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July 4th, 2020 started in fine form as the SpaceX Fleet returned to Port Canaveral carrying the recently launched and landed GPSIII Falcon9 booster. The rocket landed on the drone ship "Just Read The Instructions."
It was a busy morning, as just before the JRTI entered port, the other drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You" disembarked in preparation for the Starlink booster landing next week.
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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, right, speaks to SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, during a tour of the SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
This was the scene this (Thurs) morning as the #SpaceX recovery team was removing the legs from the #ArabSat6a #FalconHeavy center core. The #SpaceXFleet returned to @portcanaveral at 2am, carrying the successfully landed first stage. It’s on its side (and the top is missing) after high seas caused the rocket to tip over.
(Pic: me / @wereportspace taken from the @explorationtower observation deck)
Shots from June 2, 2016 of the #Thaicom8 #Falcon9 rocket first stage returning to Cape Canaveral via Port Canaveral, launched (and landed!) by #SpaceX. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The Falcon 9 booster tank is made of aluminum lithium alloy. Welding it without forming hydrogen bubbles is tricky. SpaceX uses friction stir welding throughout.
I had to crop the welding jig from the photo because of ITAR restrictions. Let me just say that it is very clever, and the challenges are like building a ship in a bottle.
I have also collected some interesting details on the Falcon 1 flights so far:
Flight 1: The booster engine cutoff early, and the rocket went only one mile up. The video of what happened next has not been seen outside SpaceX. Without stage separation, the whole rocket tumbled back to crash 300 ft. from the launch pad, causing a gigantic fireball. There are no people on the atoll during launches, but there were plenty of cameras catching the action, and the smoke that enveloped the entire launch area. The remains of the rocket were collected from the reef at low tide.
Flight 2: Programming mistake in the upper stage led to improper feedback control loops and it wobbled out of control.
Flight 3: While the lack of stage separation has been discussed, it is a bit more interesting. The upper stage ignited inside of the interstage coupler... and that destroyed the fragile upper stage bell (which is as thin as a Coke can).
Flight 4: Perfect flight, but ironically, the first without a real payload. The Malaysians sat this one out, and will fly their satellite in Flight 5. The dummy payload in this flight was machined aluminum with a realistic mass profile and was named the RATsat after the initials of the employees who cranked it out over a weekend.
After entering orbit, they restarted the sustainer motor, a capability test that was not pre-announced.
[Update: This post and text were before I had any involvement with SpaceX. And the subsequent Flight 5 was a total success, with accurate satellite deployment]
Flight 4 is memorialized in the Space X Music Video.
I gotta fly now… on a day trip to China…
Pictures of the launch and landing of the #CRS12 #Falcon9 rocket carrying a Dragon capsule of #ISSCargo to the International Space Station, seen from the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building. The successful launch (and landing) took place at 12:31pm (ET) on August 14, 2017 from LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. (Pictures by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
From the "Collecting Innovation Today" interview with innovator Elon Musk on June 26, 2008 at SpaceX, part of The Henry Ford's "OnInnovation" project that celebrates the contributions of today's innovators.
Photo from the collections of The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, USA. Photographer, Michelle Andonian. This photograph is made available pursuant to a Creative Commons noncommercial, attribution, no derivatives license. Any sharing of this image shall be accompanied with a link to OnInnovation. Copyright 2010 The Henry Ford.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, left, speaks to press with SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk, second from left, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley, second from right, and NASA astronaut Bob Behnken, in front of the Crew Dragon that is being prepared for the Demo-2 mission, at SpaceX Headquarters, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019 in Hawthorne, CA. Photo credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
SpaceX launched the Transporter-3 rideshare mission to a sun-synchronous orbit with 105 small microsatellites and nanosatellites for commercial and government customers Thurday morning at 10:25 a.m. EST. The first stage booster B1058-10 completed its' 10th flight with a RTLS landing at LZ-1 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
This is a composite of 2 20-second exposures of the #CRS13 #Falcon9 first stage returning to LZ1 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. I mis-timed the exposure, so I needed a second to capture the landing burn all the way to landing.
Also, note the unsteady streak - when I first saw the frame on my camera, I thought I had bumped the tripod. But, later I realized that those are the adjustments the rocket makes as it is descending toward the center of the "X" painted on Landing Zone 1.
At 10:36 am on December 15, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched the #CRS13 payload atop a "flight-proven" Falcon9 booster. The Dragon capsule (also flight-proven) is bound for the International Space Station and contains scientific experiments and supplies for the astronauts onboard.
This launch was the debut of the renovated SLC-40, which has been undergoing repairs following a pad mishap on September 1, 2016.
Approximately 9 minutes later, the Falcon9 first stage would successfully land at SpaceX's "LZ1," treating the Space Coast of Florida to two sonic booms as the first stage descended.
This building is on South Third Street in Quincy, Illinois in Adams County in the United States. Up until a few weeks ago it said, M SKS SAVE LIVES.
At 3:34 pm today (Monday, 10/30/17) #SpaceX successfully launched the #KoreaSat5A satellite atop a #Falcon9 rocket and, a few moments later, landed the first stage of the Falcon aboard the "Of Course I Still Love You" droneship about 400 miles out in the Atlantic.
This is the view from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site, with the countdown clock and the SpaceX webcast visible to the right.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 carrying ABS 3A & Eutelsat 115 West B satellites.
The twice-flown (and twice-landed) #SpaceX #Eshail2 #Falcon9 first stage rocket returned to Port Canaveral this afternoon (Monday, November 19, 2018) aboard the drone ship "Of Course I Still Love You."
(Photo by Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch, and booster landing, with the USSF-67 mission from LC-39A on NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 5:56 p.m.
At 6:35pm on Thursday, April 11, 2019 SpaceX successfully launched the schoolbus-sized ArabSat6a satellite atop a Falcon Heavy rocket. Flown only once before, the Falcon Heavy rocket is the most powerful rocket in operation in the world. (Pics: me / We Report Space)
Sunday morning on the Space Coast: surfers, rowers and a rocket.
Welcome home to the thrice flown (and thrice landed) #SpaceX #NusantaraSatu #Falcon9 first stage!
(Pics: me / We Report Space)
SpaceX launch with 40 more broadband internet satellites for the OneWeb 17 mission at 2:13 p.m. EST from SLC-40 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Booster B1062 successfully completed it's 13th mission with the landing at LZ-1.
Shots from June 2, 2016 of the #Thaicom8 #Falcon9 rocket first stage returning to Cape Canaveral via Port Canaveral, launched (and landed!) by #SpaceX. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
The first stage of the JCSAT-14 Falcon9 rocket launched and then landed by SpaceX, seen here at approximately 11am (ET) on May 14, 2016. The legs have been removed and the rocket is being moved to the SpaceX hangar located at Pad 39a at Kennedy Space Center. (Photo credit: Michael Seeley / We Report Space)
Welcome home: The #SpaceX #CRS16 #Falcon9 1st stage rocket returned to Port Canaveral today after taking an unplanned dip in the Atlantic; the top of the stage took some damage on impact.
For this mission, reusability = uncertain, but recovery = affirmative. Well done, Elon & team!
(Pics: me / @WeReportSpace)
From left to right - John Taylor, SpaceX communications director, and Elon Musk, SpaceX chief executive officer and lead designer, speak to the news media during a news conference at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida after the successful liftoff of the company’s Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A. The demonstration flight is a significant milestone for the world's premier multi-user spaceport. In 2014, NASA signed a property agreement with SpaceX for the use and operation of the center's pad 39A, where the company has launched Falcon 9 rockets and is preparing for the first Falcon Heavy. NASA also has Space Act Agreements in place with partners, such as SpaceX, to provide services needed to process and launch rockets and spacecraft. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
Roughly 2-hours before the Crew-1 launch, the sun set, and the light was just perfect.
(Pic: me / Nat Geo)
SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, left, NASA Associate Administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate William Gerstenmaier, second from left, NASA International Space Station Program Manager Kirk Shireman, second from right, and SpaceX Director of Crew Mission Management Benji Reed, right, watch the progress of the Crew Dragon spacecraft after launch from firing room four of the Launch Control Center, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
Physicist Stephen Hawking - last writings - Artificial Intelligence - Superhumans - Genetic Engineering
The late physicist and author Prof Stephen Hawking has caused controversy by suggesting a new race of superhumans could develop from wealthy people choosing to edit their and their children’s DNA.
“I am sure that during this century, people will discover how to modify both intelligence and instincts such as aggression,” he wrote.
The renowned theoretical physicist, who died in March this year, made the grim prediction in a collection of essays and articles recently published by the UK’s Sunday Times, prior to the release of a book containing a collection of writings by Dr Hawking.
Dr Hawking was known for bringing clarity to some of the most mind-bending ideas in science such as the nature of black holes and the possibility of a multiverse.
In January 2015, Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and dozens of artificial intelligence experts signed an open letter on artificial intelligence calling for research on the societal impacts of AI. The letter affirmed that society can reap great potential benefits from artificial intelligence, but called for concrete research on how to prevent certain potential "pitfalls": artificial intelligence has the potential to eradicate disease and poverty, but researchers must not create something which cannot be controlled.
The weather forecast suggested #SpaceX would need to "thread the needle" for good weather.
Mission accomplished. At 1:29pm (ET) Thursday, the #CRS22 #Falcon9 launched, sending to the 7,000lbs of supplies to the International Space Station.
It was a hazy but pretty launch, at least for the few seconds before it flew into the clouds.
Pics: me / National Geographic
Chris Anderson's FORTUNE cover story comparing Musk and Jobs. I enjoyed exploring that with Chris, and here is a video interview.
Hands Off! Protest in Vero Beach, Florida on April 5, 2025. A large crowd of over 2000 showed up to protest Trump and Elon Musk policies and the havoc caused by DOGE. This was one of 1200 locations where people raised their voices across the nation with more than 5 million participating. Resist!
A shiny-new SpaceX Falcon9 rocket is standing tall at NASA KSC's LC-39A, ready for launch Thursday 6/3 @ 1:29pm (EDT).
The CRS-22 mission will send a Cargo Dragon capsule full of supplies to the International Space Station
Pics: me / NatGeo
SpaceX CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk, left, speaks with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley, center, and Bob Behnken, right, who are assigned to fly on the crewed Demo-2 mission after launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on the Demo-1 mission from firing room four of the Launch Control Center, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Demo-1 mission will be the first launch of a commercially built and operated American spacecraft and space system designed for humans as part of NASA's Commercial Crew Program. The mission will serve as an end-to-end test of the system's capabilities. Photo Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 carrying ABS 3A & Eutelsat 115 West B satellites.
SpaceX launched the Japanese ispace Hakuto-R Mission 1 robotic moon lander, and NASA's micro-satellite called Lunar Flashlight to look for signs of water ice hidden in the permanently dark crater floors of the moon's poles. After launch, booster B1073 returned to land at LZ-2 on the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station