Skip to content
  • Advertise on Parabolic Arc
  • Polls Archive
Parabolic Arc

Parabolic Arc

All Space All the Time

  • Advertise on Parabolic Arc
  • Polls Archive

Video of SpaceX Grasshopper’s Brief Flight

November 4, 2012 Doug Messier News 1 Comment

Elon Musk says this was the “first flight of 10 story tall Grasshopper rocket using closed loop thrust vector & throttle control.”

Elon Musk, Grasshopper, reusable launch vehicles, SpaceX

Post navigation

Armadillo’s STIG-B Flies, Aborts Early Again
MDA Closes on Space Systems/Loral Acquisition

Please Support Parabolic Arc

Help us continue to deliver the latest in NewSpace news, analysis and commentary.

Click HERE to support us via PayPal.

Polls

What do you think was the biggest development in space in 2020?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...
  • Polls Archive

Recent Posts

  • Memo on Space Policy Directive 7: U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Policy
  • ArianeGroup, CNES Sign Agreement on Prometheus Testing
  • Orion Ready to Fuel Up for Artemis I Mission
  • NASA Selects 14 Early Stage Innovations from US Universities for R&D
  • CASIS Releases International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory 2020 Annual Report
  • Three Launches & a Hot Fire in Three Days
  • NASA InSight’s ‘Mole’ Ends Its Journey on Mars
  • OneWeb Secures $400 Million Investment from SoftBank, Hughes Network Systems
  • 2020 Tied for Warmest Year on Record, NASA Analysis Shows
  • SpaceX CRS-21 Safely Splashes Down Off the Coast of Florida, Returning Science From the Space Station Back to Earth
  • EU Eyes Satellite Broadband Network
  • Blue Origin New Shepard Flight Successful Demonstrates Crew Capsule Upgrades
  • Senior NASA Scientist Pleads Guilty To Making False Statements Related To Chinese Thousand Talents Program Participation And Professorship
  • NASA TV to Air Hot Fire Test of Rocket Core Stage for Artemis Moon Missions
  • Astrobotic Selects Navigation Doppler Lidar from Psionic for Mission to Deliver VIPER to the Lunar Surface
  • Momentus Selects Redwire to Develop Robotics Systems for Reusable In-Space Transportation Vehicle
  • U.S. Air Force Selects Huntsville as New Headquarters for U.S. Space Command
  • SpaceX Cargo Dragon Spacecraft Splashes Down With Science Payloads
  • UK Space Agency CEO to Step Down
  • NASA’s Juno Mission Expands Into the Future

Blogroll

  • AmericaSpace
  • Aviation Week
  • Florida Today
  • NASASpaceflight.com
  • Space News
  • Space.com
  • Spacetoday.net

Archives

Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: matata by valerio.