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Falcon 9 completes full-duration static fire

December 20, 2014 Stephen Clark

SpaceX fueled up a Falcon 9 rocket, ran through a mock countdown and fired the booster’s nine Merlin main engines Friday in a successful preflight static fire test officials hope will clear the way for liftoff Jan. 6 on a space station resupply mission.

Launch of SpaceX supply ship delayed to January

December 18, 2014 Stephen Clark

Blaming a technical glitch encountered during a preflight test, officials said Thursday the launch of SpaceX’s next Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station has been delayed to early January.

SpaceX expected to set new Falcon 9 launch date

December 17, 2014 Stephen Clark

Officials will likely set a new launch date Thursday for a SpaceX-owned commercial cargo craft that was expected to take off Friday heading for the International Space Station, according to sources familiar with launch preparations.

Rocket landing experiment on tap after SpaceX cargo launch

December 17, 2014 Stephen Clark

SpaceX hopes to take a giant leap forward in rocket technology a few minutes after Friday’s scheduled launch of a Falcon 9 booster taking up 2.5 tons of critical supplies and experiments to the International Space Station.

Photos: SpaceX’s autonomous spaceport drone ship

December 16, 2014 Stephen Clark

An ocean-going cargo barge modified to serve as a landing pad for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster is set to depart the Port of Jacksonville for a journey into the Atlantic Ocean ahead of Friday’s launch of a space station cargo mission from Cape Canaveral.

Launch of SpaceX cargo mission slips to Dec. 19

December 11, 2014 Stephen Clark

The launch of SpaceX’s next resupply mission to the International Space Station has been rescheduled for no earlier than Dec. 19 to make sure the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon supply ship are ready for flight.

SpaceX hopes to recover rocket intact after next launch

November 26, 2014 Stephen Clark

SpaceX will test out new stabilizing fins that could help land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on a floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean after liftoff on a space station resupply mission in mid-December, according to Elon Musk, the company’s billionaire leader.

Deep Space Climate Observatory arrives at Florida launch site

November 21, 2014 Stephen Clark

A novel NOAA climate observatory with a unique past arrived at Cape Canaveral to begin two months of launch preparations, testing, and fueling before liftoff aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.