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SpaceX's prototype rocket Grasshopper hovers at 820 feet in highest flight yet

By Carl Franzen on April 23, 2013 12:45 pm + 62 comments

Last night SpaceX released a video of the latest successful test flight of its Grasshopper prototype Continue reading…
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SpaceX's reusable rocket prototype Grasshopper leaps to new record height, nails landing

By Carl Franzen on March 11, 2013 10:31 am + 39 comments

SpaceX just overcame a glitch to connect its Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station Continue reading…
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SpaceX's reusable rocket lifts cowboy into the air and lands vertically

By Aaron Souppouris on December 24, 2012 06:48 am + 59 comments

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has tweeted images and video of the company's Grasshopper rocket taking a brief Continue reading…
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SpaceX awarded contract from the US Air Force to provide Falcon rockets for two missions in 2014 and 2015

By Nathan Ingraham on December 7, 2012 06:29 pm + 17 comments

Private spacecraft manufacturing firm SpaceX has been awarded two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Continue reading…
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First SpaceX Space Station resupply mission underway

By Jeff Blagdon on October 7, 2012 08:29 pm + 37 comments

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon cargo spacecraft are set to lift off in a few short minutes, Continue reading…
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New SpaceX rocket generates 147,000 pounds of thrust in test video

By Louis Goddard on June 26, 2012 04:33 am + 22 comments

SpaceX, the private space transport firm headed up by PayPal founder Elon Musk, has released a Continue reading…
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SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully docked at the International Space Station

By Adi Robertson on May 25, 2012 10:07 am + 29 comments

The SpaceX Dragon capsule has just been successfully "captured" by the International Space Station. Continue reading…
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SpaceX rocket carries the ashes of Scotty from 'Star Trek' and 307 others into space

By Vlad Savov on May 22, 2012 08:14 am + 10 comments

James Doohan, the actor who famously portrayed Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer on the original S Continue reading…
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SpaceX launch aborted at last second

By Aaron Souppouris on May 19, 2012 12:57 pm + 26 comments

In a dramatic turn of events in Cape Canaveral this morning, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch was Continue reading…
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SpaceX: May 7th launch 'unlikely' due to software issues

By Sam Byford on May 3, 2012 01:31 am + 4 comments

SpaceX may be forced to delay its historic first private flight to the International Space Station Continue reading…