SpaceX won’t hit its 2017 target for a test flight of its new, huge Falcon Heavy rocket – but the massive launch craft is now in place at Cape Canaveral in Florida, where it will undergo testing including a full static test fire, as well as final assembly, before attempting its inaugural launch early next year. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared images of the Falcon Heavy set up in a… Read More
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket sets up at Cape Canaveral ahead of launch
SpaceX won’t hit its 2017 target for a test flight of its new, huge Falcon Heavy rocket – but the massive launch craft is now in place at Cape Canaveral in Florida, where it will undergo testing including a full static test fire, as well as final assembly, before attempting its inaugural launch early next year. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shared images of the Falcon Heavy set up in a… Read More
SpaceX launches a reused Dragon atop a reused Falcon 9 for the first time
SpaceX has moved one step closer to its dream of affordable, efficient reusable space flight: Today for its CRS-13 resupply mission for the International Space Station it managed to launch a previously-flown Dragon spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket with a flight-proven first stage booster. That’s the first time it’s flown both types of reused equipment at the same time. The… Read More
SpaceX adds $100 million to previous $350 million funding round
SpaceX filed a new amended update to its $351 million funding round from this summer, adding around $100 million to the round in newly disclosed funds and bringing the total to $450 million. The new follow-on funding puts SpaceX’s total post-money valuation at $21.5 billion. SpaceX spokesperson James Gleeson provided the following statement regarding the amended filing: “This… Read More
SpaceX Merlin rocket engine explodes during testing at Texas facility
SpaceX suffered an explosion of one of its Falcon 9 rocket engines during qualification testing at its facility in McGregor, Texas, per The Verge. The failure resulting in the explosion occurred on Sunday, and the company is now underway with inv…
View More SpaceX Merlin rocket engine explodes during testing at Texas facilitySpaceX launches 16th Falcon 9 in 2017, recovers first stage
SpaceX just successfully launched its 16th Falcon 9 rocket this year, for client KT SAT, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission is to deliver the company’s Koreasat-5A satellite, which will provide broadband communications services to KT SAT’s customers. As part of the launch, SpaceX also successfully recovered its Falcon 9 first stage, which landed aboard… Read More