security Space launch services Friday to ULA and SpaceX. “This is a groundbreaking day, culminating years of strategic planning and effort by the Department of the Air Force, NRO...