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First Grasshopper test flight video and some general info:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jhbU0kpvbM
http://twitter.yfrog.com/0wusutopshpepnbpmodbgnosz
https://twitter.com/SpaceX
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09...hopper_spacex/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2011/09/...e-vtvl-rocket/
Social Media to Register for SpaceX Launch
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012...ia_Accred.html
Social Networking Sites
http://www.nasa.gov/connect/
The next SpaceX launch is scheduled for Sunday, 7 October 2012, at 8:35 PM (a week from today).
NASA Calendar:
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/calendar/index.html
NASA Launch Schedule:
http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/schedule.html
Mission Status:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/status.html
Static Fire Test:
http://www.spacex.com/updates
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...929staticfire/
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...agons-arrival/
Reusability:
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=25689
Commercial Revenue:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....p40-495349.xml
Texas Option:
http://kut.org/2012/09/company-consi...for-spaceport/
YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/spacexch...e=results_main
View from Grasshopper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P7LB7BpJJo
Space.com launch coverage:
http://www.space.com/15434-private-rocket-launches.html
70 photos from first Dragon flight to ISS (May 2012):
http://www.space.com/15832-spacex-dr...-pictures.html
Launch prep photos, Sep-Oct 2012:
http://www.space.com/17831-spacex-pr...ep-photos.html
Other launch photos:
http://launchphotography.com/
"It's going to be a spectacular launch."
http://www.space.com/17865-spacex-pr...wing-tips.html
Dragon's head start:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....p47-498016.xml
How SpaceX's First Space Station Cargo Mission Will Work:
http://www.space.com/17926-spacex-dr...explained.html
Launch Timeline:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...htimeline.html
CRS-1 Press Kit:
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/694166main_S...-1PressKit.pdf
How SpaceX's Dragon Space Capsule Works (Infographic)
(with capsule comparison graphic):
http://www.space.com/12033-spacex-dr...fographic.html
Dragon Attachment Photos:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...930dragonmate/
Falcon Launch
http://www.examiner.com/article/amer...-space-station
SpaceX Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vk3hiV_zXU
Long Version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpBE4RYbEOk
NASA Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-HMmPEup0E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XUALRa9ofE
Satellite Hitches a Ride
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...t|Space%20News
Engine Failure
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/10/...ngine-anomoly/
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...nclick_check=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvTIh96otDw&hd=1
Launch Photos
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbc...H&Profile=1007
http://new.livestream.com/accounts/1...videos/4586364
SpaceX on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/SpaceX
Dragon En Route
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babba...pacex-goes-iss
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ascent-issues/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...121008orbcomm/
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=25991#more-25991
http://www.spacenews.com/launch/1210...r-orbcomm.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...ertion-377615/
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...pacex-13520351
Satellite Lost
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon.../#.UI8TkoZF9mJ
http://www.space.com/18049-spacex-ro...adline+Feed%29
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....505744.xml&p=1
Dragon at ISS
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=26012#more-26012
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...investigation/
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...nclick_check=1
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon.../#.UI8UL4ZF9mL
http://news.discovery.com/space/spac...on-121026.html
Dragon Departs
http://www.space.com/18255-spacex-dr...ml?cid=dlvr.it
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ous-cargo-iss/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon...nmanifest.html
Splashdown
http://www.spacex.com/updates
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.as...1-5bcc85822e6b
http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/...rs1_entry.html
http://www.space.com/18257-spacex-dr...o-mission.html
http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=39039
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10...gn=Interesting
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=26430
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ous-cargo-iss/
http://www.spaceflight101.com/dragon...n-updates.html
SpaceX Photos & Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzhzeHmJ4Sc
http://spacevids.info/
http://www.space.com/17986-spacex-dr...on-photos.html
http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
http://spacexlaunch.zenfolio.com/
http://vimeo.com/spacexlaunch/videos
http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCBD_jyXDEqH0
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/video...a_id=144567711
NASA Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/nasatele...e=results_main
YouTube SpaceVids
http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceVidsNet
Rocket R&D
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...d|Flightglobal
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...-plans-6653023
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/10...5&viewall=true
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...d|Flightglobal
http://www.citizensinspace.org/2012/...cex-anomalies/
Competition
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...nclick_check=1
http://www.space.com/18198-japan-pla...ace-plane.html
SpaceX Timeline
http://www.floridatoday.com/interact...nclick_check=1
Spaceflight Now Falcon 9 Index
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/
Dragon Returns:
http://news.discovery.com/space/spac...an-121030.html
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/004/121030port/
Grasshopper flies again:
This sucker is 10 stories tall. It looks like maybe a five foot hop in the video, but Grasshopper went 17.7 feet off the ground for 8 seconds.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvets...4/in/set-5956/
http://www.rocketeers.co.uk/node/2606 (<-go full screen here)
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...y-18-feet.html
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/11...estone-ccicap/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzhaHzgqHDk
Engine Test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZI6U4an-V0
SpaceX completes third of 14 milestones in development of commercial crewed vehicle:
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...unches-378446/
SpaceX to Stay in Hawthorne for 10 More Years:
http://www.presstelegram.com/opinion...k-future-final
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_2...e-through-2022
SpaceX Merchandise Now Available:
http://shop.spacex.com/
http://thespaceshop.com/spacex.html
Apollo and Dragon Side by Side:
http://spaceksc.blogspot.fr/2012/11/...be-dragon.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Si...spacecraft.svg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Co...le_diagram.jpg
http://www.space.com/15429-spacex-dr...fographic.html
http://www.theverge.com/2012/3/19/28...craft-interior
http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/galle...t/image003.jpg (same picture, black background)
SpaceX's Dragon capsule is similar in appearance to the Soviet VA, a crew capsule used in the Soviet lunar program and for the Almaz, the secret military space station which orbited Earth in the 1970's. (Its interior is different from Dragon's.)
You can see the VA at 3:15 to 3:25 and from 4:25 to the end of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OcvZHXW7zE
More info about VA and Almaz:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VA_capsule
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excalibur_Almaz
Spacex CRS-1 Anomalies and Launch Plans:
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/14/44264/
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/new...engine-failure
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon.../#.UKqbWYZF9mJ
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....-02-515378.xml
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=27216
http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.as...f-9429605e14df
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.UKqbWIZF9mK
NewSpace Culture:
http://www.laobserved.com/biz/2012/1...ace_x_shak.php
http://www.scpr.org/blogs/economy/20...tdyne-lays-10/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20389148
http://www.citizensinspace.org/2012/...x-competition/
Apollo Testing and Launch Anomalies
(The Apollo Program took some risky shortcuts):
Apollo 4 launched on 9 November 1967:
http://www.space.com/18505-nasa-moon...v-history.html
The last statement in above article should say "The third Saturn V rocket," not "The third Saturn rocket."
Apollo 12 had a perfect launch -- for the first 37 seconds:
http://news.discovery.com/space/apol...os-121114.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Apollo_missions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_program
Burt Rutan on Space Exploration Progress and Innovation:
--Audio only; complete speech (approx 20 minutes):
http://fora.tv/2012/10/25/Burt_Rutan...Race_for_Space
You can watch the video version if you are registered with FORA.tv.
--The first 10 minutes can be viewed here without registering. Click the second picture:
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/11/...ple-ii-really/
Reaching for Mars:
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion...593/story.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...d-trip-379285/
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...uelled-379326/
http://www.space.com/18596-mars-colo...elon-musk.html
The Competition:
--Ariane:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20464639
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.ULPE1tdF-9x
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...-american.html
--Orbital Sciences Antares-Cygnus:
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...pril-2013.html
http://spaceports.blogspot.com/2012/...est-space.html
--Boeing CST-100:
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...rs-in-cst.html
Russian Engines on US Rockets
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/...,4583061.story
SpaceX Computers Are Fine
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=27830
Learning Curve
http://www.newspacewatch.com/article...ing-curve.html
Stratolaunch and SpaceX Part Ways
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...t-ways-379516/
Military Contract
--Dec 4:
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...o-competition/
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...yloads-379773/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.UMuHS3dF-9x
--Dec 5:
http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20121205
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28008
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article...._p0-524585.xml
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...-contract-win/
--Dec 6:
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n.../#.UMuHTHdF-9x
http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/...tary-contract/
--Dec 10:
http://www.aviationweek.com/Article....p32-525014.xml
--Dec 12:
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/20...unches-121212/
Falcon Heavy is Going to Be a Blast
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28009
Methane for Mars
http://innerspace.net/2012/11/26/musk-mars-and-methane/
Christmas Presents?
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-120712b.html
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...levant_count=1
Mogul Wars
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...visits-mojave/
SpaceX on the Moon
http://innerspace.net/2012/12/07/to-...-golden-spike/
IPO?
http://upstart.bizjournals.com/news/...go-public.html
NASA Certification Contract for Crewed Flight
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/183324241.html
Boeing's New Gas Tank
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...nk/#more-44758
Grasshopper Jumps 12 Stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz-NYeH-CEY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4PEXLODw9c
http://www.spacex.com/updates.php
Dummy On Board:
http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...,3823929.story
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/...413568/photo/1
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/...115075/photo/1
Other Grasshopper Articles
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=28957
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...-to-40-meters/
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4238041.ece
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/...er-rocket-test
http://spaceports.blogspot.fr/2012/1...ap-toward.html
http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2...-in-texas?lite
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_2...nch-successful
http://www.cfnews13.com/content/news...asshopper.html
http://en.rian.ru/science/20121224/178375460.html
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...40-meter-leap/
http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/new...S2_Aqk.twitter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-X
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_She...8spacecraft%29
Staged Combustion
SpaceX's methane engine, the Raptor, will use staged combustion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_..._engine_family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staged_...e_%28rocket%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas-gen...e_%28rocket%29
Commercial Abort Technologies
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...es/#more-45208
Anomaly Investigation
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2012/...gine-shutdown/
Lockheed Grumbles
http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...196_story.html
Year of the Dragon
http://www.sen.com/news/when-dragon-...pace-real.html
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/...pment_999.html
Dragon Parachute Deployment
http://www.airborne-sys.com/pages/vi...1-and-falcon-9
http://blogs.discovery.com/.a/6a00d8...66903c4970c-pi
http://www.spacex.com/assets/img/201...update/027.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7xbFpy5jbY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq7LgVX-Jdk
Dragon Delivery
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater
Grasshopper
http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/12...shopper-hover/
http://www.space.com/19039-spacex-pr...cket-test.html
http://michaelbelfiore.com/2012/12/t...-intended.html
Experimental RLV's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzXcTFfV3Ls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk-gGtC7xZ4
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC-X
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/...ogy-this-year/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxOqLYBn7Hg
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2006/...ally-happened/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-33
Lockheed v. SpaceX
http://science.slashdot.org/story/12...ex-trade-barbs
ORBCOMM Contract
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2012/12/...lite-launches/
http://www.streetinsider.com/Corpora...s/7971243.html
Texas Courtship
http://www.valleymorningstar.com/new...9bb30f31a.html
2012-2013 Trailblazers
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/20...0&viewall=true
http://www.space.com/19086-private-s...ml?cid=dlvr.it
Launches
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...orical_launch/
http://spacelaunchreport.com/
http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/01/...found-in-2013/
http://www.spacex.com/launch_manifest.php
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html
Saturn V Development; Early Launches
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh8kRIeuymo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uoVfZpx5dY
First Manned Launch of Saturn V:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzCsDVfPQqk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V