By Mike Killian, on November 13th, 2019
SpaceX conducted a successful full-duration static fire test of Crew Dragon’s launch escape system again on Nov 13, 2019, and will now work with NASA to review the data & proceed towards their next major flight test milestone before putting astronauts onboard; an in-flight abort during a rocket launch itself, to validate Dragon’s launch […]
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By Mike Killian, on May 30th, 2014 Introducing the SpaceX Dragon Version 2, the company’s vehicle of choice for returning human spaceflight capability to the United States. Image Credits: Robert Fisher / AmericaSpace / SpaceX
On Thursday, May 29, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled his Hawthorne, Calif.-based company’s new Dragon spacecraft, the Dragon V2, for […]
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By Ben Evans, on March 23rd, 2013 Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford grapples the CRS-2 Dragon craft on 3 March with the International Space Station’s 57-foot-long Canadarm2. The unpressurized Trunk—with attached solar arrays—carried its first dedicated ISS payload to orbit on this mission. Photo Credit: NASA
Three weeks after its rousing launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., SpaceX’s […]
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