Tag: ISS
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Boeing, SpaceX To Test Crew Capsules
A combined announcement from the two current contractors for NASA’s International Space Station missions, Boeing and SpaceX, has revealed that soon capsules designed by both groups to ferry astronauts will be tested on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The tests will be aimed at examining the safety of the capsules and their…
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SpaceX Rocket Explodes, Musk Not Fussed
Dramatic scenes from the SpaceX autonomous drone ship landing pad (yes, it is a real thing), as the Falcon 9 reusable rocket prototype crashed and exploded on deck. The fiery inferno was captured and Vined by Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO, who didn’t seem at all fazed by the developments, in a manner one might attribute to…
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New Reusable SpaceX Rocket To Use Fins
Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to announce a new set of innovations by his company SpaceX which will help their reusable rockets navigate safely to their targets on the ground after delivering their payloads into orbit. The new systems include special ‘x-wing’ flight fins to stabilise and control the descent of the SpaceX Falcon…