SpaceX Launches Zuma From SLC-40 Just 23 Days After CRS-13

Bill Jelen

January 8, 2018

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Dragon Capsule late-load on December 11, 2017.  Photo credit: May Ellen Jelen / We Report Space

Budweiser Great American Lager, soon to be Great Martian Lager?

Anheuser-Busch InBev is sending two barley experiments on the SpaceX CRS-13 mission that might one day lead to a Budweiser brew pub on Mars. Dr. Gary Hanning discusses the challenges of brewing beyond Earth.

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Aerial view of SLC-40 following the AMOS-6 anomaly.  Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

SpaceX Ready to Debut Upgraded SLC-40

SpaceX spent approximately $50 Million to upgrade Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) and to make it compatible with LC-39A.

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KoreaSat-5A Launch Provides Test of OCISLY Fire Suppression System

On Monday, October 30th at 3:34 p.m., SpaceX successfully launched the Koreasat-5A satellite from Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida. This is SpaceX's 12th launch from Pad 39A in 2017 and their 16th launch this year. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage successfully landed on the “Of Course I Still Love You” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. After the successful landing burn, a fire could be seen emanating from the engine area and partially up the rocket.

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Remote camera view of the launch of EchoStar 105 / SES-11 atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.  Photo credit: Jared Haworth / We Report Space

SpaceX delivers SES-11, lands third flight-proven Falcon 9

Backdropped against a blue sky tinged orange by the setting sun, SpaceX's third flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket launched the EchoStar 105 / SES-11 satellite from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A.

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