Live coverage: Falcon 9 disintegrates after launch

The accomplishment came during Wednesday’s flight of the Starlink 10-56 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The touchdown was also SpaceX’s 494th overall successful booster landing.

A Falcon 9 rocket is lifted into position for a planned countdown dress rehearsal at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. The rocket is being readied for launch early Sunday with the EchoStar 23 communications satellite.

The launch will be preceded by a company talk from Elon Musk, discussing SpaceX’s plans for developing the rocket for Mars exploration. Launch teams are targeting a liftoff from Pad A at Starbase, Texas, on Tuesday, May 27, at 6:30 p.m. CDT (7:30 p.m. EDT, 2330 UTC).