SpaceX

On June 14, SpaceX's Grasshopper flew 325 m (1066 feet)--higher than Manhattan's Chrysler Building--before smoothly landing back on the pad. For the first time in this test, Grasshopper made use of its full navigation sens...

Test firing of the first stage of F9-R--advanced prototype for the world's first reusable rocket. The test took place at SpaceX's rocket development facility in McGregor, TX, lasting 112 seconds. Unlike airplanes, a rock...

Video of SpaceX's 5.2m fairing—designed in-house by SpaceX—undergoing testing in the world's largest vacuum chamber at NASA Glenn Research Center -- Plum Brook Station.

SpaceX's fairing is used to protect a satellite du...

SpaceX's Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap.

Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket bac...

SpaceX's Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap.

Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket bac...

SpaceX's Grasshopper flies 820 feet, tripling its March 7th leap.

Grasshopper is a 10-story Vertical Takeoff Vertical Landing (VTVL) vehicle that SpaceX has designed to test the technologies needed to return a rocket bac...

The SpaceX Merlin 1D engine has achieved flight qualification, a major milestone for the next generation Merlin engine. Through a 28 test qualification program, the Merlin 1D accumulated 1,970 seconds of total test time, t...

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches the world's most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk to revolutionize space transportation, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to ...

SpaceX's Grasshopper doubled its highest leap to date to rise 24 stories or 80.1 meters (262.8 feet), hovering for approximately 34 seconds and landing safely using closed loop thrust vector and throttle control.

Grassho...

SpaceX's Grasshopper doubled its highest leap to date to rise 24 stories or 80.1 meters (262.8 feet), hovering for approximately 34 seconds and landing safely using closed loop thrust vector and throttle control.

Grassho...

The Dragon spacecraft was berthed to the International Space Station at 8:56 a.m. EST on March 3, 2013.

Video sped up ~ 8x.

Footage courtesy NASA.

Official Launch Webcast from SpaceX for the Spacex CRS-2 launch on 3/1/2013. Webcast shot live at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.

Highlights:

39:52 - Launch

43:04 - Stage Separation

49:16 - SECO, Second Engine Cut...

Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fl. March 1, 2013.

Falcon 9 and Dragon roll out from the hangar and go vertical in preparation for the CRS-2 launch to the International Space Station.

On Monday, February 25, 2013 at 1:30 PM ET, SpaceX conducted a successful static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket, in advance of a targeted March mission to the International Space Station. The nine-engine test took place...

SpaceX's Grasshopper takes a 12-story leap towards full and rapid rocket reusability in a test flight conducted December 17, 2012 at SpaceX's rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. Grasshopper, a vertical takeoff ...

SpaceX's Grasshopper takes a 12-story leap towards full and rapid rocket reusability in a test flight conducted December 17, 2012 at SpaceX's rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. Grasshopper, a vertical takeoff ...

SpaceX's Grasshopper takes a 12-story leap towards full and rapid rocket reusability in a test flight conducted December 17, 2012 at SpaceX's rocket development facility in McGregor, Texas. Grasshopper, a vertical takeoff ...

SpaceX CRS-1 Mission - First commercial cargo resupply mission to space station - October 7-28, 2012

On 11/1/12, SpaceX's Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) hops nearly two stories (17.7 feet/5.4 meters). Duration was 8 seconds using closed loop thrust vector and throttle control.

SpaceX is work...

The first raw video from the recovery boat, as Dragon splashes down in the Pacific, 12:22PM PT October 28, 2012.

SpaceX Dragon departed the International Space Station on October 28, 2012 at 6:29AM PT. The only craft capable of bringing a significant amount of cargo to and from the station, Dragon departed with 1,673 pounds of retur...

An update on the SpaceX CRS-1 mission to the International Space Station. For continuing coverage of the mission, visit spacex.com/webcast and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/spacex.

After successfully capturing and berthing Dragon on October 11, 2012 as part of the SpaceX CRS-1 cargo resupply mission, astronauts onboard the International Space Station are looking forward to dessert courtesy of NASA an...

Liftoff of Falcon 9 and Dragon from Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, Fl. October 7, 2012.

Falcon 9 and Dragon roll out and go vertical at Launch Complex 40 in Cape Canaveral, FL, in anticipation of the SpaceX CRS-1 mission to the International Space Station. October 7, 2012

On September 29, 2012, SpaceX completed a successful static fire test of the Falcon 9 rocket's nine Merlin engines. During this test, SpaceX engineers ran through all countdown processes as if it were launch day. All nine ...

On Friday, September 21, 2012 SpaceX's Grasshopper vertical takeoff and landing test vehicle (VTVL) took its first test flight hop from the company's rocket testing facility in McGregor, Texas. The short hop of approximate...

On May 25, 2012 SpaceX made history when the Dragon spacecraft became the first privately developed vehicle in history to successfully attach to the International Space Station. Previously only four governments -- the Unit...

In August 2012, NASA chose SpaceX to complete final modifications necessary to prepare Dragon for crew and return Americans to space. While Dragon is initially being used to transport cargo to the International Space Stati...

SpaceX's Merlin 1D engine has achieved a full mission duration firing and multiple restarts at target thrust and specific impulse (Isp). The engine firing was for 185 seconds with 147,000 pounds of thrust, the full duratio...

Official Launch Webcast from SpaceX for the COTS 2+ launch on 5/22/2012. Webcast shot live at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.

Highlights:

44:27 - Launch

47:35 - Stage Separation

53:55 - SECO, Second Engine Cutoff

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SpaceX employees standing outside mission control at SpaceX Headquarters in Hawthorne, California, watching the successful stage separation. 5/22/12

Visit: http://www.spacex.com/ for more information on SpaceX, Dragon, Fa...