Topic: spacex history
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SpaceX's Rocket Failure Investigator Hans Koenigsmann Is Going to Space
Hans Koenigsmann, a long-serving SpaceX veteran, left the company in 2021 after two decades, having contributed significantly to mission safety and failure investigations. He is set to fly on Blue Origin's New Shepard spacecraft with Michaela "Michi" Benthaus, who will become the first wheelchair...
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How SpaceX's Historic Rocket Landing Revolutionized Launches
SpaceX's first in-flight failure occurred in June 2015 when a Falcon 9 rocket carrying a NASA cargo mission disintegrated, though the Dragon capsule briefly survived and transmitted data. Engineers attempted an unprecedented emergency command to deploy the capsule's parachutes, but the effort fai...
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