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Texture (previously known as Next Issue) was a digital magazine app launched in 2012. [1] The service had a monthly subscription fee that gave readers access to over 200 magazines. [ 2 ] The service was established by Next Issue Media, a joint-venture between Condé Nast , Hearst Magazines , Meredith Corporation , News Corp , Rogers Media , and ...
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle [a] designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX.The first Falcon 9 launch was on 4 June 2010, and the first commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) launched on 8 October 2012. [14]
Rockets from the Falcon 9 family have a success rate of 99.32% and have been launched 442 times over 15 years, resulting in 439 full successes, two in-flight failures (SpaceX CRS-7 and Starlink Group 9–3), one pre-flight failure (AMOS-6 while being prepared for an on-pad static fire test), and one partial failure (SpaceX CRS-1, which delivered its cargo to the International Space Station ...
A similarly designed Falcon 5 rocket was also envisioned to fit between [22] the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9, but development was dropped to concentrate on the Falcon 9. [ 21 ] The first version of the Falcon 9, Falcon 9 v1.0 , was developed in 2005–2010, and flew five orbital missions in 2010–2013.
The world’s most frequently launched rocket — the SpaceX Falcon 9 — is cleared to fly again, federal regulators announced Friday evening, putting the vehicle back on track for two high ...
The third version of the Falcon 9 was developed in 2014–2015 and made its maiden flight in December 2015. The Falcon 9 Full Thrust is a modified reusable variant of the Falcon 9 family with capabilities that exceed the Falcon 9 v1.1, including the ability to "land the first stage for geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) missions on the drone ship" [14] [15] The rocket was designed using ...
Falcon 9 flight 20 (also known as Orbcomm OG2 M2) [1] was a Falcon 9 space launch that occurred on 22 December 2015 at 01:29:00 UTC (21 December, 8:29:00 pm local time). It was the first time that the first stage of an orbital rocket made a successful return and vertical landing .
English: SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launched from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 10:43 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 8. . This is first demonstration flight for NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, which will provide cargo flights to the International Space Stat