SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second before liftoff because of engine problem

19 May 2012, 5:14 pm

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second abort of the historic flight.... Read More »

SpaceX Launch of First Unmanned Craft to ISS Is Aborted

19 May 2012, 2:35 am

A mission to send the first unmanned commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station was aborted at liftoff today after a computer detected an engine problem.... Read More »

The Rocket Factory – SpaceX Builds Them From top To Bottom

18 May 2012, 9:34 am

The commercial space race is about to begin. Early tomorrow morning at 4:55 a.m. ET, the first privately designed and built spacecraft destined for the International Space Station is expected to lift off from the historic Cape Canaveral Air Force Station not far from the Atlantic ocean on Florida’... Read More »

Commercial flight to space station set for Saturday

17 May 2012, 12:59 pm

For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.... Read More »

Hawthorne Spacecraft Ready for Takeoff

16 May 2012, 6:51 pm

The Dragon Capsule, made by Hawthorne-based SpaceX, will be the first privately made rocket and spacecraft to launch to the International Space Station.... Read More »

A new frontier for space travel

16 May 2012, 9:31 am

LOS ANGELES (MCT) — For the last half-century, space flight has been the domain of the world’s superpowers.... Read More »

L.A. Now Live: Chat with Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne

14 May 2012, 6:03 am

Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne will join City Editor Shelby Grad for a discussion about his series on the boulevards of L.A.... Read More »

Bigelow And SpaceX Form Partnership To Bring Tourists To Space

11 May 2012, 10:15 am

Two companies in the aerospace industry are joining together to launch tourists into space and check them into orbiting space habitats. Hawthorne, California-based Space Exploration Technologies ( SpaceX ) and Bigelow Aerospace ( BA ) of Las Vegas on Thursday announced the partnership to promote spa... Read More »

SpaceX, Bigelow teaming on private space stations

10 May 2012, 9:29 am

Southern California rocket developer Space Exploration Technologies and Nevada's Bigelow Aerospace are teaming to offer passenger launches to private space stations.... Read More »

Brevard team places 2nd at FIRST Robotics world championship

30 April 2012, 9:17 am

The Pink Team, team 233, from Cocoa Beach Jr./Sr. and Rockledge High, won the Finalist or Second place honor, while partnering with a team from Hawthorne, California, and Las Vegas.... Read More »