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Watch SpaceX’s Fifth Attempt to Launch Its Falcon 9 Rocket Live, Which Will Make You Question the Very Nature of Reality [Updated]

For the fifth time in just over a week, SpaceX is trying to launch its Falcon 9 Rocket. Am I stuck in a timeloop? Is any of this real? Am I here? Are you? SpaceX attributed the first four scrubbed launches to problems with their liquid oxygen system, heavy winds, and a boat straying too…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Mar 4

Watch SpaceX Try—for the Fourth Time—to Launch Its Falcon 9 Rocket

SpaceX is making its fourth attempt in less than a week at getting its new Falcon 9 rocket launched. Will it finally make it up? Let’s see! (UPDATE: No, it won’t—the launch was scrubbed yet again, details below.) The launch was never supposed to be the hard part for this Falcon 9—this launch is supposed…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Mar 1

Watch As SpaceX Tries To Launch SES-9 For The Third Time

SpaceX’s SES-9 mission is slated to launch later today at 6:46pm from Cape Canaveral in Florida. The mission has been scrubbed twice already, so maybe the third time is the charm? https://gizmodo.com/watch-falcon-9-rocket-which-even-spacex-thinks-will-cr-1760867899 The company noted that they’re set to try another launch attempt tonight, but noted that they’re watching upper level wind speeds. To recap,…

Tech News Andrew Liptak Feb 28

Watch the Falcon 9 Rocket (Which Even SpaceX Thinks Will Crash) Launch Live

Join us to watch live as SpaceX attempts to launch and land its Falcon 9 Rocket—a launch for which even the company itself says, “a successful landing is not expected.” Oh dear. (Update: With less than two minutes to spare, SpaceX scrubbed the launch for today—scroll down for the details.) This is the second attempt…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Feb 25

SpaceX Is Busy

Earlier this month, SpaceX said they were ready to move into mass production with its Falcon 9 rocket. Yeah, no kidding. This photo, posted on SpaceX’s Instagram, shows five first stage rockets in the works at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Previous reports have said NASA is hungry for reusable rockets, and SpaceX says…

Tech News Darren Orf Feb 21

SpaceX Is Gearing Up To Build Lots and Lots of New Rockets

It’s been a few really good months for SpaceX, and now, the commercial spaceflight company is kicking rocket production into high gear in anticipation of a packed launch schedule. Speaking on Thursday at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Commercial Space Transportation Conference, SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell explained that the company was transitioning from testing and development…

Space & Spaceflight Maddie Stone Feb 6

Wanted: Reusable Rockets for NASA Research

Reusable rockets just went from a party trick to a research necessity. Have a rocket you can launch, land safely, and launch again? NASA wants you, now. NASA relies on commercial vehicles for their near-Earth necessities—research flights, cargo runs to the space station, and satellite launches—while they focus on deep space missions. But the agency…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 28

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Rocks Latest Hover Tests

Go go Dragon! SpaceX just posted video of its Dragon 2 spacecraft testing its ability to hover. Once certified, this spacecraft will carry astronauts to the space station as part of NASA’s commercial crew program. Crewed test flights are tentatively planned to start in 2017. The Dragon 2 (or Crew Dragon) is the spacecraft that…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 21

Check Out the Wreckage of SpaceX’s Almost-Landed Rocket

SpaceX landed a rocket on a barge this weekend, until it tipped over and exploded. Now the drone ship is back in port with the wreckage on deck. The Falcon 9’s engines are looking shockingly intact for surviving launch, reentry, landing, and an explosion! Eagle-eyed photographer Matthew Wang publishing under the name Bacon Gummy spotted…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 19

SpaceX Keeps Getting Closer to Nailing Its Barge Landing

The secret to success is to fail, fail, and fail again, but in different ways each time. SpaceX hasn’t stuck a barge landing yet, but this side-by-side video comparison of each attempt reassures us that it’s getting closer. Despite successfully landing a rocket on solid ground, SpaceX is continuing to attempt barge landings to collect…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 18

Here’s the Behind-the-Scenes Story of SpaceX’s Rocket Launch and Landing Attempt

What was happening out-of-sight during Sunday’s SpaceX launch of Jason-3? These are the stories from reporting live on a white rocket engulfed in a fog bank, but without the internet connectivity to actually update in real-time. I was at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California this weekend to cover the Jason-3 launch. Here’s what I…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 18

Watch SpaceX’s Rocket Land, Then Fall Over

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 came very close to sticking the landing on a drone barge earlier today, but sadly, in the space industry, second place just gets you a fireworks show. The live stream of the landing cut out at just the wrong time, so information about what went wrong came out in bits and pieces.…

Space & Spaceflight Chris Mills Jan 17

SpaceX’s Returned Rocket Still Fires, Mostly

A rocket is only reusable if it still works after landing. Elon Musk reports that the Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX successfully landed at Cape Canaveral performed well during testing, although with some yet-to-be-explained fluctuations. After launching, delivering a payload into orbit, and landing on December 21, 2015, the Falcon 9 rocket was transported to a…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 17

SpaceX’s Rocket Didn’t Quite Stick Its Barge Landing

It’s a mostly good day for SpaceX. The company succeeded in its primary mission, delivering the Jason-3 oceanographic satellite into orbit. But its second objective was less successful: Falcon 9’s first stage rocket reached the drone ship, but crashed on landing. This article was updated as we acquired more information. SpaceX was streaming the Falcon…

Space & Spaceflight Andrew Liptak & Mika McKinnon Jan 17

Watch as SpaceX Launches a New Ocean Satellite and Attempts a Barge Landing

We’re on location for today’s SpaceX launch of the Jason-3 ocean monitoring satellite. Afterwards, SpaceX will make their first barge landing attempt in the Pacific Ocean. Join us as we report live from Vandenberg Air Force Base! The thirty-second window opens at 1:42:18pm ET (10:42:18am PT local time) on Sunday, January 17, 2016. Watch the…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 17

Meet NASA’s Newest Ocean-Exploring Satellite Before it Launches Tomorrow

SpaceX is launching the planet’s newest oceanographic satellite tomorrow morning. Here’s the scoop on Jason-3, and how “sea level” is one of those little white lies you learned in school. SpaceX is launching Jason-3 on a Falcon 9 rocket this Sunday morning. The satellite will provide oceanographic data for everything from tide forecast to continue…

Tech News Mika McKinnon Jan 16

SpaceX, Orbital ATK, and Sierra Nevada All Just Booked Space Taxi Contracts with NASA

NASA announced that it has booked three private companies to ferry supplies up to the International Space Station through the next eight years—and the new contracts will allow them to add one new astronaut to their roster. Orbital ATK, Sierra Nevada, and SpaceX were all contracted for six missions each, though no specific missions have…

Space & Spaceflight Ria Misra Jan 14

SpaceX’s Older Falcon 9 Looks Good for This Weekend’s Launch

Well, isn’t that nice! SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket performed admirably in its test today, keeping it on-track to launch the Jason-3 oceanographic satellite on Sunday. SpaceX is using up existing stock of its old Falcon 9 rocket in its upcoming launch out of California. In preparation, it ran a full-duration static fire test at its…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 11

SpaceX Wants to Land a Rocket on an Ocean Barge, Yet Again

What’s next for a company that just made spaceflight history by sending a rocket into orbit and safely landing it back on Earth? Why, doing it again, of course—but this time, on an ocean platform. That’s the latest bold challenge SpaceX plans to take on, according to an NBC News report verified by Gizmodo. The…

Tech News Maddie Stone Jan 8

Just How Dirty Does a Rocket Get Launching to Space then Returning to Earth?

This. This is how dirty. Coolest part? Check out those huge clean swaths where the landing legs protected the rocket’s paint job from soot, dust, and singeing. We never thought we’d feel tingly about a grungy old rocket, but this one is doing the trick. This SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched a constellation of…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon Jan 3

Watch SpaceX’s Fifth Attempt to Launch Its Falcon 9 Rocket Live, Which Will Make You Question the Very Nature of Reality [Updated]

Watch SpaceX Try—for the Fourth Time—to Launch Its Falcon 9 Rocket

Watch As SpaceX Tries To Launch SES-9 For The Third Time

Watch the Falcon 9 Rocket (Which Even SpaceX Thinks Will Crash) Launch Live

SpaceX Is Busy

SpaceX Is Gearing Up To Build Lots and Lots of New Rockets

Wanted: Reusable Rockets for NASA Research

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Rocks Latest Hover Tests

Check Out the Wreckage of SpaceX’s Almost-Landed Rocket

SpaceX Keeps Getting Closer to Nailing Its Barge Landing

Here’s the Behind-the-Scenes Story of SpaceX’s Rocket Launch and Landing Attempt

Watch SpaceX’s Rocket Land, Then Fall Over

SpaceX’s Returned Rocket Still Fires, Mostly

SpaceX’s Rocket Didn’t Quite Stick Its Barge Landing

Watch as SpaceX Launches a New Ocean Satellite and Attempts a Barge Landing

Meet NASA’s Newest Ocean-Exploring Satellite Before it Launches Tomorrow

SpaceX, Orbital ATK, and Sierra Nevada All Just Booked Space Taxi Contracts with NASA

SpaceX’s Older Falcon 9 Looks Good for This Weekend’s Launch

SpaceX Wants to Land a Rocket on an Ocean Barge, Yet Again

Just How Dirty Does a Rocket Get Launching to Space then Returning to Earth?

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