OnDecember 22, 2015, Elon Musk’s SpaceX made history by becoming the first company to land part of an orbital-capable rocket back on the ground. Now, they want to improve on that capability by landing the first stage of one of their Falcon 9 rockets on a floating barge. This will not be the first time…
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Private Space Taxi Builders on Track to Launch Astronauts Soon
by Staff •
Representatives from the three different companies chosen by NASA to develop private space taxis to carry astronauts to orbit say their vehicles are making substantial progress toward launching people into orbit within the next few years. The companies — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), The Boeing Company and Sierra Nevada Corp. — are competing to…