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Remote spaceport damaged by rocket malfunctions on Astra Space test flights [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on space transport company Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) mission to send a space cargo vessel to the International Space Station. It states the test flight of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule was initiated under the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services program and launched on May 22, 2012. It mentions that SpaceX has also submitted a proposal to certify the Falcon 9 for U.S. Air Force launches.

The article discusses the space transport services company SpaceX and its creation of landing legs for rockets as of April 2014. SpaceX plans to send a capsule to the International Space Station and return the rocket that launched the capsule back to earth in order to test the landing legs, which would enable rockets to be reused through safely landing on Earth, significantly lowering the cost of spacecraft.

The article reports on the successful completion of ground testing of aerospace firm SpaceX's heavy-lift rocket Falcon Heavy at its McGregor, Texas facility. Topics include the expected launch of the rocket in Fall 2018, SpaceX's announcement via Twitter that the three first stage cores have completed their testing and the significance of the rocket in chief executive Elon Musk's ambition to colonize Mars. Also cited is the reason for the possibility that the launch may not go as expected.

The article reports that Elon Musk, chief executive officer of aerospace company SpaceX, has used his Instagram account to share photographs of a Tesla Roadster being prepared for its Mars orbit. Topics mentioned include the first flight of the company's Falcon Heavy rocket, thoughts from Musk about test flights of new rockets, and the company's preparation for a Falcon 9 rocket launch on December 22, 2017.

The article discusses a backlog of orders in 2012 for a modified Falcon 9 medium-lift rocket developed by California company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) that has not yet been flight tested. The rocket should deliver unmanned payloads to low Earth orbit (LEO) satelittes, and commercial space launch operators such as SES are mentioned. The European Space Agency's Ariane 5 rocket and the European rocket consortium Arianespace are discussed.

The article focuses on the aerospace industries firm Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX). Lengthy delays in the company's development of a rocket engine for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle are examined in terms of their impact on Space X's ability to fulfill contracts for launching of artificial satellites by 2014.

The article focuses on the Falcon rocket test firing at the SpaceX rocket testing plant outside McGregor, Texas. Most of the rockets being tested will carry satellites into space. The cost for Falcon rockets carrying satellites into space will be about seven million U.S. dollars for small payloads in low Earth orbit. The stages of building rockets are also described.

The article discusses destruction of experimental rocket tested by space transport services company SpaceX. Topics include testing of F9R rocket carried out at MacGregor, Texas, another test of Falcon 9 scheduled for August 27, 2014 at Kennedy Space Center along with launch of telecommunication satellite AsiaSat-6, and official statement issued by the company on its twitter page about the incident.

The article looks at the private space-flight industry, reporting on satellite company Orbital Sciences's April 2013 test launch of a rocket designed to carry a capsule to the International Space Station (ISS) and noting the company is a competitor to space flight company SpaceX.

The article focuses on the successful test flight of the Grasshopper rocket of SpaceX as of March 2013, which was designed to assist SpaceX in developing rockets that can takeoff and then land vertically.

The article discusses an interview with Elon Musk, chief executive officer (CEO) of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. He describes reusable rocket testing activities of SpaceX, noting that these rockets could make space travel more attainable. He discloses planned establishment of a commercial rocket launching facility in Texas. He also talks about donating money to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development of a greenhouse on planet Mars.