msnbc.msn.com - 8/3/2008
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SpaceX SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket fires its engines for launch on Saturday from Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific, as shown in an image from the company's Webcam feed. The satellite-launching mission failed a little more than two minutes after liftoff, due to a problem with stage separation.
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Update: SpaceX Falcon 1 Rocket Blew Up, Fourth Time's the Charm? [Boom]
Gizmodo —
... a micro laboratory called PRESat. Even with the gaff, which joins two previous failed Falcon 1 launches from March 2006 and 2007, Musk told SpaceX employees the funding would continue indefinitely. Work on Falcon 9, SpaceX's "heavy lifter" rocket, and the Dragon, their human-carrying version, will continue, he said. Something tells me people won't be as eager to clamor aboard that Dragon one as they have Sir Richard Brandon's White Knight and SpaceShipTwo. Just a hunch. [MSNBC.com]
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SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket fails to reach orbit... again
Engadget —
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, TransportationAw man, and we had such high hopes that the third time really would be a charm. SpaceX's third attempt to launch a payload rocket into outer space failed this weekend, with launch control confirming an "anomaly" just five minutes after liftoff. Elon Musk, SpaceX chairman and CEO, did admit that it was "obviously a big disappointment not to reach orbit on this Flight 3 of the Falcon 1," but he has assured the world that his firm won't be wasting any time feeling sorry for itself. The Falcon 1 was carrying ...
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