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  SpaceX scripts aerospace history with successful launch and landing of used rocket

  World | March 31, 2017 16:34 IST

  Elon Musk-owned US space transport services company SpaceX on Friday made history after launching an already-used Falcon 9 rocket back into space for the first time The two-stage rocket, carrying a communications satellite into

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  SpaceX aborts space station docking, delivery delayed

  World | February 22, 2017 23:48 IST

  Due to a heavy navigation error occurred on Wednesday morning, an unmanned SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delayed its shipment to the international space station. SpaceX’s supply ship, the Dragon, was less than a mile

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  SpaceX makes second attempt to launch rocket from historic moon pad

  World | February 19, 2017 22:01 IST

  After a last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX to abort its planned Dragon cargo launch, US space transport services company, SpaceX is taking another shot at launching a rocket from NASA's historic moon pad. As dawn

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  SpaceX aborts launch to ISS at last-minute after technical issue

  World | February 19, 2017 11:15 IST

  A last-minute rocket trouble forced SpaceX to abort its planned Dragon cargo launch to the International Space Station from NASA's historic moon pad.

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  SpaceX set to fly first cargo from historic Apollo launch pad

  World | February 18, 2017 16:31 IST

  Carrying food and equipment to the astronauts living at the International Space Station, SpaceX is set to fly its first resupply mission from a historic NASA launch pad on Saturday. The liftoff is scheduled for

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  SpaceX chief Elon Musk unveils his plan to get humans to Mars

  World | September 28, 2016 11:06 IST

  On a personal quest to settle Mars, SpaceX founder Elon Musk envisions 1,000 passenger ships flying en masse to the red planet well within the next century, "Battlestar Galactica" style.

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  SpaceX’s rocket debris suggests a large breach in cryogenic helium system, says probe

  World | September 24, 2016 19:43 IST

  Three weeks ago SpaceX’s rocket turned into a devastating fireball indicating that the rocket suffered a large breach in the helium system during a routine prelaunch test. The Falcon rocket and a satellite were destroyed

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  Explosion rocks SpaceX launch site during rocket test, rattles buildings in Florida

  World | September 01, 2016 20:20 IST

  Buildings wobbled several miles away after multiple explosions rocked a SpaceX launch site and continued for several minutes on Thursday during a routine rocket test. SpaceX was conducting a test firing of its unmanned

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  SpaceX’s Dragon back to earth with research samples from space station

  Cricket | August 27, 2016 22:35 IST

  SpaceX’s spacecraft Dragon has successfully splashed down into the Pacific Ocean on Friday just off Mexico’s Baja California coast. After successfully delivering almost 2,268 kgs of supplies and scientific cargo on its ninth resupply mission

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  After successful satellite launch, SpaceX rocket booster crashes

  India | June 16, 2016 11:08 IST

  New Delhi: With the successful launch of two satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida into the orbit by SpaceX on Wednesday, a leftover SpaceX rocket booster crashed while trying to land on an ocean barge. The

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  SpaceX launches futuristic pop-up room, lands rocket at sea

  April 09, 2016 7:29 IST

  Cape Canaveral:SpaceX has resumed station deliveries for NASA, and in a double triumph, successfully landed its booster rocket on an ocean platform for the first time. The unmanned Falcon rocket soared into a clear

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  SpaceX conducts return-to-flight launch

  World | December 22, 2015 13:22 IST

  Washington: Private US space firm SpaceX has conducted its first rocket launch since a June failure that destroyed its cargo ship bound for the ISS and then safely landed the rocket's first stage back at

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  SpaceX to test life-saving crew capsule for NASA

  World | May 04, 2015 11:44 IST

  Washington: The Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), a California-based space transportation firm, is set for first-ever "pad abort" test that will help NASA save lives in case of an emergency in a human spaceflight.The test

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  ISS to get its first coffee machine with SpaceX cargo

  World | April 13, 2015 14:33 IST

  Washington: From "ISSpresso" coffee machine to improving LCD screens, a variety of research is headed to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the sixth SpaceX contracted resupply mission.All systems are "go" for the launch of

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  SpaceX to put off rocket launch again

  World | February 11, 2015 13:08 IST

  Washington: Unfavourable weather again led private US spaceflight company SpaceX to put off a rocket launch that would have led to an experiment to test the possibility of reusable rockets.With just 12 minutes remaining in

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  Boeing, SpaceX to offer cheaper ISS crew rides

  World | January 27, 2015 9:54 IST

  Houston: NASA expects to save millions of dollars sending astronauts to the International Space Station once its commercial crew programme replaces Russian rocket rides in a couple of years' time, the US space agency said

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  Google, Fidelity fuel Elon Musk's SpaceX with $1 billion investment

  January 21, 2015 13:05 IST

  Hawthorne: SpaceX has raised $1 billion from Google and Fidelity in a deal that values the spaceship manufacturer at about $10 billion.The infusion announced Tuesday will give Google Inc. and Fidelity Investments a nearly 10

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  SpaceX shoots for launch to station, rocket landing on Barge

  World | January 06, 2015 7:50 IST

  Cape Canaveral:  SpaceX is making another supply run to the International Space Station for NASA. But it's the rocket's return - not its takeoff - that has space fans talking.Minutes after today's planned launch from

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  SpaceX breaks ground on Texas rocket launch site

  World | September 23, 2014 7:18 IST

  BROWNSVILLE, Texas: The commercial rocket launches that could begin as early as 2016 in the southernmost tip of Texas will be a critical step toward one day establishing a human presence on Mars, SpaceX founder

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  SpaceX launches supplies to space station

  April 20, 2014 11:31 IST

  New York: The SpaceX company returned to orbit Friday, launching fresh supplies to the International Space Station after more than a month's delay and setting the stage for urgent spacewalking repairs.The Dragon cargo ship will