NASA Announces Launch Date and Milestones for Spacex Flight “NASA has announced the launch target for Space Exploration Technologies’ (SpaceX) second Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration flight will be […]
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SpaceX Launch Site Updates
SpaceX Searches for New Commercial Launch Site “Four U.S. states – Virginia, California, Alaska, and Florida – have active launch sites. Given the complexity of developing a rocket launch site, […]
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SpaceX's Secret Sauce
1 visionary + 3 launchers + 1,500 employees = ? Is SpaceX changing the rocket equation?, Andrew Chaikin, Air & Space magazine “After nearly a decade of struggling to reach […]
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Apollo on Truth Serum – Not Steroids
Guest Blog: Apollo’s Spirit Alive and Well, Andrew Chaikin, Space News “Four decades later the challenge is not just to follow Apollo’s trail into deep space, but to do it […]
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WSJ. Magazine Honors Elon Musk
Elon Musk Named Innovator of the Year Award in Technology by WSJ. Magazine “WSJ. Magazine’s first annual Innovator of the Year Awards honors the most creative, disruptive, and influential individuals […]
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NASA Approves SpaceX Launch Abort PDR
SpaceX Completes Key Milestone to Fly Astronauts to International Space Station “Today, SpaceX announced it has successfully completed the preliminary design review of its revolutionary launch abort system, a system […]
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NASA Study: Why SpaceX Can Build A Rocket Cheaper Than NASA
Falcon 9 Launch Vehicle NAFCOM Cost Estimates (presentation), August 2011, NASA Associate Deputy Administrator for Policy “The objective of the analysis was to estimate the cost to develop the Falcon […]
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SpaceX Is Building the "Grasshopper" RLV
Draft Environmental Assessment for Issuing an Experimental Permit to SpaceX for Operation of the Grasshopper Vehicle at the McGregor Test Site,Texas “The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space […]
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Senate Action on CCDev Budget
Statement by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Senate Funding to Restore American Human Spaceflight Capability “NASA’s Commercial Crew Development Program is the most fiscally responsible means to rapidly advance human […]