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Scott PowersNovember 21, 2016

Elon Musk‘s latest bold plan for his SpaceX company is nothing short of total world coverage for satellite-based telecommunications. His Space Explorations Holdings LLC, parent company of the SpaceX rocket company, filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission last week for licensing of 4,425 satellites he wishes to put into orbit to provide global […]

Associated PressOctober 12, 2016

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center reopened for business Tuesday, relying on industrial air conditioners rushed in from around the country in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. Director Robert Cabana said the damage – mostly ripped-off roofs – is still being tallied, but is in the millions of dollars. He said it would have been much worse […]

Scott PowersSeptember 27, 2016

SpaceX founder Elon Musk unveiled his career dream Tuesday of launching an entire, self-sustaining human civilization to Mars, and revealed his company is designing a huge rocket and spacecraft to do so. Musk, the PayPal billionaire who built the world’s most successful 21st century rocket company, began his 45-minute address to the International Astronautical Congress […]

Scott PowersSeptember 1, 2016

Updated with 1:30 p.m. Thursday statement from SpaceX: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket preparing for launch Saturday morning blew up on the launchpad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Thursday morning, followed by a fire and high plumes of black smoke. No injuries are being reported. “At approximately 9:07 am ET, during a standard pre-launch static […]

Scott PowersJuly 18, 2016

Shortly after midnight Monday a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral, lifting a spacecraft full of supplies, including a new spacecraft docking hatch for the International Space Station. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:45 a.m. with almost 5,000 pounds of cargo, including scientific supplies to […]

Scott PowersMay 25, 2016

Cape Canaveral’s launch manifest is filling fast for this summer with announcements of two more launches, including of one using America’s most powerful rocket, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy. ULA announced it will launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket, the world’s most powerful space vehicle now in use, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on […]

Scott PowersMay 23, 2016

SpaceX has established a firm rocket launch time and date for its next Falcon 9 on Thursday afternoon. The rocket is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:40 p.m. Thursday to carry a private, Asian telecommunications satellite into orbit. The payload will be a Thai satellite, the Thaicom 8, which will […]

Scott PowersMay 6, 2016

After four consecutive tumbles SpaceX is now on a two-landing winning streak to successfully bring back rockets launched from Cape Canaveral. In the wee hours Friday SpaceX blasted off a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and sent a private communications satellite into orbit. A few minutes after the launch, the company […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2016

UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): According to a press release, due to inclement weather, the JCSAT-14 launch is now scheduled for no earlier than 1:21 a.m. EDT on Friday, May 6. There is two-hour launch window. Original story: A SpaceX Falcon 9 is prepared to launch in the wee hours of Thursday morning to carry a private […]

Scott PowersApril 8, 2016

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted through a picture-perfect spring Florida sky Friday afternoon and then landed softly and surely on a barge in the ocean 11 minutes later. The successful at-sea landing for the rocket’s first stage is a first, and it comes in SpaceX’s fifth try, bringing screaming cheers from the company’s California […]

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Aerial shot captures the devastating impact of a hurricane on a small town, showcasing flooded streets and submerged homes after the storm.

Elon Musk files for plans to dominate space telecommunications with 4,425 satellites

Space center reopens after hurricane, damage in millions

Elon Musk: 1 million people on Mars, using his Big Florida Rocket

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket explodes on launchpad at Cape Canaveral

SpaceX cargo shipment headed to space station

Launches of Delta IV Heavy, Falcon 9 rockets announced

SpaceX set to launch Falcon 9 rocket Thursday

SpaceX launches satellite into space and then sticks rocket landing again

SpaceX Falcon 9 looking for weather window Friday morning for launch

5th time’s the charm! SpaceX lands rocket on ocean barge