Rocket landing at Cape Canaveral planned after SpaceX launch
Artist’s concept of a Falcon 9 booster stage descending to a landing site at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Assuming SpaceX’s plans come to fruition, a Falcon 9 flight from Cape Canaveral on Sunday...
View ArticleLive coverage: Falcon 9 rocket launches, and lands, at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with 11 Orbcomm communications satellites. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to...
View ArticleFalcon 9’s return-to-flight launch delayed 24 hours
Photo credit: Stephen Clark/Spaceflight Now SpaceX called off a try Sunday to launch a package of Orbcomm communications satellites from Cape Canaveral, eyeing a better chance to land the Falcon 9...
View ArticleFalcon 9 launch timeline with Orbcomm satellites
Track the progress of the launch and landing of SpaceX’s upgraded Falcon 9 rocket carrying 11 Orbcomm message relay satellites with this timeline of major events in the flight sequence. The...
View ArticleFrom all angles: Up and down with SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster
Relive the experience with imagery from Monday night’s blazing blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket and its historic, dramatic landing at Cape Canaveral. Carrying 11 Orbcomm communications satellites, the...
View ArticleQ&A with Elon Musk after SpaceX’s first rocket landing
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View ArticleRound-trip rocket flight gives SpaceX a trifecta of successes
The Falcon 9’s ascent and descent tracks are seen in this long exposure photo taken just south of the launch and landing locations. Photo credit: SpaceX Flying through the sky at supersonic speed, a...
View ArticlePhotos: Falcon 9 booster stands upright after landing
SpaceX took a group of reporters and photographers just offshore the Falcon 9 rocket’s landing point Tuesday, a day after the 15-story booster made a pinpoint touchdown after helping send 11...
View ArticleSpaceX rocket landing applauded, but experts say implications TBD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION Photo credit: SpaceX The successful launch and landing by the first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Monday was a significant step toward...
View ArticleSpaceX pencils in July for next Falcon 9 landing at Cape Canaveral
A first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket returned to its first landing at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in December. Credit: SpaceX The next chance for SpaceX to return a Falcon 9 booster to...
View ArticleWeather looks favorable for Falcon 9 launch and landing
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft before a previous launch. Credit: SpaceX Forecasters predict mostly clear skies and light winds at the surface and aloft for Monday’s launch of a...
View ArticleLive coverage: Falcon 9 counting down to launch and landing at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s ninth operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear...
View ArticleTimeline for SpaceX’s ninth station resupply launch
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket will go from Cape Canaveral to low Earth orbit in 10 minutes Monday with a Dragon capsule heading for the International Space Station carrying nearly 5,000 pounds of supplies...
View ArticleSpaceX sends supplies to space station, lands another Falcon rocket
In this long exposure photo, the Falcon 9 rocket streaks away from the Complex 40 launch pad at left, then its first stage booster returns to landing at right a few miles away. Credit: SpaceX Rising...
View ArticleGallery of photos from Monday’s Falcon 9 flight
Taking off and landing in the middle of the night at Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully delivered a Dragon supply ship to orbit for the International Space Station as the launcher’s...
View ArticleWeather could stand in way of Falcon 9 launch Saturday
File photo of a Falcon 9 rocket inside a SpaceX hangar at Cape Canaveral. Credit: SpaceX Rainy weather expected across Central Florida this weekend has a 50-50 chance of preventing the launch of a...
View ArticleLive coverage: Dragon cargo carrier reaches space station
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with SpaceX’s 10th operational Dragon resupply flight to the International Space Station. Text updates will appear...
View ArticlePhotos: Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from pad 39A, then lands nearby
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off Sunday for the first time from launch pad 39A, a historic facility under lease from NASA, and delivered to orbit an uncrewed supply ship heading for the International...
View ArticleLive coverage: SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket lifts off, then lands at Cape Canaveral
Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with the NROL-76 payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. Text updates will...
View ArticleFalcon 9 rocket rolled to launch pad with classified payload
The Falcon 9 rocket slated to launch on SpaceX’s first national security mission is seen on launch pad 39A on Saturday morning. Credit: Spaceflight Now Working overnight on Florida’s Space Coast,...
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