This was an exciting year for astrodynamics, with an emphasis on commercial space industry that pushed the envelope on launch vehicle and space business capabilities. Followed by a successful recovery of a reusable Falcon 9 booster on a landing pad on solid ground in Dec 2015, SpaceX accomplished an even more challenging success. On April 8, the company launched the two-stage Falcon 9 and delivered a robotic Dragon cargo vehicle carrying crew supplies to the International Space Station for NASA.
Launch vehicles get commercial push
Aerospace America ; 54 , 11
2016
Article (Journal)
English
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