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Today we will talk about how a private American company SpaceX, founded in 2002, quickly has become a serious player in the space market. In just a few years it could become the main competitor to Roscosmos.

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The history of SpaceX is clear proof that private business can be more effective than government agencies in literally any field of activity, even in such a knowledge-intensive and expensive field as space exploration.

SpaceX was founded in 2002 by a then largely unknown businessman. By that time, he was known as one of the founders of the electronic payment system PayPal.

The emergence of SpaceX is associated with Musk’s dream of human flights to Mars. He regretted that at the turn of the millennium, public interest in this idea cooled. And Musk decided to initiate the future colonization of the Red Planet with his own hands.

Having received 165 million US dollars after the sale of PayPal, he invested this money in the creation of a private space company, the final goal of which should be flights to Mars. But this is in the future, and first we had to start launching vehicles into Earth orbit.

SpaceX decided to use reusable spacecraft as the basis for its activities. This should significantly reduce the cost of delivering cargo into orbit.

It is interesting that Elon Musk initially planned to use American and Russian rockets for his own purposes, but over time he came to the conclusion that it was necessary to develop his own innovative spacecraft.

Falcon 1 rocket

The first launch of a SpaceX rocket occurred on March 24, 2006. The Falcon 1 spacecraft was 21.7 meters long and had a launch weight of 38,555 kilograms, of which 670 kg was payload. However, the launch ended in failure even at the stage of operation of the first stage.

Also unsuccessful for SpaceX were the second and third launches of the Falcon 1 rocket. Moreover, in the latter case, the spacecraft already carried a payload: one American military satellite, two Malaysian commercial microsatellites, as well as the ashes of the dead for burial in Space.

Investors who were eyeing the ambitious company lost interest in it, and Elon Musk’s personal funds were rapidly running out.

And then Musk decided to go all-in. Literally two months after the third Falcon 1 crash, on September 28, 2008, the fourth rocket launch was carried out, which turned out to be successful. At the same time, the director of SpaceX himself claims that if this launch failed, the company would cease to exist.

On July 13, 2009, the fifth Falcon 1 rocket successfully launched into space. It delivered the Malaysian RazakSAT satellite into Earth orbit.

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy

The Falcon 1 program was limited to only five launches. But the old test rocket was quickly replaced by a new spacecraft - Falcon 9. For the first time, this launch vehicle went into orbit on June 4, 2010. To date, 18 Falcon 9 launches have been carried out, all successful.

The length of the current version of the Falcon 9 rocket is 68.4 meters, and the launch weight is 506 tons, of which 13,150 kilograms can be payload. The carrier was created to deliver the Dragon space shuttle into orbit (first launch on December 8, 2010).

And if the first launches of the Falcon 9 rocket did not imply its reusability, now SpaceX has gradually begun developing technology for reusing the first stage of the rocket. But it is precisely this part of it that is the most expensive item of expenditure during space launches. If you learn to maintain it during launches, the cost of flights into space will significantly decrease.

SpaceX is currently developing the Falcon Heavy spacecraft, which will become the most powerful launch vehicle in history. With a launch weight of 1463 tons, it will be able to carry up to 53 tons of payload. It is expected that with the help of these rockets SpaceX will carry out its missions to Mars.

Space shuttles Dragon and Dragon V2

As mentioned above, in parallel with the creation of increasingly powerful and advanced launch vehicles, SpaceX is also developing space shuttles, which are named Dragon.

Dragon is a cargo spacecraft that can deliver up to 3,310 kilograms of payload into orbit and retrieve up to 2,500 kg from there.

The Dragon shuttle can dock with the International Space Station. At the moment (May 25, 2015), seven successful dockings of this kind have already been carried out, six of which were commercial.

The Dragon spacecraft is meant to be reusable over a two-year period, but SpaceX's contract with NASA calls for a new shuttle to be built for each launch.

Dragon V2 is a new, improved version of SpaceX's Dragon space shuttle. It differs from its predecessor in that it is also designed to transport living people (up to seven people per launch). And this requires completely new technologies to ensure flight safety.

was officially presented in the spring of 2014. At the moment, its technical tests and launches are underway, but not in full mode.

The Dragon V2's first unmanned flight into orbit is expected to take place in December 2016, with a crewed launch planned for April 2017.

The Red Dragon space shuttle may soon become a continuation of the Dragon line. It will be created directly for the Mars mission. However, the details of this project are still unknown to the general public.

Current projects

SpaceX is now focusing on commercial flights to the International Space Station. This allows her to earn money for her future projects. Its main customer is NASA. These two structures have a valid contract, implying mutually beneficial cooperation, at least until 2017.

NASA sees SpaceX as its hope for the continued operation of the International Space Station. Indeed, in 2014, Russia announced its gradual withdrawal from the ISS project, and therefore there may be no one to deliver payloads and astronauts to the orbital station in a few years.

SpaceX hopes to further reduce the cost of Falcon 9 launches. Since the beginning of 2015, it has been attempting a controlled landing of the first stage of the launch vehicle on a special one. The results are close to success, but a perfect landing has not yet occurred.

SpaceX Success Factors

It must be admitted that the current successes of SpaceX have turned out to be quite unpredictable for the global technical community. Few people believed that Elon Musk would be able to achieve the desired result - a technically and commercially successful private space exploration enterprise.

Among the main success factors, experts highlight the following points:

1. The private nature of SpaceX.
The experience of the last decade has shown that business at almost all levels is a much more effective owner than government agencies. This also applies to the space industry.

The private company SpaceX is much more focused on achieving the final result as quickly and cheaply as possible than the government agency NASA. The latter has been repeatedly criticized for bloated budgets created solely for their development.

2. Low cost of space flights
From the very beginning of its existence, SpaceX planned to use reusable spacecraft. This will reduce the cost of each launch by almost half.

Also, the cost of space flights is greatly influenced by the small number of employees at SpaceX. At the moment, it amounts to three and a half thousand people. For comparison, NASA has more than 18 thousand employees.

3. Innovation
SpaceX sees its success in the maximum implementation of innovative technologies. A private company has the opportunity to attract the best specialists in the world in certain fields of activity for cooperation. Working for Elon Musk's company is a dream for millions of engineers, programmers and administrators. All of them are aimed at success, at the most rapid and limitless development.

4. Government support
However, the success of the private company SpaceX would not have happened without government support. For example, NASA invested hundreds of millions of dollars in the projects of this brainchild of Elon Musk, calling them payment for future launches. This happened even in those moments when no one could guarantee the success of SpaceX’s initiatives.

The Elon Musk factor

And, of course, when discussing the reasons for SpaceX’s success, we should not forget about the so-called “Elon Musk factor.” This person is not only the CEO and main investor of the company, but also the chief engineer in it. He is personally involved in the development process, and does it very successfully.

Elon Musk is called the most brilliant person alive. Some even consider him to be an alien who was sent beyond Earth to help us make a technological breakthrough.

At the same time, Musk is not only a talented engineer and visionary, but also a very successful entrepreneur who managed to turn his childhood dream of flying to Mars into a real, commercially attractive company.

Future projects

The main goal of SpaceX, as mentioned above, is to carry out manned flights to Mars, and in the future, its colonization. Elon Musk once said that thanks to this company, moving one family to the Red Planet in 2029 would cost 500 thousand US dollars.

Musk dreams of a permanently inhabited colony on Mars, entire cities with a population of millions of people. The Red Planet could become a new home for Humanity if something happens to Earth in the future.

Laying the groundwork for the future SpaceX cosmodrome

Finance

It is interesting that SpaceX is in no hurry to begin massively attracting third-party finance to its activities. It is quite sufficient for the funds that Elon Musk himself, NASA, as well as several other investors, including Google Corporation, have already invested in it.

Musk promises that SpaceX will enter the securities market only after the full-fledged process of Mars exploration begins. And this will not happen earlier than in ten years.

Financial analysts estimate SpaceX's current capitalization at $4-5 billion. At the same time, the company's revenue for 2012 amounted to about 400 million, and for 2013 - already 634 million. But in the future, when flights to the Red Planet become a reality, the price of SpaceX may jump tens of times. It is clear why the investors of this company are in no hurry to let anyone else approach it.

Criticism

However, not all analysts praise SpaceX and the managerial genius of Elon Musk. You can increasingly hear criticism of this company.

Some people think it's a big soap bubble. Indeed, at the moment, the cost of sending one kilogram of payload using SpaceX rockets does not differ significantly from the prices of Roscosmos and other space operators.

Critics point out that the American government, through NASA, is recklessly pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into SpaceX, as if it were not a private, but a state-owned company. In addition, thanks to his cooperation with the authorities, Musk receives significant preferences for other areas of his business.

In any case, SpaceX is opening new horizons for Humanity. In the person of this company, in just over ten years, Roscosmos and other “old” players in the space market have acquired a promising competitor. At the same time, his successes become greater and more noticeable every year, even with every new month.

In addition, the successes of SpaceX and Elon Musk are a clear example for other businessmen who are also thinking about the opportunity.

1. The full name of the company is Space Exploration Technologies Corporation.

2. SpaceX is the first private company to ever build and launch its own rockets and space capsules to the International Space Station and return them to Earth.

3. On its first test flight in December 2010, the Dragon capsule launched a wheel of cheese into orbit. Before the successful launch, SpaceX officials hinted that Dragon was carrying a special payload into space, but the company did not reveal the secret payload until the spacecraft returned from orbit and crashed into the Pacific Ocean.

4. In 2012, SpaceX became the first private space company to dock with the International Space Station.

5. On May 30, 2014, SpaceX introduced a new version of the ship - Dragon V2, a reusable manned spacecraft. It can transport up to seven astronauts to the ISS. The uniqueness of the ship lies in the ability to carry out a controlled landing on Earth using the built-in SuperDraco engines with the precision of a helicopter. It also has a reserve parachute system.

6. Musk reduced the cost of the flight to the International Space Station by 90%, reducing it from $1 billion. for one mission up to $60 million. Also, according to the company, thanks to economies of scale (changes in the cost of a unit of production depending on the scale of production) and the reuse of returned stages, SpaceX will be able in the future to reduce prices to $5-7 million per launch.

7. SpaceX has developed a program to provide high-speed Internet to the entire planet. The launch of fully functional satellites is planned for 2019, and completion of deployment is expected by 2024. The launch of two prototypes took place on February 22, 2018.

8. On February 6, 2018, SpaceX conducted the first successful launch of the Falcon Heavy super-heavy launch vehicle, thereby becoming the most powerful launch vehicle in existence. It is capable of delivering up to 64 tons of cargo into low Earth orbit, thereby bringing the reality of travel to Mars closer.

9. The Dragon capsule, which is launched into space by the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, is the only currently operating cargo ship that can return cargo from space.

10. The Dragon capsule is named after the Peter Paul & Mary song “Puff the Magic Dragon.” Musk said he used the name because many critics thought his goals were impossible when he founded SpaceX in 2002. The Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets are named after Han Solo's ship, the Millennium Falcon, from Star Wars.

11. Part of the filming of Iron Man 2 took place at the SpaceX plant in Hawthorne, California.

12. Starting in 2018, NASA astronauts will be carried into space on SpaceX rockets as part of the NASA Commercial Crew program, rather than relying on transportation from international space agencies such as Roscosmos

13. As a payload with the Falcon Heavy rocket, Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster electric car with a dummy inside and an Arch 5D disk drive with a collection of novels from the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov was sent into space. In July 2018, the Tesla Roadster will cross the orbit of Mars, and in November it will reach its maximum distance from the Sun - 255 million km

14. SpaceX is actively involved in the implementation of the Hyperloop project (vacuum train project). On August 31, 2017, Musk demonstrated a capsule created jointly by SpaceX and Tesla, which was able to reach a speed of 355 km/h. In mid-October, Musk received the first official permission to build a full-fledged Hyperloop route, which should connect the outskirts of Baltimore with the territory of Hanover (Maryland). In February 2018, Musk received permission to prepare the station's construction site.

15. SpaceX has developed a project for the Interplanetary Transport System, which involves the creation of reusable space transport to deliver people to Mars for the purpose of colonization. On September 29, 2017, Elon Musk announced plans to develop an optimized interplanetary transport system, codenamed BFR (Big Falcon Rocket), which in the future will replace all SpaceX rockets and spacecraft.

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Space Exploration Technologies Corporation is a private American company created for space exploration. SpaceX manufactures and launches Falcon space rockets.

In collaboration with NASA, the company developed the Dragon space module, the first privately owned spacecraft to be used to deliver cargo to the ISS.

Is this the project of some advanced billionaire?

Yes, SpaceX was founded in 2002 by a famous businessman, engineer, inventor, investor and billionaire. Legendary personality: Musk is one of the creators of the PayPal payment system, chief developer and CEO of Tesla Inc.

His promising projects include the Hyperloop vacuum train, which will travel at speeds of more than 1,200 kilometers per hour, and the development of technology for combining the human brain with a computer.

It was Musk who became the prototype of the inventor and billionaire Tony Stark, the famous Iron Man from the Marvel cinematic universe. Elon himself appeared on screen in several films. In Iron Man 2, he played Stark's sidekick.

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How is SpaceX different from other rocket manufacturers?

The company's founders set an ambitious goal: to make space flights cheaper and open the way to the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has a small team, by the standards of other space developers: just over five thousand people.

The company does everything itself: designs, assembles, tests, produces the necessary components for rockets, including engines.

In addition, the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles and the Dragon spacecraft were originally intended to be reusable. Dragon is today the only operational cargo ship that can return cargo from space.

What has SpaceX already launched?

The history of space exploration is as follows:

Five launches of the Falcon 1 launch vehicle (three attempts failed, two successful).
32 launches of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle (30 successful). In 12 of them, the rocket went into space with the Dragon cargo ship (one launch was unsuccessful). Falcon also delivered satellites for various purposes into earth orbit.

And yet, what is considered the main achievement of SpaceX?

In 2015, for the first time in history, the first stage of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle landed on Earth after it carried cargo into low-Earth orbit.

Six months after landing on land, the stage that completed the task was able to be landed on an offshore platform.

And at the end of March 2017, SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9 rocket with the first stage, which had been in space a year earlier. Then the rocket launched a telecommunications satellite into orbit. After this, the first stage returned to Earth and landed on a floating platform.

Elon Musk could not hold back his emotions after the completion of this mission: “This is a revolution that will change the very idea of space flight. It took us 15 years to get to this point. This is a great day for SpaceX and space exploration in general."

What does this mean in practice?

The developers achieved their goal: the cost of Falcon 9 is approximately 60 million dollars. About 80% of this amount falls on the first stage. The fact that it is made reusable will significantly reduce the costs associated with the production and launch of launch vehicles. This means it will reduce the cost of the process of space exploration as a whole.

Musk has already stated that in the future, reusable rockets will be launched up to 20 times, and the cost of flights will become even lower. By the end of 2017, SpaceX wants to make 27 Falcon launches, including used ones.

In addition, the plan is to ensure that Falcon 9 can be re-launched into space just 24 hours after returning. Essentially, this will make rockets look like airplanes.

What to expect from SpaceX in the near future?

By the end of 2017, the company wants to launch the first Falcon Heavy, a heavy-duty launch vehicle. It will be able to deliver up to 55 tons of cargo into low orbit (the latest version of the Falcon 9 has a maximum payload half as much).

They want to use Falcon Heavy to deliver cargo to Mars: the rocket will be able to transport about 13 tons to the Red Planet.

Is SpaceX developing crewed ships?

In 2011, SpaceX entered NASA's manned program. The company received funding to develop the Dragon V2 manned spacecraft. Four astronauts can be on board.

In November 2017, SpaceX plans to send the ship on its first test flight to the ISS without a crew.

And in May 2018, Dragon V2 will go into Earth orbit with astronauts. The ship will have to dock at the station, and two weeks later go home, landing with the help of parachutes.

What about trips to the moon?

At the end of 2018, SpaceX will send the Dragon V2 spacecraft into space with two tourists on board. They will fly around the Moon and return to Earth. Those wishing to go on a unique space journey have been found; they have already paid an advance for the most unusual tour.

The journey will take a week. The launch of the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle, which will send the spacecraft to the Moon, is planned from the site at Cape Canaveral, from where the Apollo lunar missions departed.

When can we expect flights to Mars?

The company plans to launch the Falcon Heavy launch vehicle and the modified Dragon V2 spacecraft, which will have to land on Mars (Red Dragon mission).

The Red Dragon capsule will have to collect all the information about the planet, evaluate its natural resources, and test the landing of heavy equipment on the Martian surface. The samples will be sent back to Earth.

And by 2026, SpaceX intends to deliver the first person to Mars. Elon Musk has always said that he founded the company to “help make humanity a multi-planetary species.”

The company is already developing a spaceship for the first colonists of Mars - the Interplanetary Transport System.

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SpaceX reported the successful splashdown of Dragon after returning from the ISS ... delivery of goods to the station, says the company’s Twitter page SpaceX. The spacecraft was launched into orbit by a Falcon 9 rocket in early May... SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 60 satellites for the third time SpaceX on the third attempt, he launched the Falcon 9 launch vehicle from 60 ..., at 22:30 local time (5:30 Moscow time). IN SpaceX reported that the satellites will be launched into orbit at an altitude of 440 ... Musk went to court over a tender to replace Russian RD-180 engines ... awarded contracts to missile systems without justification, and demands that its proposal be reconsidered. SpaceX Elon Musk in court accused the US Air Force of violating the rules... handing out contracts for three unproven missiles of unknown parameters. SpaceX insists on reviewing the tender results. The company said it was offering its... The lawsuit emphasizes that the Air Force based on one Starship project portfolio SpaceX assigned a high risk. As Reuters clarifies, the competition was held as part of... SpaceX files a lawsuit against the US government ... to launch satellites for national defense. Private space company SpaceX filed a lawsuit against the US federal government, writes The Washington Post ... - due to the confidentiality of the claim, it remains unclear which government procurement program is being appealed SpaceX. However, as The Washington Post notes, information about the lawsuit has appeared... The United States has developed a certification agreement SpaceX, and the company refused the claims. In early May, a space truck SpaceX Dragon successfully delivered cargo to... SpaceX postpones the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with 60 satellites for the second time American space technology manufacturer SpaceX For the second time, the launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle was postponed from 60... SpaceX postponed the launch of the Falcon 9 rocket with 60 Internet satellites for a day ... taken on May 17 at 5:30 Moscow time. May 12 owner SpaceX Elon Musk suggested that in the first mission “much will go wrong... The Wall Street Journal wrote at the end of December last year, SpaceX As part of the project, Starlink plans to raise $500 to launch satellites ... to implement a satellite program of $3.5 billion. According to estimates SpaceX, taking into account the launch of all 11 thousand devices, $10 billion will be required... Russia sent NASA questions and comments due to the smell of alcohol on the ISS ... ships through an intermediary represented by NASA, and not directly from the company SpaceX. According to Vlasov, American partners understand that “they will have to answer... 2 mg per cubic meter. m. Company's Dragon-2 spacecraft SpaceX was launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on March 2. Flight... The Dragon cargo spacecraft docked at the ISS ... to the International Space Station, according to Elon Musk’s company page SpaceX on Twitter. The Dragon's rendezvous with the ISS was broadcast on the website... The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle for the ISS has been postponed to May 4 The launch of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle with the Dragon spacecraft, which is supposed to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS), was postponed to May 4 due to power problems (previously scheduled for May 3). This was reported on the website of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). It is noted that... SpaceX reported details of the failed Crew Dragon engine test ... during a press conference at NASA, the vice president of the company confirmed SpaceX Hans Koenigsman. According to him, the company believes that the problem is... engines that have previously passed 600 tests. He emphasized that SpaceX confident in the device and that the investigation into the incident is ongoing. We are talking about an unsuccessful test of SuperDraco engines at the end of April. IN SpaceX then they said that an “anomaly” had occurred on the ship’s capsule. Florida Edition... The launch of the Dragon cargo ship for the ISS has been postponed to May 1 ... (ISS), postponed to May 1st. This is stated in the message SpaceX on the microblog on Twitter. It is noted that the start of the 17th mission... it was assumed that the ship would be launched on April 30. For the last time SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 launch vehicle with a Dragon truck to the ISS... Roscosmos expressed its readiness to help Musk in investigating the accident with Dragon-2 Roscosmos specialists are ready to help Elon Musk and SpaceX in the investigation of an accident that occurred during testing of the emergency system... SpaceX unsuccessfully tested the engines of the new Crew Dragon spacecraft ... . Testing engines for the Crew Dragon spacecraft, with the help of which SpaceX Elon Musk’s plans to transport astronauts to the ISS and back have ended... the test led to an anomaly on the test stand,” the agency quotes the message SpaceX. The company clarified that it is conducting an investigation and working closely with partners... of the launches,” he added. The first to report an emergency situation during company testing SpaceX Florida Today reported. It published photographs showing... SpaceX lost Falcon Heavy stage at sea ... Florida. “Over the weekend, due to harsh sea conditions, the team SpaceX could not ensure the safety of transportation of the stage to Port Canaveral,” the publication quotes the statement SpaceX. The company clarified that as weather conditions worsen, the stage... a floating platform in the Atlantic Ocean. This was the first time SpaceX managed to land all three components of the rocket. Maria Bondarenko Elon Musk's Falcon Heavy rocket launched a Saudi satellite into orbit Company's Falcon Heavy rocket SpaceX Elon Musk launched from the cosmodrome in Florida and successfully... successfully landed two accelerators and the central block of a heavy rocket. Previously SpaceX postponed the first commercial launch of the Falcon Heavy rocket to April 10...

Technologies and media, 09 March, 09:49

Musk responded to Rogozin’s congratulations on the successful test of Crew Dragon ...for congratulating us on the success of the Crew Dragon mission. "Thank you on behalf of SpaceX!” - he wrote on Twitter, adding that his American company... -space technology. Earlier, on March 8, it became known that the company's ship SpaceX Crew Dragon (Dragon-2) successfully completed its mission to the ISS and...

Technologies and media, 08 March, 17:04

The Crew Dragon spacecraft lands on the water in the Atlantic Ocean Company ship SpaceX successfully completed a mission to the ISS and splashed down off the east coast... a new era of astronautics. The company's Crew Dragon (Dragon-2) spacecraft SpaceX successfully splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. This is stated on Twitter... the Go Searcher vessel. Congratulations on the successful return of the ship to Earth SpaceX head of the American aerospace agency Jim Bridenstine. "Today's splashdown of the Crew capsule...

Technologies and media, 08 March, 11:04

SpaceX's newest spacecraft undocks from the ISS ... The company's first private spacecraft Dragon-2 (Crew Dragon) SpaceX After a five-day joint flight, he successfully undocked from the International Space Station (...

Technologies and media, 08 March, 01:16

Elon Musk praised the Russian Angara launch vehicle Head of an American company SpaceX Elon Musk said that Russian space engines are the best and... of the year. With him was a briefcase full of dollars, which the head SpaceX I was already planning to buy three missiles. At a meeting with company representatives...

Technologies and media, 03 March, 18:14

Musk thanked in Russian for congratulations on the Dragon docking with the ISS Head of companies SpaceX and Tesla Elon Musk responded in Russian to congratulations on... expressed confidence that cooperation will develop. Also Elon Musk's company SpaceX US President Donald Trump congratulated him on the successful launch. The company's first-ever private manned spacecraft, Dragon-2 SpaceX launched on March 2 from the Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida...

Technologies and media, 03 March, 17:23

The ISS crew reported an alarm due to the SpaceX ship ... of how the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft docked at the station SpaceX. The crew's conversations were broadcast on the NASA website. Initially, a breakdown was assumed... Roscosmos congratulated NASA on the successful docking of the newest spacecraft. Elon Musk's company SpaceX US President Donald Trump congratulated him on the successful launch. March 3, the company's first ever private manned spacecraft, Dragon-2 SpaceX docked with the ISS at 05:51 Eastern Time (13... Trump congratulated SpaceX on the launch of the newest spacecraft Dragon-2 to the ISS US President Donald Trump congratulated Elon Musk's company SpaceX with the successful launch of the private spacecraft Dragon-2. About this... it “ignites” again. Great job and success. Congratulations SpaceX and everyone!” he said. The day before the company SpaceX launched the first ever manned Dragon spacecraft...

Technologies and media, 02 March, 15:14

A video has appeared of the launch of the newest Dragon-2 spacecraft to the ISS Chapter SpaceX Elon Musk posted on his Twitter a video of the launch of a private manned aircraft... how safe the flight is for the crew. Upon successful completion of the mission SpaceX Musk will send a mannequin named after the heroine of “Alien” to the ISS ... the mission with the dummy (Demo-1) will be successful, then in April SpaceX will test the flight abort system. After this, the company will launch... . In February, Reuters wrote that NASA warned Boeing and SpaceX about shortcomings in their manned ships. According to him, aerospace... refueling a launch vehicle when the crew is already in the capsule. Representative SpaceX James Gleeson said the company has developed "one of the safest...

Technologies and media, 22 Feb, 06:23

SpaceX launches rocket carrying Israel's first lunar lander ...Spaceil. The probe is scheduled to land on the Moon on April 11. Company SpaceX Elon Musk successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket...

Technologies and media, 21 Feb, 22:19

NASA found Boeing and SpaceX ships a threat to the space program ... more than was officially announced. NASA warned Boeing and SpaceX about the shortcomings in the manned spacecraft they are developing. These shortcomings... "most" of these problems before sending astronauts on flights. "U SpaceX and Boeing have comparable safety concerns,” one said... exceeding NASA safety requirements,” Barrett said. In turn, the representative SpaceX James Gleeson said the company has developed "one of the safest...

Technologies and media, 11 Feb, 08:16

Musk declared the superiority of the SpaceX engine over the Russian RD-180 Raptor engine developed by an American company SpaceX, broke the record of the Russian RD-180 for the level of pressure in the chamber... RD-180 is 266.7 bar. At the beginning of February the head SpaceX reported the successful first burn of the Raptor rocket engine, which will...

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