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4K Video: The launch of Crew 4 as seen from the press site

May 2, 2022

The launch of the Crew 4 mission as seen by Spaceflight Now’s camera at the Kennedy Space Center Press Site.

Hydrazine loading operations conclude at the SLS launch pad

March 25, 2022

Technicians wearing protective self-contained suits loaded toxic hydrazine fuel into the Space Launch System’s hydraulic power units Friday on pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA is gearing up for a countdown dress rehearsal which could start as soon as April 1.

4K Video: A Falcon 9 blows multicolored smoke rings during Starlink launch

March 4, 2022

A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center at 2:25 a.m. EST (1425 GMT) on Thursday, March 3, 2022, carrying 47 Starlink broadband internet satellites into orbit. (4K video)

4K Video: Atlas 5 launches GOES-T weather satellite

March 2, 2022

A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, Mar. 1, 2022, and delivered the GOES-T weather satellite into orbit.

4K Video: Astra launches from Cape Canaveral on a failed mission

February 10, 2022

Watch 4K video footage of the launch of Astra’s Rocket 3.3 vehicle from Cape Canaveral at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT) on Feb. 10, 2022.

4K Video: SpaceX launches Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed satellite and lands booster

February 3, 2022

Watch in 4K video as a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage booster puts on a spectacular sky show during its climb into space and return to Earth as it launches Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite.

Falcon 9 rocket test fired before COSMO-SkyMed satellite launch

January 30, 2022

A Falcon 9 rocket is test fired at launch pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ahead of the planned launch of Italy’s COSMO-SkyMed radar surveillance satellite.

Firefly’s Alpha rocket explodes on inaugural test launch

September 3, 2021

The first test flight of Firefly Aerospace’s privately-developed Alpha small satellite launcher ended in a fiery explosion soon after liftoff Thursday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

SpaceX test fires a Falcon 9 rocket ahead of Starlink mission

May 3, 2021

SpaceX has performed a static test firing of a Falcon 9 rocket at launch pad 39A ahead of a planned liftoff on Tuesday with 60 more Starlink satellites.

Live coverage: Four astronauts return home after 167 days in space

May 1, 2021

NASA commander Mike Hopkins, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Shannon Walker, and Japanese mission specialist Soichi Noguchi wrapped up a 167-day mission early Sunday with a splashdown at sea aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule at around 2:56 a.m. EDT (0656 GMT).