Tag Archives: Falcon 9

Reaching Orbit – The Trials and Tribulation of Landing a Rocket

Posted on January 5, 2016

SpaceX sticks to launching rockets most of the time, sending up supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) on a Falcon 9 rocket. The payload is housed in the second stage of the Falcon 9 rocket and separates from the … Read more

Free For All: Falcon 9 Redux

Posted on May 5, 2015

I recently shared SpaceX’s first attempt to land a Falcon 9 rocket on a barge in the Atlantic. I say attempt because it didn’t quite work out, but bear in mind this was the first attempt of its kind and … Read more