# spacex - Thursday 13 May, 2021
# Elon Múscraí
# Elon Múscraí
“I tabled a question to Tesla on their noticeboard, and it was picked up on… I was then contacted directly by SpaceX .”
# spacex - Thursday 6 May, 2021
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
This latest upgraded version of SpaceX ’s full-scale, stainless steel, bullet-shaped rocket ship soared more than six miles over the Gulf of Mexico.
# spacex - Sunday 2 May, 2021
# International Space Station
# International Space Station
The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico, ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s company.
# spacex - Friday 23 April, 2021
# Blast Off
# Blast Off
The 17-year-old are the first Irish students to have had their computer experiment for the International Space Station accepted.
# spacex - Saturday 17 April, 2021
# Space
# Space
A Nasa astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts landed in the steppes of Kazakhstan.
# spacex - Thursday 4 March, 2021
# Elon Musk
# Elon Musk
Two previous test flights had crash-landed in fireballs.
# spacex - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Rideshare
# Rideshare
The rocket, which launched from Florida, carried a record number of satellites on board.
# spacex - Sunday 6 December, 2020
# Starry Christmas
# Starry Christmas
The Dragon should reach the International Space Station on Monday.
# spacex - Tuesday 17 November, 2020
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
The four astronauts aboard the Dragon capsule will remain at the ISS for six months.
# spacex - Monday 16 November, 2020
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
The flight to the space station – 27.5 hours door to door – should be entirely automated.
# spacex - Sunday 2 August, 2020
# Back To Earth
# Back To Earth
The capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico at the expected time of 7.48pm.
# spacex - Saturday 1 August, 2020
# Down To Earth
# Down To Earth
Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are set to come back to Earth tomorrow evening.
# spacex - Saturday 13 June, 2020
# Liftoff
# Liftoff
A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.
# spacex - Sunday 31 May, 2020
# Orbital
# Orbital
Docking took place at 3.16pm Irish time and the astronauts entered some three hours later.
# spacex - Saturday 30 May, 2020
# Launch America
# Launch America
It is the first time a private company has carried people into space.
# spacex - Wednesday 27 May, 2020
# Return To Orbit
# Return To Orbit
The launch will be attempted again on Saturday.
# spacex - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Demo 2
# Demo 2
If all goes as planned, the mission will see SpaceX become the first private company to send astronauts into space.
# spacex - Sunday 19 January, 2020
# Launch
# Launch
The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off as normal before the Dragon crew capsule catapulted off the top 12 miles above the Atlantic.
# spacex - Tuesday 7 January, 2020
# Blast Off
# Blast Off
Observatory director Jeff Hall said the satellites will be a growing risk to stargazers in the future.
# spacex - Friday 12 April, 2019
# Commercial Flight
# Commercial Flight
The rocket carried a Saudi Arabian satellite operated by Arabsat.
# spacex - Friday 8 March, 2019
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
It was the first private space mission to the International Space Station.
# spacex - Sunday 3 March, 2019
# NASA
# NASA
The announcement was met with applause at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
# spacex - Saturday 2 March, 2019
# Capsule
# Capsule
The launch is a key step towards resuming manned space flights from US soil.
# spacex - Friday 18 January, 2019
# Electric Cars
# Electric Cars
“Our products are too expensive for most people,” Elon Musk said.
# spacex - Saturday 12 January, 2019
# Elon Musk
# Elon Musk
The company employs over 6,000 people.
# spacex - Tuesday 14 August, 2018
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
On 3 August the agency named the first nine astronauts who will fly to space on Boeing and SpaceX vehicles in 2019.
# spacex - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
# Dragon
# Dragon
The supply capsule launched on Monday from Florida.
# spacex - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
# Space Oddity
# Space Oddity
The SpaceX CEO didn’t have to include his red Tesla roadster, which reportedly was playing Space Oddity during blast off.
# spacex - Saturday 23 December, 2017
# What The...
# What The...
The launch in the setting sun created a billowing streak that was widely seen throughout the area.
# spacex - Friday 29 September, 2017
# All Aboard
# All Aboard
A trip from Bangkok to Dubai would take 27 minutes, and from Tokyo to Delhi in 30 minutes.
# spacex - Thursday 24 August, 2017
# The Next Generation
# The Next Generation
The company hopes to start launching crewed flights from next year.
# spacex - Monday 1 May, 2017
# Blast Off
# Blast Off
It was carrying a payload for the US agency that makes spy satellites.
# spacex - Thursday 30 March, 2017
# Economical
# Economical
Musk says that the goal is to make rocket parts as reusable as cars, planes or bicycles.
# spacex - Saturday 11 March, 2017
# Fly Me To The Moon
# Fly Me To The Moon
Last week SpaceX announced it would launch two tourists to skirt Earth’s satellite next year.
# spacex - Monday 27 February, 2017
# SpaceX
# SpaceX
In a statement this evening, the company said that the two people had paid a “significant deposit” to travel beyond the moon.
# spacex - Saturday 18 February, 2017
# Abort Abort Abort
# Abort Abort Abort
The earliest a relaunch can be attempted is tomorrow morning.
# spacex - Sunday 15 January, 2017
# Pitch Perfect
# Pitch Perfect
The landing comes four months after a costly launchpad explosion of a SpaceX rocket.
# spacex - Thursday 1 September, 2016
# Spaced Out
# Spaced Out
There were no injuries.
# spacex - Monday 18 July, 2016
# Liftoff
# Liftoff
The Dragon capsule contains a docking station which would allow future spaceships to park at the International Space Station.
# spacex - Tuesday 22 December, 2015
# Down To Earth
# Down To Earth
If at first you don’t succeed…
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