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A Survivor’s Guide to Covering SpaceX at Kennedy Space Center

Do you have trouble explaining or defending your chosen career to family & friends? Is your sole source of entertainment a never-ending loop of Star Trek: Voyager episodes? Do you like to work constantly but make no real money? Then space journalism is for you. There aren’t many people out there regularly reporting on space […]

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A Good Luck Oreo Tradition Continues With The Falcon Heavy Launch

Tradition is a big part of any event, and launches are no different.  Inside of the CBS building at Kennedy Space Center’s press site, there is one ritual that has been around for years…Oreos. Peter King with CBS News Radio tells us about this delicious tradition. King has been with CBS News Radio for over […]

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The Falcon Heavy Flies!

We have liftoff! At 3:45 PM EST, SpaceX had a successful launch of their Falcon Heavy rocket.  On this clear, sunny day, Kennedy Space Center is bustling with 100,000 people to watch the world’s largest rocket.  There has not been this much activity in the area since the last Space Shuttle mission in 2011. In […]

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SpaceX Will Fly It’s New Spacesuit on the Falcon Heavy Demo Flight

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed on Instagram last night that the company’s internally-designed spacesuit will be going for a ride to deep space. It will be launched as part of the company’s “fun” payload to accompany the first ever flight of the SpaceX’s long-in-development Falcon Heavy rocket. Liftoff is currently scheduled for Tuesday, February 6th during […]

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10 Things You Need to Know About SpaceX’s Historic Falcon Heavy Launch

1. Liftoff of the Falcon Heavy will occur on Tuesday, February 6th, during a 3-hour launch window that opens at 1:30 PM Eastern time. SpaceX has reserved the next day for launch as well. However, a looming Government shutdown on Wednesday night could delay the Falcon Heavy launch due to the facility and many personnel […]

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The Most Powerful Rocket in the World is Set for its Maiden Flight

CAPE CANAVERAL,FL–– On Wednesday, January 24th, SpaceX fired up its triple-booster Falcon Heavy rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. At precisely 12:30 PM Eastern time, and In just under 12 seconds, the Elon Musk-founded private spaceflight company simultaneously lit up the heavy-lift rocket’s 27 Merlin engines. It was the most powerful engine or rocket […]

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Air Force Says SpaceX Not to Blame for Zuma Failure

On January 7th, 2018, SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Zuma spacecraft for an unknown branch of the military or clandestine agency. The goal was to deliver Zuma to low-Earth orbit, and at the time, it seemed that SpaceX was successful in doing so. However, the next day, it was first reported by […]

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When Will Human Spaceflight Return to American Soil?

It’s the ultimate question and one we’ve been asking since NASA retired the celebrated Space Shuttle program in 2011 with the final launch of the Atlantis. Since then, the federal space agency has created commercial crew contracts that will allow private companies like Boeing and SpaceX to taxi NASA astronauts to the International Space Station […]

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SpaceX Ready To End Historic Year With Most Powerful Rocket In Operation

SpaceX recently doubled their own record of successful launches they’ve completed in a year. The progress they have made since the devastating explosion at Cape Canaveral Pad 40 last year has been nothing short of extraordinary. Elon Musk’s spaceflight company launched 16 times in 2017 and are neck and neck with the Russians in completed […]

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What It Was Like to See the First Rocket Land on Earth (Hint: Insane)

The first time Elon Musk’s SpaceX dared to bring home their workhorse Falcon 9 rocket marked a turning point for the aerospace industry. In the 60-year storied history of spaceflight, rockets have always suffered the dismal fate of crashing in the ocean, never to fly again. After being used just once. One December evening, this […]

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