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4K Video: Watch the Falcon 9 test fire its 1st stage engines (members only)

January 11, 2020

Watch in 4K video was SpaceX test-fires a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of an upcoming in-flight test of the Crew Dragon’s emergency escape rockets.

Live view of pad 39A as SpaceX readies for Crew Dragon test (members only)

January 8, 2020

Watch live views of launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX prepares for a static fire the first stage engines of a Falcon 9 rocket that will be used in a crucial test of the Crew Dragon abort system later this month.

Watch as SpaceX test-fires Falcon 9 ahead of Starlink launch (members only)

January 4, 2020

Watch as SpaceX test fires a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of the planned launch of 60 more Starlink satellites.

Live coverage: Practice countdown completed for Starliner and Atlas 5

December 6, 2019

An 11-hour practice countdown was completed Friday at Cape Canaveral’s launch complex 41 for the planned launch of an Atlas 5 rocket and Boeing’s Starliner capsule later this month. The rocket was loaded with super-cold liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen in a full dress rehearsal for launch day.

Watch live view of Starliner launch pad (members only)

December 6, 2019

Watch live views of launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral as United Launch Alliance and Boeing get ready for an uncrewed test flight of the Starliner commercial space capsule.

Watch a live view of the Falcon 9 on the launch pad (members only)

December 4, 2019

SpaceX is gearing up for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 12:51 p.m. EST (1751 GMT) Wednesday. The two-stage launcher will haul an automated Dragon cargo freighter into orbit en route to the International Space Station.

Starliner coverage: Watch live video of launch pad 41 (members only)

December 3, 2019

Watch live views of launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral as United Launch Alliance and Boeing get ready for an uncrewed test flight of the Starliner commercial space capsule.

Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites (members only)

November 11, 2019

SpaceX launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 60 broadband satellites into orbit for the company’s Starlink constellation as seen from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site.

Watch the static fire of the Falcon 9 being readied for Starlink mission

November 5, 2019

A Falcon 9 rocket fires its nine Merlin first stage engines at Cape Canaveral’s launch pad 40 Nov. 5, 2019, as part of a routine pre-launch test. The successful static fire clears the way for the launch of 60 Starlink satellites, currently scheduled for Nov. 11.

Starliner coverage: Live from launch pad 41 (members only)

October 29, 2019

Watch live views of launch complex 41 at Cape Canaveral as United Launch Alliance and Boeing get ready for an uncrewed test flight of the Starliner commercial space capsule.