For the Human Race
On July 20, 1969, the United States became the first, and to this day, only country to put a man on the moon. This significant achievement gave the U.S. an incredible technological advantage that was widely expected to result in a moon base followed by a manned mission to Mars…
SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy from Launchpad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Feb 6. Elon Musk had played down expectations by giving the launch a 50/50 chance of success. Once the Falcon Heavy cleared the tower, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and the rest, as they…
In a thundering roar, SpaceX lit up the Falcon Heavy Engines, yes all 27 of them and showed the world its most powerful rocket is moving forward to launch. The Falcon Heavy is comprised of 3 Falcon 9 rockets mated together and although the individual rockets have
According to Spaceflight Now, SpaceX could perform a static fire test of Falcon Heavy as early as Wednesday. This confirms the earliest possible date the test could occur, however, this is only the earliest available time and not a hard scheduled written in stone guarantee. The Falcon Heavy is the…
To celebrate the reopening of the US govt and hence,the opportunity for SpaceX to perform the static fire test for Falcon Heavy, check out this test of the Merlin Engine. The Merlin is the engine used for the Falcon 9 rockets and will also be powering the Falcon Heavy launch…
Bloomberg and other outlets are reporting the classified Zuma payload, lifted into orbit on Jan 7, aboard a Space X Falcon rocket, has been lost after failing to reach orbit. Originally, it had been reported, the spacecraft was lost after falling back to Earth. However, as of this moment, because…