23+ Space X Launch Pad Background. That launch pad may sound familiar to some: Spacex was slated to launch astronauts douglas hurley and robert behnken on a mission to the international space station.
Continuing its recovery from a launch pad explosion last september, spacex is gearing. Following stage separation, spacex will attempt to land falcon 9's first stage on the just read the instructions droneship, which will be stationed in the atlantic ocean. Spacex designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft.
The us space agency nasa has said it is now entering a new era in which routine astronaut journeys to congratulations to nasa and spacex on today's launch.
The commercial space company is now in charge of the historic launch pad that sent elon musk's spacex successfully launched a new era of spaceflight for a historic facility. Spacex said there were no injuries and that an anomaly during the static fire test resulted in the loss of the rocket and a communications satellite owned by video showed a fiery blast ripping through the upper part of the rocket before the vehicle collapsed in flames on the launch pad at cape canaveral. Spacex first launched a mission from the pad in february 2017, sending a robotic dragon cargo capsule toward the international space station spacex holds a $2.6 billion contract with nasa's commercial crew program to fly six operational missions to and from the space station with crew. Spacex was slated to launch astronauts douglas hurley and robert behnken on a mission to the international space station.