There is excitement in the air when something special is about to happen. It was felt by millions on July 20, 1969, when NASA’s Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it was felt on February 6, 2018, when SpaceX launched Starman into Space with the Falcon Heavy and it was felt this weekend with SpaceX’s […]
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Many cultures across the globe have legends about dragons that would carry the gods or other beings on magical journeys. These fire breathing beasts are an inspiration to another type of Dragon that will make history, if all goes to plan, on Saturday. 51 years ago, the Apollo 11 crew blasted off from Launch Pad […]
On Sunday, January 19, 2020, SpaceX intentionally blew up one of its rockets in an in-flight abort test of the Crew Dragon spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket lifted off from Pad 39A which is the same pad that was built for the Apollo program. This was a successful test of the […]