Tag: SpaceX

SpaceX is set to take yet another leap into the future with the impending launch of their most powerful platform, and indeed, what promises to be the most powerful rocket platform in service anywhere on the planet, The Falcon Heavy, later this month. In a post on the social media platform Instagram on Thursday, SpaceX […]

While all eyes are on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, set to claim the title of most powerful rocket platform on the planet with its inaugural launch later this month, Elon Musk’s space faring company has another January launch slated… one he’d rather keep your eyes off of. SpaceX’s first launch of the new year is […]

Another anomaly in the skies above the United States had people taking to social media in search of answers on Friday, this time asking for some explanation for the spectacular light show in the skies over Southern California.  After the recent revelation that the Pentagon has been investigating military UFO reports, one might not blame […]

SpaceX, the rocket and space exploration company owned by Elon Musk has been doing some amazing things lately but the sight they created over Los Angeles Friday night may have set a new standard for light shows!   Wtf is flying through the sky in Hollywood #aliens pic.twitter.com/mC693ELEZx — Hunter Hill (@h2balla) December 23, 2017 […]

As the end of the year rapidly approaches, many in the quickly growing private space industry have their eyes set squarely on Elon Musk’s massive Falcon Heavy rocket platform, scheduled to conduct static fire testing before we change our calendars. The rocket promises to be the most powerful in use anywhere on the planet once […]

Watch the full SpaceX CRS-13 mission coverage below… NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX launched its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station carrying almost 4,800 pounds of supplies and hardware on board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. – NASA Featured image by NASA This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep

Watch the full SpaceX CRS-13 mission coverage below… NASA commercial cargo provider SpaceX launched its 13th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station carrying almost 4,800 pounds of supplies and hardware on board the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. – NASA Featured image by NASA

SpaceX continued to make advancements toward a fully reusable, and therefore more cost effective, fleet of space craft on Friday with the launch of CRS-13; a resupply mission destined for the International Space Station that reused both a Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 rocket that had been flown in previous missions. On SpaceX’s thirteenth ISS […]

Amid the rapid advancement of national space programs in nations like China and India, President Donald Trump signed a new directive mandating America’s return to the moon, and further down the road, putting American boots on Mars. The directive I’m signing today will refocus America’s space program on human exploration and discovery.  It marks an […]

Earlier this year, SpaceX announced intentions to launch the Falcon Heavy, slated to be the most powerful operational rocket on the planet, before the close of 2017.  Even at the time, they admitted the goal was a lofty one: the rocket itself has proven incredibly difficult to produce, due in large part to the massive […]

The United States, which earned its place as the premier space fairing nation on the planet with the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 70s, is at risk of falling behind its global competitors, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast. “In my best military judgment, China is on a 10-year journey to operationalize […]

As SOFREP has covered in the past, NASA has made a consistent habit in recent years of failing to meet deadlines in the development of a number of projects, including the currently delayed James Webb Space Telescope and, of course, NASA’s crown jewel, the Space Launch System (SLS).  The SLS in particular is already two […]