Photographer Tom McCool lucked upon an open hangar door at Pad 39A on November 27, catching a fresh Falcon 9 Block 5 booster in the late stages of pre-launch integration. Likely to launch one of two particularly important payloads sometime in the next 4-8 weeks, this booster spotting aligns with what is anticipated to be […]
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A week after its original launch target, SpaceX launch engineers and technicians appear to have completed an additional suite of preflight checks that triggered an unusually long delay from November 19 to November 28. As a sort of happy accident, the mission – a Spaceflight Industries rideshare carrying ~64 satellites – will not only be […]
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During an interview with Axios, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk noted that he was “[really fired up about] a number of breakthroughs [SpaceX had recently made]” while being asked about his thoughts on the likelihood of him personally going to Mars (“70%”). The minute-long teaser did not go much deeper but it certainly raises a number […]
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NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON: ELON MUSK WILL ‘TRANSFORM CIVILIZATION AS WE KNOW IT’ [VIDEO] Elon Musk remains a frequent target in the media. Clickbait journalists clack away at their keyboards and smear the Tesla and SpaceX CEO on a regular basis. Sometimes an outside perspective is needed — especially from someone who really knows science and space. To that end, CNBC sat down with renowned astrophysicist […]
Recent filings confirm that SpaceX has begun the process of applying for permits and licenses that will eventually allow the company to legally conduct hop and flight tests of a BFR spaceship prototype at its prospective South Texas development facilities. While the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation does not provide public access to pending applications, […]
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SpaceX’s second Falcon 9 Block 5 booster, core B1047, has returned once more to Port Canaveral, Florida aboard drone ship Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) after a successful flight-proven launch, placing commercial communications satellite Es’hail-2 into a healthy, high-energy orbit. SpaceX’s third reuse of a Block 5 booster since the upgraded Falcon 9 […]
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Elon Musk might attract an equal number of supporters and critics, but one of today’s most well-known astrophysicists believes that the Tesla and SpaceX CEO might very well become someone whose work will have a lasting effect on humanity. The past years have tempered some of the most brilliant minds of this generation. Individuals like […]
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Less than two weeks after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced that Falcon 9’s “second stage [would] be upgraded…like a mini-BFR Ship” to prove lightweight heatshield and hypersonic control surface technologies, Musk took to Twitter to assert that the mini BFR spaceship project was dead, despite having stated that SpaceX was working to launch that test […]
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After a week or so spent installing a new and moderately ambiguous arm on the nose of Falcon fairing recovery vessel Mr. Steven, SpaceX’s recovery crew performed a number of high-speed sea trials a few miles off the shore of Port of Los Angeles, testing out something. Just a few days later, Mr. Steven returned to […]
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A few days after a brief appearance in Arizona, SpaceX’s next Falcon Heavy side booster has been spotted vertical at the company’s McGregor, Texas first stage test stand, likely just days away from the rocket’s first static-fire ignition test. By all appearances a newly manufactured booster, this hardware is the first public evidence of serious […]
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