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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...

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Live 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...

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Falcon 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...

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Falcon 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...

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From 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...

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Q&A with Elon Musk after SpaceX’s first rocket landing

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Round-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...

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Photos: 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...

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SpaceX 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...

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SpaceX 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...

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Weather 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...

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Live 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...

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Timeline 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...

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SpaceX 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...

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Gallery 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...

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Weather 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...

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Live 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...

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Photos: 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...

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Live 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...

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Falcon 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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