....is up on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGiqqoYP5E It does indeed show roll oscillations, but it's hard to determine if those are abnormal or...

From what I've gathered, it's looking more and more like a staging recontact issue related to first stage engine shutdown behavior, possibly exacerbated by...

Launch window opens on August 1; hopefully they'll make orbit on this third attempt. A Falcon 9 with the full monty of 9 engines is being prepared for a...

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Current word is that first stage operation was normal, but that the stages failed to separate. The word is from Elon Musk himself. They have two more Falcon...

Watching the webcast right before telemetry was lost, it looked like the vehicle was going into a spiral - the guidance was chasing the trajectory and the...

Here's some details of what SpaceX is up to with Falcon 9...

The following video of the F9 first stage return was just posted to YouTube today by SpaceX. The video is abbreviated 1/2 way through I suppose to skip the...

Carrying Astrobotic Technology Inc.'s rover: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=32670 Pat

Congratulations to SpaceX on the sucess of the Falcon 9. The best video clip is with the CNN...

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/status.html

The first flight version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 has been erected on the launch pad: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/001/100221rollout/ Launch is not...

This picture would not look so much like science fiction to me if there were a few...

Congrats to SpaceX on successful launch of Falcon 9 v1.1 with Merlin 1D's in octagon+1 configuration. And congrats to U of Calgary on orbiting of...

"She just willna' fly, captain!": http://www.spacedaily.com/news/launchers-05zzzy.html Apparently there are more problems with the Merlin engine. Pat

Now it's in March: http://www.space-travel.com/reports/DemoFlight_2_Launch_Update_999.html Pat

Am I missing something, or is SpaceX, whose openness in many ways is praiseworthy, simply not talking about any progress toward demonstrating the resuability...

Well, if nothing else, it's showing the on-time launch reliability demonstrated by the Shuttle in a privately funded booster. I still don't think that...

"Phineas T Puddleduck" wrote in message Geese, ducks - all waterfowl? Strange fascinations these saucerheads ...

some of the most famous Saturn V footage is (1) taken from the top of the first stage, showing the second stage pulling away, and then the interstage falling...