This is a cool compilation of a variety of SpaceX launches and tests. It is is in super duper 4K (2160p) If you haven’t the gear to play 4K just switch to the HD format you can watch. Don’t forget to crack up your speaker, SpaceX has a tradition in using really cool soundtracks too!
How hard can it be to build a rocket and actually send it into space…. This is a question every space exploration fan, will have asked him or herself at least once. Well these engineers are trying to find out the answer to this question and build the bigest rocket they can in just three weeks. They […]
With CRS-5 launch SpaceX launched the sixth Dragon capsule to ISS. This launch was particularly exciting as this was the first launch SpaceX tried to land the first stage on the Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS). Short after the successful deployment of Dragon to it’s initial orbit. Elon twittered: “Rocket made it to drone spaceport ship, […]
SpaceX published a new F9R test flight. It’s the second successful test with F9R the Grasshopper successor. It’s a flight to 1000 meters, followed by a pitch point landing. Mind the smoke, mind the cows…
Just a few hours before the CRS-3 Launch Elon Musk tweeted: “Hexacopter drone vid of 1st F9 rocket booster takeoff & landing w flight design legs” The now retired Grasshopper can been seen in the background at the beginning of the video in right side of the frame and at the end of the movie […]
After successfully completing the Grasshopper project, SpaceX has still some high altitude re-entry testing to do. For this they prepped a Falcon-9R first stage with legs and all for testing on the SpaceX test sight in New Mexico. This is the first static fire test of the first stage F9R test vehicle. This will give SpaceX the chance […]
To make up for this scrubbed launch, watch this video of a Apollo 11, Saturn-V launch.