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SpaceX First Rocket Re-Launch To Take Place in Fall
For a while now SpaceX have been landing rockets, in the last year alone transforming the unprecedented act into a routine they perform on every launch they do with an ever improving rate of success. Despite the build up of landed rockets in their hangars, however, they are yet to…
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Apollo 11 Code Now on GitHub
When it comes to historic spacecraft, the Apollo 11 is a big one. With this in mind, the source code for Apollo 11’s guidance computer has been available online for years but now it’s available on GitHub. The source code was made available by former NASA intern Chris Garry and features…
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NASA Begin Drop Tests of Orion Crew Module
The Orion module’s first mission may be five years away at the earliest, but this hasn’t stopped NASA from proceeding with its development well in advance. NASA’s impact tests for the module have already begun using a mockup of the spacecraft carrying a dummy crew aboard. This series of tests…
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Another Near Miss as Drone Flies Close to Jet at Heathrow
Drones are a wonderful piece of technology and the more we advance them the more we can do. I mean, they have created a drone that works both in the air and even underwater. How can we not find uses for drones that can be deployed at sea, both above…
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Watch Blue Origin’s Rocket Landing from Vehicle’s POV!
The internet seems to love the videos of the technically amazing Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launching and landing again and we’ve seen quite a few videos of this and enjoyed them all. However, there’s one more angle you won’t have seen yet, as the team have released a point…
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Falcon 9 Sea Landing Meets an Explosive End
It was the first Falcon 9 launch by SpaceX of 2016, as well as the first since their successful rocket landing. It may have been a different rocket than the one that made the previous landing, but nonetheless, SpaceX planned to land this one too. The rocket wasn’t the only…
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Sea Landing Planned for Next SpaceX Rocket Launch
After making their historic rocket landing last year, SpaceX is planning to accomplish another historic feat with a spacecraft, landing it on a platform at sea. It’s something SpaceX have tried twice before in 2015 and failed both times, but undeterred by this, SpaceX must wish to put their record…
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SpaceX Successfully Land Falcon 9 Rocket
Last night’s Falcon 9 launch was important to SpaceX for a number of reasons. For one, it was the 20th launch of a Falcon 9 rocket, but, more importantly, it was its first flight since the incident back in June, where a Falcon 9 rocket exploded shortly after lifting off…
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