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Watch SpaceX Dragon launch pad escape system testing

August 9, 2019

A slide wire escape system has been undergoing tests at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in readiness for the first SpaceX Crew Dragon flight to carry astronauts to the International Space Station.

Atlas 5 launches AEHF 5 as seen from Kennedy Space Center (members only)

August 8, 2019

An Atlas 5 lifts off at dawn creating a spectacular sky show as it races toward orbit carrying the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF 5) communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force.

Watch replays of the Orion inflight abort test

July 2, 2019

Watch replays from launch pad and tracking cameras of the Orion AA-2 inflight abort test conducted at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on July 2, 2019.

Orion abort test post-launch briefing (members only)

July 2, 2019

Watch NASA’s Orion inflight abort test post-launch news briefing, held at the Kennedy Space Center two hours after the test.

Watch NASA’s mobile launcher at pad 39B (members only)

June 27, 2019

Watch live video of the mobile launcher for the first Space Launch System (SLS) rocket as it stands at the gates to launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.

Watch NASA’s STP-2 technology briefing

June 23, 2019

Watch as NASA holds a briefing at the Kennedy Space Center on the four agency technology payloads that are part of the STP-2 mission flying into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

Watch time-lapse of Falcon Heavy going upright (members only)

June 19, 2019

In this time-lapse video, a Falcon Heavy rocket is lifted into position atop launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in readiness for a pre-flight test firing of its 27 Merlin main engines.

Watch live views of the Falcon Heavy launch pad (members only)

June 18, 2019

Watch live views of launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center as SpaceX prepares for the first night launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket.

Live view of the Falcon 9 launch pad (members only)

May 3, 2019

SpaceX’s 17th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station is set for liftoff at 3:11 a.m. EDT (0711 GMT) Friday from Cape Canaveral’s Complex 40 launch pad.

Live view of Falcon 9 launch pad (members only)

April 27, 2019

A live view of launch complex 40 at Cape Canaveral as SpaceX readies a Falcon 9 rocket for a space station resupply mission.