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.


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    Title :

    Launch vehicles get commercial push


    Contributors:
    Ryan S Park (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2016



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    Local classification TIB:    770/7040
    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88



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