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Watch live: SpaceX’s launch pad 39A (members only)

June 16, 2022 Spaceflight Now

Watch a live view of launch pad 39A as construction ramps up on the company’s Florida launch pad for SpaceX’s Starship project.

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

May 2, 2022 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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 Spaceflight Now

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.