Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART)
Falcon 9 Block 5 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high…
Dawn of the Space Age!
Falcon 9 Block 5 Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission is the first-ever mission to demonstrate the capability to deflect an asteroid by colliding a spacecraft with it at high…
28 September 2008, 23:15 GMTPayload: RatSat (SpaceX)Initially scheduled for 23–25 Sept, carried dummy payload — mass simulator, 165 kg (originally intended to be RazakSAT)
28 September 2008, 23:15 GMTPayload: RatSat (SpaceX)Initially scheduled for 23–25 Sept, carried dummy payload — mass simulator, 165 kg (originally intended to be RazakSAT)
3rd launch of Falcon 1 (Failed) from Kwajalein Atoll3 August 2008, 03:34 GMTPayload: Trailblazer (ORS), PRESat (NASA), NanoSail-D (NASA), Explorers (Celestis)Residual stage 1 thrust led to collision between stage 1…
2nd launch of Falcon 1 (Failed) from Kwajalein Atoll21 March 2007, 01:10 GMTPayload: DemoSat (DARPA)Successful first stage burn and transition to second stage, maximum altitude 289 kmHarmonic oscillation at T+5…
Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) launched the two-stage Falcon 1 rocket at 5:30 p.m. EST (2230 GMT) from the U.S. military’s Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Test Site at the Kwajalein Atoll…