In case you missed it, the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley on board undocked from the International Space Station at 7:35 p.m. EDT.
Watch NASA TV for continuous coverage as the spacecraft proceeds toward splashdown off the coast of Florida, Sunday, Aug. 2 at 2:48 p.m. EDT: www.nasa.gov/live
Virgin Galactic has unveiled the interior cabin of its future tourist spaceplane đ.
Posted in Elon Musk, space travel | Leave a Comment on A full-scale prototype of the huge Starship rocket SpaceX says will fly people to the moon and Mars left the ground for the first time Tuesday in South Texas
A full-scale prototype of the huge Starship rocket SpaceX says will fly people to the moon and Mars left the ground for the first time Tuesday in South Texas, flying to an altitude of roughly 500 feet before settling on a nearby landing pad.
âMars is looking real ⊠Progress is accelerating,â says Elon Musk.
đ·: @SpacePadreIsle
The footage of the tiny tiny landing legs deploying is particularly fantastic. Credit: SpaceX
Featured Image Source: SpaceX
The Department of the U.S. Air Force awarded SpaceX a National Security Space Launch Phase 2 Launch Service contract valued at $316 million. The military launches will be conducted by SpaceXâs Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets, between 2022 and 2027. One of the requirements for the Phase 2 contract is that SpaceX must have the capability to do a vertical payload integration at their launch site. SpaceX President, Gwynne Shotwell, told reportersâ
âThe only modifications we need are an extended fairing on the Falcon Heavy, and we are going to have to build a vertical integration capability. But we are basically flying the rockets that they need.â
Starship lifts off and a terraformed Mars map is published. How will Mars astronauts reach the surface? Itâs Musk Reads: SpaceX Edition #193.
A version of this article appeared in the âMusk Readsâ newsletter. Sign up for free here.
The footage of the tiny tiny landing legs deploying is particularly fantastic. Credit: SpaceX
